An experiment found that adding a colored potato chip in a tube of chips helped subjects eat fewer chips and accurately keep track of what they had eaten. (May 14, 2012)
Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol discussed the law and the rights of women on campus May 10 and also signed an MOU to renew a scholarship and exchange program.
An upcoming May 16 event will wed engineering and sustainability, as Cornell hosts a regional symposium of the National Academy of Engineering. (May 14, 2012)
Cornell still has a lot of work to do to become 'a place where we all feel respected, safe and included,' said Associate Dean Sheri Notaro in opening a May 9 community forum on diversity issues.
His three-year term, to begin July 1, results from a canvassing of the Africana faculty. Earlier this semester, the faculty voted unanimously to make Aching a full professor in their department, also starting July 1.
Cornell's Ithaca campus will end its fiscal year with a balanced consolidated operating budget, only four years after the university's structural deficit stood at $148 million.
Provost Kent Fuchs and VP Elmira Mangum are rolling out the framework of a new budget model to the campus. The model is more streamlined, consistent and transparent in allocation of resources.