Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of the nonprofit Acumen Fund, gave this year's Iscol lecture Sept. 27, talking about entrepreneurial approaches to solving problems of global poverty. (Sept. 29, 2010)
Economist Robert Moffitt, a leading expert on the economics of welfare reform, recently spent a week at Cornell to lecture in classes and work with students. (March 2, 2010)
Cornell and the Africana Studies and Research Center are co-sponsoring a major international conference, 'Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan,' at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 21-22. (Feb. 19, 2008)
The latest ultrasound device created by Cornell graduate student George K. Lewis could one day introduce a whole new level of home therapy for pain management. (Feb. 16, 2010)
On March 23 Cornell held a Library Salon at Lighthouse International in Manhattan that focused on the 1911 Triangle factory fire and the ILR School's Kheel Center collection and website about the fire. (March 28, 2011)
Don't upgrade the nation's transportation system by boosting gas taxes, but charge drivers directly for using specific roads at specific times, says Cornell's Rick Geddes, a member of a federal commission. (Jan. 18, 2008)
Cornell will join five other universities in providing research support to The Solar Energy Consortium. This research partnership between colleges and solar energy companies will help advance New York's solar industry. (Jan. 18, 2008)
Rich Marin, former chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns Asset Management, and Johnson School professors Bob Jarrow and Maureen O'Hara, examined the roots of the nation's financial meltdown, Sept. 24. (Sept. 30, 2008)
Global Grand Challenges Symposium brought together faculty, administrators and guests to discuss challenges on which Cornell should place emphasis and resources in 2019-2020.