Three gifts will help to 'transform the ability of the museum to fulfill our mission of education and research,' says Frank Robinson, director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. (Oct. 19, 2007)
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)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has designated a 13-member national consortium as the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), creating the world's largest and most accessible nanoscale laboratory. The consortium will enable university students and researchers, as well as scientists from corporate and government laboratories, to have open access to resources they need for studying molecular and higher length-scale materials and processes and applying them in a variety of structures, devices and systems. Named to lead NNIN is Sandip Tiwari, director of the NSF-funded Cornell Nanoscale Facility (CNF), a national user facility on the Cornell campus. NSF funding to the new network is expected to be $70-million or higher for five years, beginning in January 2004, with the possibility of a five-year renewal. (December 22, 2003)
Close to 90 Cornellians spent Nov. 12 at the United Nations, touring and talking with experts on topics ranging from climate change to food security. (Nov. 29, 2010)
The Institute for the Social Sciences' 2009-2012 theme project, 'Judgment, Decision Making and Social Behavior,' is wrapping up three years of work to advance decision-making research.
Susanne Bruyère, director of the Employment and Disability Institute in Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations extension division, has been named associate dean for outreach at the ILR School.
The gamitana fish mostly eats fruit and can carry seeds down the Amazon River as far as 3 miles, reports a new Cornell study. The fish may play an important role in the structure of the Amazon forest. (April 18, 2011)
Peter H. Coors '69, head of Molson Coors Brewing Co., spoke about growing a family business into a brewing empire at the Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration 2011, April 14. (April 18, 2011)
A team of interdisciplinary researchers from Cornell and Ithaca College will study architecture and social interaction in an early civilization on Cyprus in a federally funded four-year project. (Sept. 29, 2009)
In New York City Jan. 26, Cornell's Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition for the endowed colleges 5.5 percent. The board also re-elected Peter Meinig as chairman. (Jan. 29, 2007)