Richard Thaler, professor of economics at Cornell for nearly two decades, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Oct. 9 for work he began at Cornell.
A study in which participants were given two choices - healthy and unhealthy - shows that the process by which we make decisions involving temptation is dynamic as opposed to sequential.
The Cornell Black Alumni Association has honored James and Janice Turner for their service to Cornell by launching a campaign to fund a scholarship for African-American students. (Dec. 23, 2010)
At the Cornell Hospitality Icon & Innovator Awards, 800 travel and hospitality leaders celebrated Tom Pritzker, executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels, and Steve Ells, founder of Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Cornell's Department of Music is holding a four-concert Haydn Festival marking the 200th anniversary of the composer's death, with a diversity of works and a Nov. 21 lecture by James Webster. (Nov. 19, 2009)
Examining survey results of local governments, half of U.S. cities and towns had specific environmental goals but only one-third had concrete sustainability plans, in a new report, published March 2016.
President David Skorton promoted Cornell's faculty renewal initiative and cited several new faculty hires in his State of the University Address June 8 to alumni and friends during Reunion Weekend.
Mainstream media should focus more on promoting social justice, especially when it comes to immigration, said activist/journalist David Bacon delivering the Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture. (Oct. 18, 2010)
Scholars will address risk - in areas ranging from epidemiology to literature to the housing crisis - at a Society for the Humanities conference, Oct. 26-27. (Oct. 25, 2012)