Paul L. Gaurnier ’50, M.S. ’56, emeritus professor and former associate dean in the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration, died Feb. 9 in Tucson, Arizona. He was 101.
A Cornell-based startup is advancing a solution that could improve care for the millions of people suffering from urological conditions in the U.S. CareTech Human, a member of Cornell’s Center for Life Science Ventures, has leveraged $500,000 in pre-seed equity funding to conduct clinical trials of its cutting-edge technology.
Scott Yonker, professor of finance at Cornell University, has researched the effects of corporate board diversity on company performance, innovation, stock price volatility and other dimensions.
A project examining how to help companies hire neurodivergent people has received a termination order, halting work that could have helped autistic people find jobs and employers find talent.
Researchers in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business found that consumers tend to overestimate fractional star ratings and underestimate fractional Arabic numerals. In either case, the ratings can be misleading.
Contrary to highly cited research from more than 30 years ago, an incentivized pay structure will lead to greater reliance on AI in decision-making than flat, fixed compensation, according to a study co-led by a Cornell researcher.
