Joe Thomas, a noted scholar, dynamic teacher and proven academic administrator, has been named dean of Cornell's world-renowned Johnson School. Thomas has been serving as interim dean since June 2007. (March 27, 2008)
A group of Cornell hospitality management students said "yes" to a rare opportunity Jan. 2-4: to study with the masters while experiencing luxury service firsthand at hotels in Beverly Hills.
When the National Geographic Society's hunt for living giant squid sends sperm whales with video cameras to the ocean depths this month off New Zealand's South Island, the "camerawhales" will be tracked by the Cornell Bioacoustics Research program.
Dog-walker's elbow, cowboy thumb, snowmobiler's back and miner's knee are among the nearly 150 conditions described in a new book, "Atlas of Occupational Markers on Human Remains," by Luigi Capasso, Kenneth A.R. Kennedy and Cynthia A. Wilczak.
NEW YORK (Feb. 13, 2006) -- Smokers and former smokers should be screened for lung cancer even if they don't have symptoms, according to a new study led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell…
Jason Millman, a Cornell professor of education and an expert on standardized testing methods, died Feb. 22 in Lake Oswego, Ore., where he was visiting family. He died from complications arising from Shy-Drager Syndrome. He was 64.
Is affirmative action a good thing? A healthy majority of New York state's residents believe it is. But New Yorkers are fairly evenly divided in their opinions on the use of affirmative action policies in the hiring of employees as well as in college admissions, and views can differ sharply by gender, ethnicity and location. The findings were among of the results of the first Empire State Poll, an ongoing opinion poll of New York residents conducted by Cornell University's Survey Research Institute (SRI). (June 25, 2003)
New York, NY (November 2, 2004) -- All life relies on the actions and reactions of single molecules within cells. However, these molecules are so tiny that they have long eluded direct, real-time investigation using conventional light microscopes.A breakthrough technology being developed by Dr. Scott C. Blanchard -- recently recruited to Weill Medical College of Cornell University under the College's Strategic Research Plan -- is finally allowing researchers an unprecedented view into the workings of individual molecules.
Manufacturers that produce shirts, hats and other apparel using the names of colleges and universities are under pressure to eliminate "sweatshops" by following a code of conduct that establishes safe and humane working conditions in their factories.