In his new book, Andrew Karolyi, Cornell professor of finance, uses a scoring system that ranks countries on several dimensions of risk to potential investors.
Four early-career faculty members have won 2021 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which support research and education related to science, technology, mathematics and economics.
Cornell's English Ph.D. programs and seven of its graduate engineering fields are ranked in the top 10 in U.S. News and World Report's 2014 report on 'Best Graduate Schools.'
For entrepreneurs of color, seed funding can be hard to come by. Anthonia Carter, a doctoral student in the field of information science, is addressing that problem with EGK Starters, which is helping people of color access the venture capital industry.
Arthur Wheaton, professor of labor at Cornell University and an expert on the automotive sector, comments on the announcement that German automaker Volkswagen is considering replacing its upper management, including CEO Matthias Muller.
John Hubbel Weiss, associate professor of history at Cornell University and expert on the history of the UN, says that Nikki Haley’s departure from her position as UN Ambassador could be related to the appointment of John Bolton as the National Security Advisor and his reputation for steamrolling political opponents.
Charles Brainerd, professor of human development and human neuroscience in the College of Human Ecology, has been elected to the Society of Experimental Psychologists.