Industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata will discuss corporate social responsibility and his company's revolutionary new car, the Tata Nano, at events during 2009 Reunion Weekend, June 4-7. (May 27, 2009)
Cornell's Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y., has 110 acres, including 77 research plots where faculty and students study agricultural issues. (March 16, 2011)
Nancy M. Schlichting, MBA ’79, retired CEO of the Henry Ford Health System, delivered a keynote address on "Unconventional Leadership" at the inaugural Sloan Women in Healthcare Leadership Symposium.
VPSI Inc., the national leader in commuter vanpool companies, is working with TCAT,Cornell and others to offer a complement to traditional transit service to Tompkins County. (Sept. 15, 2009)
The 204 students from Tulane, Xavier and the University of New Orleans have begun to blend into the campus, and Cornell President Hunter Rawlings has issued a new leave policy for faculty and staff involved in Katrina relief efforts.
A new course on DVD featuring mathematician Steve Strogatz covers the science and math behind chaos theory, plus the historical, cultural and philosophical implications of the concept. (Nov. 6, 2008)
Researchers at Cornell and Michigan have joined teams in France to find out if native speakers of American English and French use the same brain structures to understand a story when it is read to them in their own language.
According to Benefit Services, the Cornell Program for Healthy Living can provide both that personal focus on wellness and cost savings. (Sept. 12, 2008)
Events on campus the next two weeks include talks on library services students want, writings by African AIDS orphans, and Victorian literature; and John Waters at the 'Resoundingly Queer' conference. (March 15, 2012)
One year after the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, three lifelong residents of New Orleans will speak on a panel commem orating the anniversary of the storm that changed the Crescent City, and much of the Gulf…