Cornell's applied economics and management program was ranked 10th in BusinessWeek's Top 50 undergraduate business schools, released March 8. (March 9, 2007)
30,000 hopeful freshmen are vying for 3,200 slots at Cornell in fall, President David Skorton told the board at a meeting on campus March 9. (March 9, 2007)
Stunning microscopy images of gold nanoparticles and calcium carbonate crystals, among others, win the Cornell Center for Materials Research imaging contest. (March 9, 2007)
Cornell Information Technologies has raised mail file size limits from 15 MB to 50 MB during weekdays, and it has installed a new spam defense. (March 9, 2007)
Cornell Provost Biddy Martin called for more diversity in faculty hiring in her first Academic State of the University Address March 7. (March 8, 2007)
Cornell's Einaudi Center for International Studies awards travel grants to more than 150 grad students a year. Its semiannual photo contest captures the diversity of the students' destinations. (March 7, 2007)
The Cornell United Way Campaign not only exceeded its goal of $660,000, but surpassed the $700,000 mark in pledges. The 2006 campaign officially closes March 31. (March 7, 2007)
Having dinner with a potential employer? Spare the salt and mind your manners, Cornell hospitality expert Barbara Lang told a group of students, March 6 on campus. (March 7, 2007)
Sunlight alone can change the way an asteroid and other small bodies spin in space, suggests a new study led by astronomers at Cornell and Queen's University Belfast. (March 7, 2007)
Daylight-saving time will start three weeks earlier this year, on Sunday, March 11, and end one week later, on Sunday, Nov. 4, and most Windows and Mac computers will require an operating system update. (March 7, 2007)
Mary F. Berens, director of alumni affairs, has been named senior campaign officer for Cornell's ambitious $4 billion fund-raising campaign. Her appointment to this newly created position is effective Sept. 1. (March 7, 2007)
