William B. Gould IV, LLB '61, returned to Cornell to visit the papers he gave to the ILR School's Kheel Center covering baseball, workplace racial discrimination and conflict resolution procedures.
Sir Richard Jolly, former assistant secretary general of the United Nations spoke, about the U.N.'s social and economic contributions when he visited campus April 1. (April 5, 2010)
Events on campus this week include: Halloween celebrations, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month events, Messenger lectures, book talks, museum reception, administration forums, auction. (Oct. 28, 2010)
Specialists from Cornell Cooperative Extension are helping urban farmers from Buffalo to New York City make the most of confined spaces and unique growing conditions.
India is the world's largest democracy, but its stability could be threatened if businesses aren't socially responsible. So cautioned industrialist Ratan Tata at the start of his Hatfield lecture April 10 to a packed audience in…
Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management is among 15 business schools that earned high marks this October from the Aspen Institute and the World Resources Institute for giving graduate business students a solid training in social-impact and environmental-management issues. The fourth such report by the two groups since 1998, "Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2003: Preparing MBAs for Social and Environmental Stewardship," challenges business schools to better arm graduate business students with skills critical for effective leadership in a changing world. The report highlights 15 schools that are either "cutting-edge" or "with significant activity" in the teaching of such skills. It includes data reported from 100 business schools in 20 countries. (October 23, 2003)
To celebrate the launch of the new student blog about foreign affairs, The Diplomacist, two Cornell professors and a war veteran will discuss Afghanistan at a talk, Jan. 31. (Jan. 31, 2011)
Farm Ops, an initiative from the Cornell Small Farms Program, is the first of its kind in the country to give returning veterans the opportunity to learn agriculture via their G.I. Bill benefits.
Hector will be a member of the executive vice president's senior team, developing and monitoring university financial policy and overseeing a division of more than 150 employees. He will join Cornell Aug. 1.
Looking energetic and vigorous at 73, Peter Eisenman '54, B.Arch. '55, addressed why 'Architecture Matters' to a full house in Kennedy Hall's Call auditorium.