Two Cornell researchers have launched iFyber LLC, which markets fabrics with embedded nanoparticles to detect explosives and dangerous chemicals or to serve as antibacterials for hospitals. (Sept. 21, 2009)
Charles McNulty, chief theater critic for the Los Angeles Times, is the winner of the 2009-10 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, administered by Cornell University's Department of English. (Jan. 6, 2011)
Young adult women whose mothers cohabit are 57 percent more likely than other women to report cohabitation themselves, according to a study by Cornell's Dan Lichter and Ohio State University colleagues.
While many Americans enjoyed extraordinary gains in economic well-being in the past decade, one group has been left far behind: the nearly 10 percent of the working-age population with disabilities. According to a Cornell University/Federal Reserve Bank study, this group has suffered an unprecedented decline in employment.
NEW YORK -- A capacity crowd filled the Weill Auditorium for a recent Career Pathways presentation, "Walking the Academic Road." A panel of junior faculty from the Weill Cornell Graduate School spoke with students at length about…
A report by a Cornell immigration policy expert, a researcher with the Migration Policy Institute and the institute's president states that visa, travel and border inspections need to be made easier for legitimate foreign visitors, while still keeping the United States safe.
In a simple world rivers would flow in straight lines, every airplane ride would be smooth, and we would know the daily weather 10 years into the future. But the world is not simple -- it is turbulent.
That's good news, since…
The U.S. Postal Service -- America's largest public enterprise -- is in need of reform and should be transformed from a government-owned entity into a privately owned firm, says an expert at Cornell University. In a new book, Saving the Mail: How to Solve the Problems of the U.S. Postal Service (American Enterprise Institute Press), assistant professor of policy analysis and management Rick Geddes argues that the postal service should become a completely demonopolized company that offers publicly traded shares. Germany and Holland have successfully privatized their postal services. (March 12, 2003)