The Johnson School's Debra Paget and Jeffrey Berg Business Simulation Laboratory allows researchers to present people with realistic business situations in a controlled-experiment setting. (Nov. 5, 2007)
Outside of Tompkins County's educated pocket, upstate New York is plagued by a lack of educated workers. In fact, upstate has one of the largest net losses of educated workers in the nation. (Nov. 5, 2007)
William Kennedy returned to Cornell Nov. 1 to give the fifth James McConkey Reading in American Fiction to a large and appreciative audience, in sharp contrast to his first visit to campus. (Nov. 5, 2007)
A new resource called CURxED is available statewide through Cornell Cooperative Extension to help senior citizens sift through the complexities of the federal prescription drug plan options. (Nov. 5, 2007)
President Bush has announced a new national strategy to preserve key habitats for migratory birds. In formulating the new policies, Bush drew upon recommendations from a report spearheaded by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (Nov. 5, 2007)
Cornell's Business Opportunities in Leadership and Diversity Program has a new certificate program that gives students faculty mentors and opportunities to develop competencies in leadership and diversity. (Nov. 5, 2007)
The National Dairy Shrine has given the 2007 Pioneer Award to Robert Foote '50, Cornell emeritus professor of animal science, and alumni Richard Keene '57 and Dale Van Vleck, Ph.D. '60. (Nov. 5, 2007)
Professor Chris Barrett believes that technology, new approaches to financing aid and international markets can pull billions of people permanently out of poverty. (Nov. 5, 2007)
Sustainable Endowments Institute graded 200 universities nationwide, and Cornell earned a B this year, up from a B-minus last year, with improvements in investments and transparency. (Nov. 5, 2007)
Cornell Law School alumni have contributed a total of $8 million, including $5 million from alumnus Jack G. Clarke, to found a business law institute to be housed within Myron Taylor Hall on campus. (Nov. 2, 2007)
The contestants' self-driving cars will attempt to complete a simulated military supply mission in an urban environment. The grand prize is $2 million. (Nov. 2, 2007)
The Ithaca campus now has a billion reasons to pause and enjoy the early successes of the Far Above à campaign, having sailed passed that fund-raising milestone just recently with a flurry of gifts to the humanities and social sciences. (Nov. 2, 2007)
