"Public forums serve the purpose of giving unanticipated, unchosen and, sometimes, unliked encounters," said Cass Sunstein, a professor at the University of Chicago, presenting the inaugural Milton Konvitz Memorial Lecture.
NEW YORK -- Only a parade down one of Manhattan's busiest thoroughfares could match the love that Seymour "Sy" Katz '31 felt for Cornell.
So on a cool Nov. 11 evening, in keeping with the tradition Katz started more than three…
The President's Council of Cornell Women at Cornell has awarded 18 grants to help advance the careers of women in academia through support of the completion of dissertations and research leading to tenure and promotion.
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) will host a National Transit Institute Fellows Workshop and the Federal Transit Administration's Advanced Public Transportation Systems Mobile Showcase.
The Cornell Public Service Center is currently seeking applications for the fourth annual Cornell Civic Leaders Fellowship Program. This initiative enables the Cornell Public Service Center to initiate collaborative relationships between Cornell University and the local community, and it allows the center to award $5,000 to each selected fellow. (May 4, 2004)
Speaking at the first of two public forums about the university's possible cost-saving measures, President David Skorton pledged to protect the university's 'human capital.' The second forum will be held Nov. 6. (Nov. 6, 2008)
The more magazine ads smokers see for the nicotine patch and other quit-smoking aids, the more likely they are to try to quit smoking and be successful -- even without buying the products, finds a Cornell study. (July 23, 2007)
Waitz Ngan was a sophomore at Cornell when she fell in love with the chimes. She was a medical student at Stony Brook when she fell in love with Adam Schuldt. Her engagement ring reflects both passions. (July 19, 2007)
What can managers learn from Gandhi? What leadership lessons lurk behind Tarzan? Answers to those questions and more are found in Cornell Teambuilding's "Tarzan Meets Gandhi," a program for corporate clients at Cornell's Hoffman Challenge Course.