234 Day Hall,
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-6074
pressoffice@cornell.edu
Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine is ranked first in the nation by US News and World Report.
A sampling of national and international news coverage featuring Cornell and people at Cornell.
ILR faculty member Arthur Wheaton comments on plans by General Motors Corp. to end its controversial jobs bank program, which paid UAW workers who were not working.
Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research in ILR, comments on the favorable stance the Obama administration has taken towards organized labor.
Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member Dr. Roy M. Gulick comments on opposition to New York City's health commissioner Dr. Thomas R. Frieden's possible appointment as director of the Centers for Disease Control.
Brian Wansink, director of Cornell's Food and Brand Lab and head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, is quoted in a feature on principles to help people to lose weight.
Laura Erickson of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is quoted in a story about the increase in snowy owl sightings in the Southern United States.
Applied Economics and Management Professor Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, was among the over one dozen prominent economists who signed a letter to new U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner calling on the Obama administration to delay Congressional approval of a proposal on changing voting power at the International Monetary Fund and to negotiate more ambitious reforms.
Tracy Mitrano, director of information technology policy, discusses changes that have come to intellectual property laws as they pertain to music downloads.
Paul Ginsparg, professor of physics and developer of arXiv, an archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers that is hosted and operated by Cornell, is quoted in an article about changes to the ways researchers have access to scientific publications.
President David Skorton is quoted in a column (written by alumna Rebecca Mazin '80) about choices of language used by businesses when announcing difficult decisions, such as layoffs.
Dr. Stefan Worgall, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, answers a reader's question about whether or not cold air is cleaner than warm air.
Neurobiology and behavior graduate student Lauren Cator discusses the study she co-authored which found that Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, responsible for spreading yellow fever and dengue fever, alter their wing vibrations in a mating signal.
Edmundo Paz Soldán, romance studies faculty member, comments on the ratification of a new constitution in Bolivia.
President David Skorton has announced measures the University will take in response to the economic crisis.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Backstabbing for Beginners: My Crash Course in International Diplomacy" by Michael Soussan.
James Hanks Jr., Johnson School visiting senior lecturer and law school adjunct professor recounts his experience as a passenger aboard US Airways Flight 1549, which made an emergency landing in the Hudson River in New York City on Jan. 15.
An autographed copy of "Singing in a Strange Land - C. L. Franklin, The Black Church, and the Transformation of America," by ILR and American Studies Professor Nick Salvatore, was given to President Barack Obama on Inauguration Day by the singer Aretha Franklin, C. L. Franklin's daughter.
Roger Gilbert, professor of English, is quoted in a look at recently published academic books about Frank Sinatra.
Applied Economics and Management Professor Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, comments on the infrastructure projects China is increasing its spending for.
Applied Economics and Management Professor Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, comments on the confirmation of Timothy F. Geithner for Treasury Secretary in the Obama administration.
President Emeritus Frank Rhodes comments on the life of Constance Eberhardt Cook, 89, Cornell's first female vice president and former New York state assemblywoman, who died Tuesday at her home in Ithaca.
Andy Herr, MBA student and investment relations representative for the student run Cayuga MBA Fund, is quoted in an article about the fund's having finished the year with a positive net return, in spite of the economic crisis.
Tracy Mitrano, director of information technology policy, speculates on what information technology advice she would give to President Barack Obama by referring readers to an essay she's written, which can be found at http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/InternetPolicyinaTimeofEc/47940?time=1232644283.
Art Wheaton, ILR faculty member, comments on layoffs at auto manufacturing plants in the Buffalo area.
ILR Professor Ronald Ehrenberg, director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, and grad student Joyce Main are co-authors of a survey on the increasing presence of women in the ranks of college board rooms.
Camilla Morgan, assistant director of admissions and marketing for the Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA program, comments on efforts by business schools to attract more women applicants to executive MBA programs.
Vicki Bogan, applied economics and management faculty member, discusses a report that Ithaca is one of the five most economically stable municipalities in N.Y. state.
Jan Vink, a research support specialist with the Program on Applied Demographics, is quoted in an article about possible reasons for the decline in people leaving New York.
Tracy Mitrano, director of information technology policy, discusses ways of using information technology to innovate methods of teaching.
Cornell alumnus Jim Papa '96 speaks about his appointment as special assistant to the president for legislative affairs.
Sociology Professor Michael W. Macy theorizes on the reasons for political homophily in neighborhoods.
Deputy Provost David Harris, professor of sociology, speaks about mixed-race identification.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "How To Break A Terrorist," by Matthew Alexander.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "The Invention of Air," by Steven Johnson.
