While people say they welcome creative ideas, they are in fact frightened by them and favor the tried and true, according to a new ILR School study. (Aug. 25, 2011)
Provost Kent Fuchs and deans Lance Collins and Daniel Huttenlocher answer questions about why Cornell is the right choice for developing a New York City technology campus.
The new universitywide Cornell Department of Economics combines all economics faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences and ILR School and some faculty with joint appointments in other colleges.
Cornell's New York City footprint may soon grow larger with the addition of a new applied sciences research center and campus. The university plans to respond to a Request for Proposals for the project this summer.
Cornell has submitted an expression of interest proposal to New York City to create a new applied sciences and engineering research center and campus in the Big Apple.
Cornell economist Alfred E. Kahn, former chair of the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Council on Wage and Price Stability, and adviser to President Jimmy Carter on inflation, died Dec. 27 at his home in Ithaca.
Creativity might be the trait many CEOs say is essential for senior leadership, but research by an ILR professor and colleagues shows it can actually block you from reaching the top slots. (Dec. 14, 2010)