Composer and Cornell professor Roberto Sierra has been selected to compose the inaugural work for the Sphinx Commissioning Consortium, an alliance of 12 American orchestras. (Aug. 4, 2008)
Working long hours has increasingly become expected in the work culture, yet seemingly gender-neutral workplace norms can result in discriminatory outcomes, the study says. (Aug. 1, 2008)
Academic articles that are freely available are read more often, but they are not cited more in academic literature, finds a new Cornell study published in the British Medical Journal. (July 31, 2008)
Cornell's transportation-focused Generic Environmental Impact Statement explores hypothetical transportation-related effects of population growth in the Ithaca area. (July 30, 2008)
Mannix, professor of management at the Johnson School and director of the Institute for the Social Sciences, has been named vice provost for equity and inclusion, effective July 15. (July 29, 2008)
Children from the Onondaga Nation took a tour of Cornell's Dairy Plant, July 24. Their visit was an extension of an after-school science program run by Professor Carl Batt. (July 29, 2008)
Learn how animals mate, communicate, feed and prey by attending the 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Aug. 10-14, at Cornell. (July 29, 2008)
Chemist Richard Durst has been elected president of the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry, as well as having received two other recent honors. (July 29, 2008)
The program brings 50 low-income high school freshmen and sophomores students from the region to campus for six weeks in the summer to help them prepare for college. (July 28, 2008)
