Former Wall Street equities researcher Lakshmi R. Bhojraj has been appointed director of operations of the Parker Center for Investment Research at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Cornell's pioneering use of a new distance learning technology that helps doctors at 20 different hospitals keep up with the latest developments in their field has been declared an overwhelming success.
How do social, economic and manmade environments influence diet and physical activity throughout life? Why might vulnerable populations be affected more seriously by these environmental impacts? These questions are the focus of the conference "Ecology of Obesity: Linking Science and Action," slated for June 6-7 at Cornell. The conference, sponsored by the College of Human Ecology, is intended for practitioners and researchers who are interested in implementing an ecological perspective in obesity research and prevention.
Many Cornell students gave up beach parties for work parties during spring break not only in New Orleans, but in Boston, Orlando and rural West Virginia.
When W. Kent Fuchs becomes Cornell's next provost Jan. 1, among his priorities will be bolstering individual academic departments and encouraging optimism across campus.
Throughout Cornell's history, the campus exists as a fluid representation of history, culture, science, the arts and tradition, which give way to modern mores and contemporary values.
Scholars and collectors interested in African art have long focused their attention on traditional works -- particularly the wooden sculptures and ethnographic artifacts that may be seen in today's Western museums and are described in mainstream art history textbooks.