After a decade as the Allan R. Tessler Dean of Cornell Law School, Stewart J. Schwab will step down in June 2014. Schwab’s second term as dean ends in December, and he will stay on for the spring term.
The paper showed that the income growth of the U.S. middle class, long portrayed as stagnant, may be more than 10 times greater than previously suggested by some economists. (Nov. 6, 2012)
Alison Lurie's new nonfiction book, “The Language of Houses: How Buildings Speak to Us,” explores the influence of buildings on our lives from a cultural, social and emotional perspective.
Cornell wrestler Kyle Dake has been named the inaugural Sports Illustrated male College Athlete of the Year. He will be featured in the May 27 issue of the magazine.
Helene Dillard, director of Cornell Cooperative Extension, will become dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at her graduate alma mater, the University of California, Davis, Jan. 27.
Brigitt Schaffner, chair of the EA, recognized Beth McKinney, director of the Cornell University Wellness Program and a former employee-elected trustee, with the Opperman Award for Staff Advocacy.
Jonathan Kirshner, professor of government, will spend the 2012-13 academic year at Princeton as the first World Politics visiting fellow. (March 30, 2012)