The Department of Textiles and Apparel at Cornell has joined the prestigious National Textile Center Consortium, a group of universities focused on research to sharpen the global competitiveness of the domestic textile and apparel industry.
Provost Biddy Martin invites all faculty, staff and students to join the Cornell Humanities Book Art Project by lending books they have authored for an art installation by Professor Buzz Spector.
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ST. LOUIS -- Applying science and technology to build a Pluto-bound spacecraft that travels more than 10 times faster -- 47,000 miles per hour -- than a speeding bullet or a tiny cell phone that fits in a…
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Deans Kent Kleinman and G. Peter Lepage write, 'The arts are not optional for us; they are fundamental to Cornell University's academic mission.' (March 11, 2010)
Two-career couples in the United States continue to struggle in managing conflicting family and work demands. Increasingly outdated workplace and work-hour policies based on the one-career-per-family model, they find, have little regard for the needs of workers, their spouses or their families, according to a Cornell University sociologist. A new book, It's About Time: Couples and Careers (Cornell University Press), edited by Phyllis Moen, the Ferris Family Professor of Life Course Studies at Cornell and director of the Cornell Careers Institute, says that U.S. employers need to create new career paths that support dual-career couples. These options should have innovative flexibility, such as reduced work hours for new parents and semiretired workers whose benefits and future career options would be protected. (March 11, 2003)
Physicians may someday monitor a patient's blood flow, blood pressure and temperature with tiny, implantable devices -- some small enough to be injected into a person's vascular system -- thanks to research by a Cornell…
The Southern Tier Law Enforcement Academy at Corning Community College graduated its 17th session of police recruits from the New York State Basic Course for Police Officers, March 10, and Cornell University Police recruits who attended earned several awards.
Cornell University has launched a new Web site, , to help provide education about the ongoing problem of hazing among student groups. The creation of the anti-hazing Web site, sponsored by Cornell's Office of the Dean of Students, is part of the university's ongoing commitment to address a serious problem facing Cornell and universities across the country. This site is a resource for students, staff, faculty, alumni, parents and others. It highlights university-defined hazing activities, discusses hazing myths and allows students to report hazing incidents anonymously.