After finding low worker satisfaction in her country, Haitian student Nemdia Daceney continued her research at Cornell this summer hoping to show employers and government officials the human dimension of economic development policies.
Alumni, faculty and members of the incoming Class of 2012 attended the Cornell Mosaic conference, which offers Cornellians, particularly African-American, Latino and Asian alumni, opportunities to network and keep current on Cornell events.
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah, this year's Olin lecturer, stressed how the use of honor - and shame - could be a trigger for social and societal change. (Sept. 26, 2011)
Good news for the advertising industry: Television viewers surfing the Web during commercial breaks are often triggered by TV ads to visit product websites and make purchases, according to new study.
Three experts discussed how prepared the United States is for bioterrorism at a panel discussion hosted by Cornell in Washington, D.C., March 22. (March 28, 2012)
Cornell researchers met with Ithaca-area practitioners to set a research agenda for the little-studied field, which offers treatments to alleviate pain and suffering for seriously ill patients.
Cornell students designed winter boots that improve circulation and a jacket with built-in headphones for people in wheelchairs, among other products as part of a textiles course. (Dec. 7, 2009)
Cornell clinical law professor William A. Jacobson's talk on the Tea Party generated a heated discussion at the Cornell Club in Manhattan Sept. 19. (Sept. 21, 2011)
Carol Graham of the Brookings Institution said that happiness and well-being are important factors to public policy, in speaking on campus Sept. 15. (Sept. 19, 2011)