As he completes his first year as Cornell's chief investment officer, James Walsh describes the university's investment returns during the past 12 months -- a record 25.9 percent -- as 'terrific.' (Nov. 15, 2007)
The 12 Northeastern states are on a record-setting pace, to make 1996 one of the wettest - if not one of the most memorable - weather years in the last 102 years of weather data, according to a climatologist with the Northeast Regional Climate Center.
Workers in the burgeoning Internet/digital design industry jockey for survival in one of the fastest growing employment sectors in the United States. Confronted with rapid changes in "new media" markets and technology, these highly-skilled professionals face serious labor challenges, according to Susan Christopherson.
A $1 million grant from Corning Inc. to Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management will enable the school to develop a total-immersion curriculum in "e-business" and other components of an extensive electronic business program.
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings today announced the appointment of three interim deans, filling key positions in the Cornell Medical College, the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management and the College of Art, Architecture and Planning.
The National Science Foundation today announced continuing funding of $19.9 million over five years to the Cornell Center for Materials Research. The grant will support the work of five interdisciplinary research groups, four seed projects, seven major shared experimental facilities and three outreach programs in the center.
Kevin J. McGraw, a biologist at Cornell, knew what female birds and other animals in crowded, resource-scarce environments look for in their mates: males with potential to materially care for females and their offspring.
Despite the immensity of Hurricane Floyd, which after sweeping over Florida is bearing down on the Carolina's and threatening the U.S. eastern seaboard, climatologists at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell believe the storm will not pack the watery wallop of hurricane-turned-tropical storm Agnes in 1972.
In order to expand educational opportunities for students and to explore new program opportunities among campuses, particularly in electronic technology and distance-education capability, six State University of New York campuses signed an affiliation agreement with Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.