A new four-year study by the ILR School's Kate Bronfenbrenner finds that employers use coercive tactics to discourage formation of unions. (May 20, 2009)
Cornell sponsored Turkish academics Azat Gündoğan, a sociologist, and his wife, historian Nilay Ozok-Gündoğan, when they were threatened by their government.
The Global Innovation Index 2014, a report co-authored by Johnson Dean Soumitra Dutta, identifies Europe and sub-Saharan Africa as current centers of innovation.
Sabre, a rescued black Labrador retriever who served as Cornell's first police dog and helped safeguard such notables as former President Bill Clinton and the Dalai Lama, died Jan. 5 at age 12. (Jan. 10, 2012)
In “Hospitality Branding,” Chekitan Dev chronicles the upending of the traditional hospitality business model, from an operations-centric model to a brand-centric model.
Events this week include "The Great Dictator" in a Cornell Cinema "Demagogues" series; "Art and the Military" at the Johnson Museum; a book talk by economist Eswar Prasad; and the Vida Guitar Quartet.
Three researchers studying gay consumer culture and the politics of knowledge will receive Phil Zwickler Memorial Research Grants to use Cornell University Library's Human Sexuality Collection. (May 18, 2011)
Lisa Yang '74 has made a $10 million gift to the ILR School to support and rename its Employment and Disability Institute; it is the largest gift in the school's history.
Events on campus this week include a benefit for endangered elephants, the Ithakid Film Festival, a Science Cabaret with Cornell astronomers, Shanghai Quartet and a post-Election Day panel discussion. (Nov. 1, 2012)