A faculty member since 1983, McLaughlin is senior associate director of the Dyson School. He will become Dyson's interim David J. Nolan Dean starting July 1, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced.
New legislation signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on July 12 removes legal obstacles impeding access to hemp seed in a bid to streamline research and farming opportunities in New York.
President Elizabeth Garrett formed the Senior Leaders Climate Action Group last November to focus on improving climate trends by spurring cross-disciplinary solutions on campus and globally.
Let's Epicure, a startup created by Rachel Wang, MBA '15, Claire Lambrecht '06, MBA '15, and Miwa Takaki, MBA '15 won a $10,000 business competition prize for their company, which helps with healthy eating.
While much attention is focused on the founders of startups, business professors from Cornell University and Georgia Tech wanted to know more about "joiners" – people attracted to working in startups as employees.
Research by professor of government Gustavo Flores-Macías on Colombian security taxes reveals how the government was able to tax the economic elite to benefit state security.
Food banks may soon be able to boost the nutritional value of the food they distribute to the hungry, thanks to a new harvesting model created by Cornell economists.
Five Johnson School alumni have committed to give the school $27 million and a new Innovation Challenge seeks to raise another $23 million by June 20, 2015.
An expansion of Cornell Cooperative Extension's Harvest NY agriculture program allows the program to extend its economic development activities to support farmers in northern New York state.
Chris Barrett has been named the new David J. Nolan Director of the nationally ranked Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management effective Jan. 1, 2014.