Hospitality leaders discussed how their industry can be more sustainable without compromising profits, Nov. 16 in New York City, at an event organized by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research. (Dec. 8, 2010)
The Departments of Food Science and of Plant Pathology each host about one dozen undergraduates from around the country as summer scholars to garner career interest in their fields. (June 20, 2011)
Sometimes, says Cornell law professor Eduardo Penalver in a new book, breaking property laws can be a vital step toward changing a legal system, and a society, for the better. (May 3, 2010)
Arlie Hochschild, a University of California-Berkeley sociologist who spoke on campus Sept. 3, said many people outsource personal services. The result is estrangement and isolation. (Sept. 9, 2009)
The university is expanding its business communities for alumni in finance, high-tech and entrepreneurial sectors, with plans to produce 150 events for 6,000 Cornellians in the next year. (April 21, 2010)
Business, politics and economics play key roles in sustainable development, Cornell professors at a regional symposium of the National Academy of Engineering, May 16.
On Oct. 25, former national security advisers Samuel Berger '67 and Stephen Hadley '69 discussed the challenges the next U.S. president will face in trying to reassert America's leadership in the world.
The State of Upstate New York Conference: Resiliency, Partnerships and Innovation will be held in Syracuse, N.Y., June 8-9 for a broad audience of policymakers, academics and elected officials. (May 23, 2011)
A dialogue between President David Skorton and industrialist Ratan Tata, Cornell's Entrepreneur of the Year, headlined the Oct. 12 event, which drew more than 350 attendees and featured 21 speakers and panelists. (Oct. 18, 2012)