Irwin M. Jacobs returned to Cornell Nov. 7 as the 27th Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education to talk on "The Incredible Cell Phone: Personal Notes on an Evolving Technology, Business Model, Applications and Global Impact."
The largest single gift in the history of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration -- and one of the largest gifts ever for hospitality education in the United States -- was announced Nov. 13 at a gathering of Hotel School…
"Dead man walking." Ray Krone heard this phrase three days a week when he was let out of his death row cell for two hours of solitary time outside. This was his chance to see or hear signs of an airplane overhead or a bird flying…
A group of 15 prominent Jordanian scientists visited Cornell Nov. 2 to begin work on a long-term project to study life forms that live in extreme conditions.
Their weeklong visit, during which they trained with Cornell…
"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.
Cornell University Librarian Sarah Thomas will be leaving Cornell to become Bodley's Librarian and Director of University Library Services at Oxford University in England. Her appointment begins in February of 2007.
"Sarah Thomas…
The city of Ithaca has reopened the Thurston Avenue Bridge to vehicular traffic in the northbound direction only, with pedestrians allowed only on the east-side sidewalk of the bridge. Vehicles and pedestrians will be separated…
Giving a 1 percent raise boosts employee job performance by roughly 2 percent, but offering that same money in the form of a bonus that is strongly linked to a job well done can improve job performance by almost 20 percent, finds…