In New York City March 28, a panel of theater critics, who honored this year's recipient of the George Jean Nathan Award from Cornell, blamed the Internet for the demise of theater criticism. (April 27, 2011)
Now in its third year, the Greek Leadership Academy at Cornell is being recognized for its value and importance by the student and faculty communities alike.
President David Skorton has accepted a position on the Chronicle of Higher Education/New York Times Higher Education Cabinet, a community of 57 college and university presidents and chancellors. (July 11, 2008)
Political analyst/journalist Fareed Zakaria said April 25 on campus that while we struggled with a sagging economy, other economies grew to such an extent that we're seeing a 'post-American' world. (April 26, 2011)
Dorothy Cotton, former Southern Christian Leadership Conference education director, will speak on 'Lessons From the Past, Visions for the Future,' Feb. 20. (Feb. 13, 2007)
Layaway 'is being promoted with a moral shine of being debt-free when, like interest charges, all it does is sap working people's incomes,' says the ILR School's Louis Hyman. (Nov. 17, 2011)
A combined $50 million commitment from Robert F. Smith '85, founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, and the foundation of which he is a founding director will support chemical and biomolecular engineering and African-American and female students in Engineering in Ithaca and at Cornell Tech.
Health insurance should be included in official measures of U.S. income and poverty, because it will help us to better evaluate public policies like Obamacare, according to a Cornell economist. (Nov. 19, 2012)
Alumnus Gordon Chang, a China expert, said China has entered into a period of economic decline and bad relations with its neighbors due to its expansionism and failure to reform. (Nov. 19, 2012)
Three Cornell student groups each recently received the Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award, which comes with a grant of $1,500 to further their community service projects.