Trustees approve 4.5 percent endowed tuition increase; statutory tuition will rise by same dollar amount

The board of trustees has approved a plan that calls for a 4.5 percent tuition increase for undergrads in the endowed colleges and an increase of the same dollar amount for the state-supported colleges.

Worker turnover hurts customer service, study shows

A new ILR School study finds that worker turnover affects employee productivity and morale, causing service to falter.

Student group travels to India for cultural experience

Students in the Minority Organization of Architecture, Art and Planning are engaged in field study and cultural immersion on a winter break trip to India.

Small grants awarded to social scientists

The Institute for the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of its biannual small grant award for interdisciplinary research and conference support. (Dec. 21, 2009)

Graduates, families celebrate at winter commencement

Some 360 degree candidates attended winter commencement Dec. 19 in Barton Hall, along with 2,000 cheering friends and family members. (Dec. 21, 2009)

Safety expert: 'Be like Dracula,' hide lower face in elbow to prevent spreading H1N1

The ILR School's Nellie J. Brown trains more than 2,000 workers annually, from firefighters, office workers and farmers to metalworkers, health care workers and cosmetologists on how to stay safe on the job. (Dec. 18, 2009)

Three students receive federal scholarships to study abroad

Morgan Fleischman of the School of Hotel Administration, Darius Niknamfard of the ILR School and Steven Shterenberg of the College of Arts and Sciences have won Gilman Scholarships to study abroad. (Dec. 16, 2009)

New postdoc training will advance study of economic crisis

Two researchers in Cornell's Center for the Study of Economy and Society will study the current economic crisis as part of a new postdoctoral program funded by the National Science Foundation. (Dec. 15, 2009)

Management sciences discussion focuses on long term

In the fourth of six public discussions, Provost Kent Fuchs and task force chair Ron Seeber noted that the focus of the management sciences report is largely conceptual.