In a survey of life scientists at 66 academic institutions, conducted by the editors of the magazine The Scientist, Cornell University ranked fifth in the United States as one of the best academic places to work. In The Scientist's 2004 survey, The Best Places to Work in Academia, life scientists were surprisingly uniform in reporting that adequate laboratory and research facilities for themselves and their co-workers were among the most important factors. Also ranking high in importance to the scientists were working relationships with peers, adequate health-care coverage, adequate research funding, support for new faculty members, clearly defined requirements for tenure and the local standard of living. (November 17, 2004)
Anyone who went to specific parties on March 6 or 8 or has such symptoms as fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, stiff neck, rash and mental confusion should seek medical care. (March 14, 2008)
For the second year in a row, all four of Cornell Universities nominees to the national competition for the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship have won the prestigious award.
The two-day sesquicentennial event, “Vietnam: The War at Cornell," Nov. 10-11, brought former students, faculty and staff back to campus to discuss Cornell in the late 1960s.
In the pilot program, two Cornell researchers are training an environmental volunteer corps of retirees with the skills critically needed to tackle environmental threats. (Nov. 13, 2008)
Substances that are poisonous to animals can now be subjected to the same chemical scrutiny given to materials in high-profile human cases - including the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
Construction has begun on a state-of-the art Biofuels Research Lab that will convert perennial grasses and woody biomass into ethanol thanks to a $10 million grant awarded to Professor Larry Walker. (March 6, 2008)
A study by Cornell sociologist Matthew Brashears finds that happiness comes from having firmly held beliefs and being around people who affirm those beliefs.
In the new book called 'Interest,' Cornell sociologist Richard Swedberg traces the intellectual history of the concept of interest and argues that how economists have used the concept is too narrow a view.