Although tenure serves several important functions, it does not confer academic freedom as much as it was intended, especially among associate professors, according to a new Cornell study. (May 2, 2007)
The English language is being reclaimed and transformed in places that were once British colonies in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, according to speakers at a conference, April 27-28. (May 2, 2007)
Jennie McGraw, a Dryden socialite in the 1800s whose charitable contributions gave Cornell its chimes and Dryden its library, is the subject of a new musical, Jennie's Will.
To kick off the new Applied Economics and Management Current Event series, a group of alumni, all financial experts, discussed the mortgage and financial crisis, Sept. 25. (Sept. 30, 2008)
Stephen Paletta '87, winner of the reality TV show 'Oprah's Big Give' in April 2008, is helping to organize a service-learning trip to Rwanda for eight Cornell students starting June 4. (May 19, 2009)
After a two-year search, Peter M. Siegel has been named director of Cornell University Network and Computing Systems. Siegel, who has been executive director and director of corporate partnership for Cornell's Center for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering.
Researchers in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, working with federal fisheries personnel, have made the first identification of a virus believed responsible for cancerous tumors in Atlantic salmon in the New England region.
As pollution, terrorism, hunger, cruelty and poverty continue to challenge our world, a new initiative at Cornell offers a simple strategy to buoy the spirit of the campus and simultaneously to foster change in a troubled world.
Which is a better choice -- the external job candidate who scored exceptionally high on an interview or the internal candidate who has an above-average, but not exceptional, past-performance record? While it may be tempting to hire the freshest face with the glowing interview, the best choice, time and again, is the above-average employee in the organization who has consistently been rated well in the past, according to a new study by a Cornell University researcher and his colleagues. The researchers provide estimates of the strength of the relationship between past and future performance that supervisors can use in the hiring process. (November 21, 2002)