Frank B. Miller Jr., professor emeritus at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) and expert on organizational behavior who carried Cornell's mace for 20 years at university events, died March 2 at Cayuga Medical…
"I was frightened, and I was devastated," said Burt Neuborne '61, recalling the murder of one of his Cornell classmates, Michael Schwerner '61, and two other civil rights workers at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
When a Malaysian friend was diagnosed with breast cancer and could not find any information about the disease in Malaysian libraries, Professor Rosemary Caffarella began an effort to fill the information gap.
Cornell departments will no longer need to purchase Microsoft Office or its upgrades. The university has enrolled in the Microsoft Campus Agreement Program, which will make the software available to all faculty and staff. (April 8, 2008)
eCornell, a developer and marketer of online professional education courses from Cornell University, is being restructured to bring the size of its organization in line with the revenue growth pattern. The company is consolidating talent and skills to focus primarily on selling its existing catalog of courses. eCornell will continue to serve its current and future individual and corporate customers worldwide. The company will maintain a core development team to continue its innovations, in conjunction with Cornell faculty, in collaborative, online learning, and to develop new programs in 2004. (February 20, 2004)
Two Cornell food marketing experts helped Indian marketing experts boost their country's fledgling food industry by offering a five-day executive development program in India. (April 7, 2008)
Just in time for summer's educational adventures, Cornell Plantations has published maps and descriptions of plant communities, the booklet details wild areas within walking and bicycling distance of Cornell's central campus.
Men and women taking selenium supplements for 10 years had 41 percent less total cancer than those taking a placebo, a new study by Cornell and the University of Arizona shows.
Cornell University Architect Peter Karp plans to retire Nov. 10, after a decade at the university.
"Cornell has been truly fortunate to be able to benefit from Peter Karp's experience and reputation with associates throughout…
Army ants, nature's ultimate coalition task force, strike their prey en masse in a blind, voracious column and pay no attention to the conventional wisdom of evolutionary biologists.