Entrepreneur and alumnus Rob Ryan shared secrets of his success with students in applied economics and management during a Sept. 1 lecture. (Sept. 5, 2008)
The Cornell Wind Ensemble shared their music and musical expertise with communities, schools and disadvantaged local students on a biennial tour of Costa Rica in January.
A group of 2002 Johnson School graduates founded Camp $tart-Up, a weeklong summer retreat for girls interested in business careers, as their public service-leadership project for the Park Leadership Fellows Program. (Dec. 10, 2007)
Christine Natsios has been appointed director of alumni affairs at the School of Hotel Administration. Natsios, a 1985 graduate of the Hotel School, will develop and implement alumni activities and programs throughout the world for the school.
Cornell's Formula SAE team took first place in the fifth annual University of Toronto Shootout, Sept. 16, a regional race for student-built and -driven race cars.
The Cornell team, whose primary mission is to build and drive a…
The research could have implications for reconstructing personal ancestries, personalized medicine, drug treatments and mapping risk factors for such common diseases as hypertension and diabetes. (Dec. 22, 2009)
Ron Rohrbaugh of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology uses the ivory-billed woodpecker to illustrate the concept of a 'lost' species, one that is so rare that it is not able to be detected or studied. (Dec. 22, 2009)
Global warming is threatening corals, reported Cornell's Drew Harvell at the AAAS meeting Feb. 18. But some corals can fight diseases as temperatures rise and may provide clues in how to protect other fragile coral reefs, she said. (Feb. 20, 2007)
Missy Chase Lapine, author of 'The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals,' has infiltrated kitchen operations at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian. (Dec. 5, 2007)
Consumers perceive restaurants with higher menu prices but no tipping to be more expensive than restaurants with lower menu prices and tipping, finds a new study from the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research. (Feb. 16, 2007)