Asian-American/Asian students, especially males, are under unique pressures to meet high expectations of parents by succeeding in such traditional predetermined careers as medicine and engineering, said Dr. Henry Chung '84, assistant vice president for student health at New York University, speaking on campus April 13. (April 19, 2006)
Cornell planners want to learn about the commuting needs and choices of the university's faculty, staff and students as part of a transportation study that will be used to develop strategies and options to reduce or avoid adverse…
After fostering almost a decade of innovative educational, research and business initiatives at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, Robert J. Swieringa, the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean, will step down at the end of…
The Big Red women's gymnastics team made a historic showing at the 2006 USA Gymnastics (USAG) Collegiate National Championships, April 13-15, in Newman Arena at Cornell.
The women's team placed third during preliminaries April…
Back in the early 1970s, Dava Sobel was a young writer known around Cornell for her interest in science -- and for the signature pink bicycle she rode between interviews and the Cornell Chronicle office. Now, she's a best-selling…
As gasoline prices continue to climb, the good news for Cornell employees looking for environmentally (and fiscally) friendly commuting strategies is that Cornell has been designated one of 1,500 Best Workplaces for Commuters by…
A project by Cornell city and regional planning (CRP) graduate students to help the Otsego Land Trust conserve land in upstate New York has won a national award from the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).
The 2004…
When 10,000 honeybees fly the coop to hunt for a new home, usually a tree cavity, they have a unique method of deciding which site is right: With great efficiency they narrow down the options and minimize bad decisions.
India is the world's largest democracy, but its stability could be threatened if businesses aren't socially responsible. So cautioned industrialist Ratan Tata at the start of his Hatfield lecture April 10 to a packed audience in…