For the 92nd year, the School of Hotel Administration invites hospitality and business professionals from around the world to a cutting-edge business conference – one that is entirely run by students.
Faculty and staff members are asked to volunteer for Slope Day, May. Four-hour and two-hour shifts are available on the final day of classes to help those attending the event be safe.
At the Cornell Entrepreneurship Summit in New York City Nov. 6, CEOs presented, students pitched business ideas, and President Garrett and spoke of Cornell's entrepreneurial roots.
The ExxonMobil Foundation has given Cornell $595,970 through its Educational Matching Gifts Program. The gift was presented to President David Skorton April 30 by Jean A. Baderschneider, Ph.D. '78.
Philippe Fargues, professor and director of the Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute, discussed physical and legal impediments facing refugees from the Middle East Nov. 6.
Rawlings, president of the AAU since 2011, served as Cornell’s 10th president from 1995 to 2003. An international search for the university's 14th president will begin in the coming months.
Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett has asked all faculty and staff to assess how they can weed out unnecessary regulation, duplicative structures and burdensome paperwork.
At Cornell's version of TEDx Talks – CURBx – seven undergraduate students explained their humanities and STEM research in five-minute presentations Nov. 21 in McGraw Hall.
Gary Stewart, deputy director of government relations and director of community relations at Cornell, received the 2013 Key Member of the Year Award from the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Jan. 30.
A procedure established in 2014 makes it easier for graduate and professional students to get the assistance they need when injured on university property or while engaged in a university-sponsored activity.