Three Cornell alumni were named to positions of significant responsibility at the Johnson Graduate School of Management in 1999: John D. Nozell, MBA '83, .Angela P. Noble, MBA '94 and Michelle C. Berry, M.P.S. '92,.
The future of particle physics in the United States has never been as imperiled as it is now, says economist Harold Shapiro, president emeritus of Princeton University. Failure to act, he says, could mean missing out on…
Cornell’s pioneering, engineering women – Kate Gleason, Nora Stanton Blatch and Olive Wetzel Dennis – advanced the science of their discipline beyond all expectation of their male peers.
The fourth annual 'Africa in Ithaca' cultural festival, featuring Namu, a noted female singer and performer from East Africa, will be May 15, in the Ithaca High School gymnasium.
Give New Yorkers the opportunity to buy more state-produced maple products and New York maple-syrup producers could reap profits five times greater than what they make now.
So says Stephen Childs, an extension associate in…
The Cornell University Department of English will host a conference "Some Futures for the Twentieth Century," Oct. 25 and 26 in Goldwin Smith Hall D. All talks, including a post-conference reception and Saturday luncheon buffet, are free and open to the public. "In the wake of the millennium, scholars of British and U.S. 20th-century literature and culture are exploring innovative ways to think about their period -- a period that now has not only a beginning but an ending," said Molly Hite, Cornell professor of English and conference coordinator. "They are basically asking: What exactly was the 20th century?" (October 23, 2002)
Drug policy reform advocate and former Princeton University professor Ethan Nadelmann will present a University Lecture titled "Building a Political Movement to End the War on Drugs," Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 4:30 p.m. in 165 McGraw Hall on the Cornell University campus. The talk is free and open to the public. Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Drug Policy Alliance, based in New York City, is widely regarded as one of the outstanding proponents of drug policy reform, both in the United States and abroad. The Drug Policy Alliance works to broaden the public debate on drug policy and to promote realistic alternatives to the war on drugs. (September 30, 2003)
Alan G. Merten, the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of Cornell's S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, has been named president of George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. He will take office July 1. Merten, who also holds an appointment as professor of information systems, has served as dean of the Johnson School since 1989.