Drug policy reform advocate and former Princeton University professor Ethan Nadelmann will present a University Lecture titled "Building a Political Movement to End the War on Drugs," Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 4:30 p.m. in 165 McGraw Hall on the Cornell University campus. The talk is free and open to the public. Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Drug Policy Alliance, based in New York City, is widely regarded as one of the outstanding proponents of drug policy reform, both in the United States and abroad. The Drug Policy Alliance works to broaden the public debate on drug policy and to promote realistic alternatives to the war on drugs. (September 30, 2003)
Polley Ann McClure, vice president for information technology and communication and professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia, has been appointed by Provost Don M. Randel as Cornell University's new vice president for information technologies.
Tuition keeps going up, but that's because higher education is labor intensive and outside support is not increasing accordingly, says Provost Biddy Martin. (May 3, 2007)
About 300 people who run the world's reigning hotels and restaurants will be guests at the world's largest teaching hotel this April 1-4. Many of them also got their first training at that hotel, the Statler, which is linked to Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. For current Cornell Hotel School students, the 79th annual Hotel Ezra Cornell is the defining event of their undergraduate experience. In addition to showcasing their culinary and presentation skills, the extravaganza includes educational panels on pressing issues in the hospitality industry. It also offers students an opportunity to network with the executives while running both a hotel and a major conference themselves. (March 17, 2004)
On Monday morning, July 10, David Skorton's Day Hall office was nearly bare: clean white walls, empty bookshelves, subdued olive and beige furniture and the light smell of fresh paint. Just a few personal touches had crept in --…
'Nanomembrane' sheets embedded with tiny iron oxide particles can help clean toxic chemicals from water. Cornell researchers are evaluating the tech to reduce human health and environmental concerns.
GENEVA, N.Y. -- A new big apple in New York will be introduced Jan. 10 by breeders from Cornell University's Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y. The Fortune apple -- a large, tasty, eating apple -- will debut at the annual New York State Horticultural Show in Rochester, N.Y.
Cornell University Library has become the newest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating on a digital library initiative. (Oct. 25, 2010)