Daniel G. Sisler, Ph.D. ’62, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics and a Cornell trustee emeritus, died Nov. 23 in Ithaca. He was 87.
When young school-age children do not always have enough to eat, their academic development -- especially reading -- suffers, finds a new longitudinal by Edward Frongillo of Cornell University. The study is published in the December issue of the Journal of Nutrition (2005: 135,12). (December 22, 2005)
After 18 months of study, surveys, town hall meetings and departmental debate, three Cornell faculty task forces are releasing their final reports on how Cornell can take a leading role in shaping the university of the future. …
In a new book, 'The Mathematics of Sex,' Cornell professors Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams discuss why women are underrepresented in the math-intensive fields of science. (Oct. 27, 2009)
Overcoming the drawbacks of growing up with a single parent, black children do as well, both academically and socially, as blacks in two-parent homes, a study by Cornell and University of Utah researchers indicates.
Things to Do include an Al Gore video conference, Reunion Weekend and an Abrahamic Dialogue on faith, shared heritage and common values. (May 28, 2009)
From Buffalo to Long Island, the North Country to the Southern Tier, Cornell undergraduates – serving as interns – spent their summer enhancing life in New York.
"The economic paradigm that explains human behavior allows you to understand the way the world works," says Richard Burkhauser, the new chair of Cornell's Department of Policy Analysis and Management, explaining why economics is his field of choice.