Robert S. Harrison '76, a Cornell trustee, has endowed the directorship of Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences. The position currently is held by sociology Professor David Harris, who recently was named vice provost for social sciences.
More than half of all New York state residents (51 percent) oppose President Bush's proposal to change Social Security by allowing individuals to privately invest a portion of their Social Security taxes, according to a poll by Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations Survey Research Institute (SRI). The poll found that only about one-third of residents (36 percent) surveyed support the proposal.
The Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine's seventh annual Veterinary Public Health Symposium Sept. 9-11 featured talks by a range of veterinarians, epidemiologists and public health officials.
With an aim to create clean, renewable geothermal energy projects, and to cooperate in research and education, Cornell and Geothermal Resource Park Iceland have signed a memorandum of agreement.
Computer science graduate student Renato Paes Leme has been awarded a Microsoft Research Fellowship to pursue research that may make online advertising a bit more efficient and profitable. (Feb. 16, 2011)
Teens in violent dating relationships are more than twice as likely to repeat such relationships in adulthood and face a greater risk of substance abuse and depression, suggests a new Cornell study. (Dec. 10, 2012)
Bringing together scholars from around the world April 20-21, the conference will explore how the rise of capitalism in China affects politics, markets, entrepreneurship, property rights and social structure. (April 18, 2007)
More than 150 staff members learned about avenues for furthering their personal and professional growth, July 18 in the Biotechnology Building. (July 23, 2012)
JC Tretter ’13, the newly elected president of the National Football League Players Association, says his education at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations taught him to understand all sides of an argument.