Economist David Card said at a public talk March 15 that immigrants tended to take jobs at the high and low ends of the wage spectrum, and their wages don't affect Americans' salaries. (March 17, 2011)
Good news for the advertising industry: Television viewers surfing the Web during commercial breaks are often triggered by TV ads to visit product websites and make purchases, according to new study.
At least half of Canada’s 1.4 billion acre boreal forest, the largest remaining intact wilderness on earth, must be protected to maintain the area’s current wildlife and ecological systems, according to a recent report.
A workshop, 'Faculty Orientation to Research Administration and Support,' will inform new faculty members on resources available and the rules and regulations they must observe. (Sept. 21, 2011)
A new HR/Payroll system, Workday, will provide integrated, intuitive and user-friendly services and tools on the desktops of faculty and staff. The application is planned for implementation in 2012. (March 3, 2011)
Cornell Law School student Nicholas A. Dorsey '09 won the 2008 Judge Bernard S. Meyer Scholarship for his winning legal essay on the Americans with Disabilities Act. (June 24, 2008)
Professors Saurabh Mehta and David Erickson, the co-founders of Cornell's Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Global Health and Technology (INSiGHT) discuss radical collaboration and using technology to solve global health problems.
Cornell Professors Itai Cohen, physics, and Bruce Lewenstein, science communication, discussed the excitement and challenges of the future of nanotechnology at the Science Cabaret downtown. (Sept. 16, 2011)
The fifth annual Educator Professional Development Day and its 110 workshop offerings attracted some 1,200 teachers from the Ithaca, Dryden and Lansing school districts. (March 24, 2009)