In addition to approving budget cuts at its Jan. 22-24 meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees also approved a tuition rise, a new B.A. and a named professorship. (Jan. 29, 2009)
Charles Phlegar, vice president for alumni affairs and development, talks about how the economic downturn is affecting fundraising and the capital campaign. (Jan. 29, 2009)
Beginning early February, Executive Vice President Stephen Golding and Provost Kent Fuchs will begin a strategic planning process with the goal of looking ahead to fiscal year 2010-11.
Global poverty, climate change, ecosystem degradation and other issues are being tackled in a new course offered by the School of Hotel Administration and the Johnson School. (Jan. 28, 2009)
Ravi Sudan, the IBM Professor Emeritus of Engineering and a leader in the field of plasma physics, died Jan. 22 in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Jan. 28, 2009)
James Walsh puts Cornell's endowment performance in historical context, saying while it has decreased by 27.3 percent in the past six months, on average it has increased by 6.7 percent each year over the past five years. (Jan. 27, 2009)
By 'unzipping' single DNA molecules, a Cornell research team has gained new insight into how genes are packed and expressed within cells. (Jan. 27, 2009)
Heber Sanchez '09 has reaped a $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship for designing a sustainable fashion line for young men that combines second-hand clothing with organic textiles. (Jan. 27, 2009)
People lie on surveys to boast about themselves or to avoid embarrassment, among other reasons, but there was no evidence of the so-called 'Bradley effect' in the November presidential election. (Jan. 27, 2009)
Wimer worked in Cornell's Office of Publications and Marketing from 1978 until her retirement in 2007. She died at Cayuga Medical Center Jan. 22 after a long bout with cancer. (Jan. 27, 2009)
Psychologist Joseph Mikels studies how emotion interfaces with such cognitive processes as working memory and selective attention, and he applies this to decision making in the elderly.
