Mary George Opperman and Lynette Chappell-Williams received a national work-life award June 13 for their 'extraordinary contributions as work-life practitioners, leaders and innovators.' (June 13, 2011)
In its annual College Destinations Index, the American Institute for Economic Research has named Ithaca No. 1 on its list of the 75 best towns and cities with populations under 250,000 to live in if you’re a college student. Locations were chosen from an analysis of the 222 metropolitan statistical areas with student populations of 15,000 or more.
When pitted against slightly more accomplished men for faculty positions in engineering, economics, psychology and biology, women faculty candidates lose despite preferences to hire women in STEM.
Cornell has been named one of the "Best Employers for Workers over 50" for the second consecutive year by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
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18 ROTC cadets were formally commissioned as 2nd lieutenants and ensigns in the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force in front of hundreds of family members and friends in Statler Auditorium May 26.
For the second consecutive year, Cornell has earned a gold rating from STARS, higher education's Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System.
Reinforcing its place in the scientific community, the arXiv repository at Cornell University Library reached a new milestone in October 2008 - half a million e-print postings. (Oct. 8, 2008)
Cornell's Samuel C. Johnson Graduate School of Management has announced a new MBA program at Cornell NYC Tech that fuses business, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.
At the April 14 Soup and Hope talk, Kathy Zoner explained what it is like to be police chief, responding regularly to people in crisis, and still have hope.