As Cornell prepares to unveil its five-year campaign goal, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Charlie Phlegar sat down with the Cornell Chronicle editors to answer questions about the upcoming launch of the campaign's public phase.
An ILR School Professor John Bunge lent his expertise to a survey of workers in the solar industry, which is projected to jump 26 percent - adding almost 24,000 net new jobs. (Oct. 13, 2010)
Exhibits representing a cross-section of Cornell's physical sciences and engineering expertise will be part of a Washington, D.C., festival aimed at promoting the sciences. (Oct. 13, 2010)
Three computer science students will spend this summer as paid interns in small startup companies, helpinmg them with their problems and getting a crash course in entrepreneurship.
The contingent hopes to use the meeting as a springboard for creating interdisciplinary partnerships at Cornell to research pressing climate issues in the future.
Cornell Provost Biddy Martin called for more diversity in faculty hiring in her first Academic State of the University Address March 7. (March 8, 2007)
TranquiliTea, a student-developed tea with health and beauty characteristics, is vying for the national title in the Student Food Product Development competition, June 28-July 1 in New Orleans. (May 21, 2008)
Global poverty, climate change, ecosystem degradation and other issues are being tackled in a new course offered by the School of Hotel Administration and the Johnson School. (Jan. 28, 2009)
Peter Takirambudde, executive director of the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, called for help -- and hope -- in the struggle to end the crisis in Darfur. (March 15, 2007)