JumpStart projects, supported by small NYSTAR grants, allow a business to work with a faculty researcher for a short time on a specific problem. The projects often lead to a longer-term collaboration. (Sept. 11, 2007)
A community support meeting will take place at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 11 in McManus Lounge, Hollister Hall, following the death of Ephrahim Garcia, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Events on campus include percussionist Ji Hye Jung, author Jon Savage, the Cornell Farmers' Market, a film about Internet prodigy Aaron Swartz and the Ten Minute Playfest at the Schwartz Center.
Events on campus this week include a 'Lines of Control' symposium, 'The Vagina Monologues' in Bailey Hall, a book talk on food policy, and an event celebrating South Asian wedding traditions. (March 1, 2012)
Ronald O. Perelman, chairman of MacAndrews and Forbes Holdings Inc., has made a $50 million gift to be equally divided between NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College. (Feb. 28, 2008)
At a meeting Dec. 3, President David Skorton emphasized the need for greater communication with staff, who are still dealing with the workloads and stresses brought about by the recession. (Dec. 9, 2010)
The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future will help hire three to five faculty members with expertise in climate change-related research. (Dec. 11, 2008)
Percy Allen II, MPA '75, shared his secrets for reviving money-losing hospitals with the Sloan Program in Health Administration May 5. Some keys: cheerleading and not cutting too close to the bone.
Chronic stress from noise, crowding, family conflict and other factors appears to be another reason why children in low-income families don't fare as well as their middle-income counterparts. (Jan. 31, 2011)
A versatile architectural technology created by a Cornell design professor has been adopted by sustainability-minded students to build bamboo-based hurricane- and earthquake-resistant structures.