At a talk in NYC Dec. 12, engineering professor Thomas O'Rourke urged better preparedness for natural disasters and surveyed the role of infrastructure in recent calamities. (Dec. 18, 2012)
As New York Gov. David Paterson outlined his vision June 8 to make New York state a global leader in the knowledge-based economy, he cited President David Skorton's task force as the type of initiative that will create jobs. (June 10, 2009)
The book 'The Adolescent Brain: Learning, Reasoning and Decision Making,' co-edited by Valerie Reyna, focuses on teen brain development and high cognition, which is critical for good reasoning. (Dec. 15, 2011)
During his keynote address at the Sloan Program in Health Administration's annual Wagner Memorial Dinner, Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, emphasized the role of technology in improving health care. (May 23, 2011)
The partnership between the Cornell and Columbia libraries to share resources and expertise has been judged a success by faculty users. (Dec. 12, 2011)
On Nov. 17, Barrett Keene, Ph.D. '13, finished walking from Miami to San Francisco to raise funds for school uniforms for international orphans. (Dec. 6, 2012)
Huiju Park, assistant professor in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, is making firefighters' movements more natural and safer by designing better-fitting boots and uniforms. (Dec. 3, 2012)
Rutgers University Professor Dorothy Sue Cobble delivered the 2010 Alice Hanson Cook Distinguished Lecture on the hidden history of working women. (Oct. 1, 2010)