Clint Sidle is director of the Roy H. Park Leadership Fellows Program at the Johnson School, discusses how the program trains business leaders to avoid the excesses of Wall Street greed. (Dec. 17, 2009)
Would a so-called Twinkie tax help curb obesity rates? Should shoppers who buy healthy goods earn rebates? A new study will seek to unravel the likely implications of legislative attempts to promote healthy eating. (Dec. 17, 2009)
The Biology Research Fellows Program, a new program that aims to broaden the pipeline of underrepresented minorities entering life sciences graduate fields, has announced its inaugural class. (Dec. 17, 2009)
The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell has issued probabilities for various cities in the Northeast having a white Christmas. The snowiest hot spot is Pinkham Notch, N.H. (Dec. 17, 2009)
Thirteen Cornell faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 531 researchers chosen to receive the prestigious award this year. (Dec. 17, 2009)
A Cornell researcher has developed simulation models to predict the economic implications of selling wine in New York grocery stores. With a new law, the state could reap about $22 million a year. (Dec. 16, 2009)
Financial planner and Cornell lecturer Paul Strebel explains why he remains cautious about reinvesting in the stock market because the economy still has a long way to go to full recovery. (Dec. 16, 2009)
Provost Kent Fuchs issued a statement Dec. 16 announcing the formation of the Program Management Office to coordinate, track and monitor the implementation of at least $90 million in administrative cost savings.
Four grants awarded from the Summer 2009 Seed Grant Competition are intended to promote research on foreign policy and international development as well as international studies in general. (Dec. 16, 2009)
Cornell chemist Paul Chirik and colleagues have devised a new way to break the tough nitrogen-nitrogen bond in the lab and simultaneously create carbon-nitrogen bonds. (Dec. 16, 2009)