Two initiatives to streamline Cornell's purchasing and financial transactions should save at least $31.8 million annually by 2015, says VP Joanne DeStefano at a public forum. (Nov. 9, 2010)
Cornell University's Presidential Search Committee has issued a document outlining the challenges and opportunities for its next president, as well as qualifications the ideal candidate should demonstrate. The eight-page document, "The Cornell Opportunity," was developed based on input from Cornell faculty, students, staff and alumni over the past several months, as well as input from other friends of the university and community leaders in Ithaca and beyond, according to Edwin H. Morgens, chair of the Presidential Search Committee. (August 21, 2002)
Reaccreditation is one step closer for Cornell, now that the university's proposal for a intensive self-study has been approved by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Within the next week, all staff and faculty who are eligible for Cornell benefits will receive a booklet at their home address announcing a special benefits open enrollment period for long-term care insurance and life insurance. (April 4, 2008)
Event highlights on campus from Nov. 18-Dec. 2 include a play based on Charles Mingus' autobiography, high-wire artist Philippe Petit and professor of history Richard Polenberg's last lecture. (Nov. 17, 2011)
Students drew from Cornell's photography and textile collections to curate exhibitions as they developed research, critical thinking and writing skills in a pair of first-year writing seminars.
This week's (8/2/01) New England Journal of Medicine highlights a significant study on surgery for temporal-lobe epilepsy. It proves, for the first time, in a randomized, controlled trial, that surgery rather than medication should be the mode of choice for temporal-lobe epilepsy. Dr. Ted Schwartz, new Director of the Center of Epilepsy and Brain Tumor Surgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center, is available for interviews. Contact him through Jonathan Weil, Public Affairs, 212-821-0560.
Hotels and restaurants now can accurately compute all the costs associated with losing and replacing an employee, thanks to a free Web-based management tool from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration.
There is a 100 percent chance of sand all along the beaches of Atlantic City, N.J., Christmas morning, but only an 8 percent chance of snow. If you are looking for a White Christmas in the northeastern United States -- or trying to avoid one -- the top spots are the usual suspects: Pinkham Notch, N.H., (with nearly 100 percent chance of snow), Caribou, Maine, and, in New York state, Boonville and Old Forge, according to Keith Eggleston, senior climatologist with Cornell University's Northeast Regional Climate Center A lower probability of snow -- although still at a high 71 percent -- is forecast for Syracuse, N.Y., and Portland, Maine. (December 17, 2004)
Cornell grape breeder Bruce Reisch will officially name and release a new red wine grape during the Viticulture 2003 Conference at the Buffalo Convention Center in Buffalo, NY, on Feb. 20 at 1:30 pm.