In a survey of life scientists at 66 academic institutions, conducted by the editors of the magazine The Scientist, Cornell University ranked fifth in the United States as one of the best academic places to work. In The Scientist's 2004 survey, The Best Places to Work in Academia, life scientists were surprisingly uniform in reporting that adequate laboratory and research facilities for themselves and their co-workers were among the most important factors. Also ranking high in importance to the scientists were working relationships with peers, adequate health-care coverage, adequate research funding, support for new faculty members, clearly defined requirements for tenure and the local standard of living. (November 17, 2004)
In the pilot program, two Cornell researchers are training an environmental volunteer corps of retirees with the skills critically needed to tackle environmental threats. (Nov. 13, 2008)
Joan and Sanford Weill have given $50 million to Cornell's New Life Sciences Initiative, which will be directly applied to the Life Sciences Technology Building taking shape on the Ithaca campus. (June 13, 2007)
A Cornell/New York Times/NY1 poll asked New Yorkers their views on obesity, key politicians, the economy and gay marriage in early June. Questions were contributed by Times pollsters and Cornell faculty members. (June 25, 2009)
Like many of the 16 new Cornell students in the room with her, Robin Davisson first read "The Great Gatsby" in high school. On re-reading the book, she found she had something in common with the students, as well as with F. Scott…
A central plank of David Levitsky's teaching philosophy, honed over 40 years of instructing Cornell students, is to make his lessons unpredictable, and his style has earned him a USDA teaching award.
In the new book called 'Interest,' Cornell sociologist Richard Swedberg traces the intellectual history of the concept of interest and argues that how economists have used the concept is too narrow a view.