Anthropologist Marshall Sahlins and historian Francois Hartog will deliver free public lectures at Cornell this month as part of the University Lectures series. (March 6, 2007)
Robert S. Harrison, a 1976 Cornell graduate and CEO of the Clinton Global Initiative, was elected chair of the board of trustees March 11. He will succeed Peter Meinig, whose term was extended to Dec. 31. (March 11, 2011)
For the health and happiness of nurses, let the sunshine in. Day-shift, acute-care hospital nurses – who had access to the sun's natural light – enjoyed lower blood pressure and enhanced mood.
The decision was made after considering an extensive review of options, in the context of the college's strategic planning objectives. Faculty and staff will be transferred to other departments within CALS. (Oct. 26, 2010)
The new John Wilkinson Family Wine Library in the basement of Stocking Hall holds more than 3,400 bottles of wine inventoried and made searchable by faculty in the Viticulture and Enology Program.
As one of 30 Kauffman fellow finalists selected this year, Aaron Holiday, MBA '12, will aim to work for two years for a leading venture capital firm. (April 11, 2012)
Although U.S. employment rates rose over the growth years of the 1990s for most working-age Americans, people with disabilities experienced an unprecedented fall in their employment rates.
Native American sites abound in the Ithaca area but are hard to reach due to subsequent development and poor documentation, according to Kurt Jordan of the American Indian Program in a talk Sept. 19.
More than 100 local and Cornell community members attended the seventh annual Town-Gown Awards ceremony Dec. 2. This year the celebration featured the three new presidents of Cornell University, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College.
Cornell history professor Rachel Weil has published “A Plague of Informers: Conspiracy and Political Trust in William III's England,” which focuses on the early years of the British monarch.