Dana Radcliffe, faculty member in the Johnson Graduate School of Management, authors an op-ed about the privacy concerns over the health of companies' CEOs, in light of the recent announcement that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is taking a six-month medical leave of absence.
ILR Professor Richard Hurd comments on a schism that's formed within the ranks of the Service Employees International Union.
Paul D. Curtis, coordinator of the Wildlife Damage Management Program, discusses bird hazards near runways in light of last week's non-fatal crash of a US Airways jet in New York City.
Alumna Padmasree Warrior '84 is one of the leading candidates for the newly created post of federal chief technology officer in the upcoming Obama administration.
Cornell alumni, friends and relatives reflect on the life of Hot Truck founder Bob Petrillose, who passed away last month.
Architecture, Art and Planning's bachelor program was ranked first in the annual survey conducted by DesignIntelligence, and the masters program was ranked sixth out of the top graduate architecture programs.
Architecture Chair Mark Cruvellier, faculty member Kevin Pratt, University Counsel Shirley Egan and Ithaca city attorney and alumnus Dan Hoffman comment on a meeting of the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission in which a Certificate of Appropriateness for the construction of Milstein Hall was granted.
Biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate George K. Lewis talks about potential uses for the pocket-sized high-intensity therapeutic ultrasound device he invented.
The concept of portion control, researched by Brian Wansink, director of Cornell's Food and Brand Lab and head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, is suggested as one of the best strategies for nutrition in the new year.
Robert A. Jarrow, the Ronald and Susan Lynch Professor of Investment Management, has been awarded the RISK Magazine 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award in the magazine's January edition.
President David Skorton is among those endorsing a letter to President-elect Barack Obama that calls for increased funding of scientific research and innovation as part of the economic stimulus package.
President David Skorton talks about the effects of the global financial crisis on Cornell and how the university is addressing it.
Tracy Mitrano, director of information technology policy, discusses the role of social networks in higher education.
Psychology Professor Jim Maas comments on the beneficent effect on Arizona Cardinals fans of the team's postseason success in the NFL playoffs.
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Steve Golding speaks with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo about the recent decline of endowment funds at Cornell.
Tracy Mitrano, director of information technology policy, discusses the interface between law and information technology.
Sean Shepherd, graduate student in music, has been commissioned by the New York Philharmonic to write a work for the 2009-2010 season.
Johnson Graduate School of Management alumnus Eitan Ahimor is the author of an essay on the effect today's economic woes will have on future MBA students.
Freshman Adam Fisher talks about his experience visiting Israel during the outbreak of the Gaza crisis.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer" by Fred Kaplan.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North," by Thomas J. Sugrue.
Dr. Alan Manevitz, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, offers solutions to seasonal depression.
Ronald Hoy, professor of neurobiology and behavior, and grad student Lauren Cator are coauthors of a study which details the discovery that Aedes aegypti mosquitoes - otherwise known for spreading diseases like yellow and dengue fever - alter their wing vibrations in a mating signal. (News of this research appeared in over 300 outlets worldwide, including: USA Today, NPR's Morning Edition, the New York Times, Time, Newsweek, US News & World Report, Scientific American, Nature, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, London Daily Telegraph, North Korea Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Univision, and Telemundo.)
Tracy Mitrano, director of information technology policy, discusses information technology security.
Economics Professor Robert Frank comments on the impact of the credit crisis on employment on Wall Street.
C. Bradley Olson, senior lecturer in the Real Estate Program, is quoted in an article about the failure of a Georgia mortgage company.
ILR Professor Richard Hurd comments on an ongoing strike by more than 840 Vought Aircraft Industries union workers in Nashville, Tennessee.
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (TAM) Professor Joe Burns, TAM Chair Alan Zehnder and Provost Kent Fuchs talk about the plans to merge TAM with the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and they discuss similar actions at universities elsewhere.
William J. Lynn III, a Law School alumnus, has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama for the post of Deputy Secretary of Defense.
William A. Jacobson, director of the Law School's securities law clinic, is quoted in an article about a change to securities arbitration rules by the industry's self-regulator, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
James Maas, professor of psychology, comments on the sleep disruption caused by jet lag that will be experienced by the Arizona Cardinals and San Diego Chargers when they travel to the Eastern Time Zone for their NFL playoff games this weekend.
Josh Chafetz, law school faculty member, is quoted in a discussion about the constitutionality of the efforts to block Roland Burris, the selection of controversial Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, from assuming the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
President David Skorton talks about his anticipated return to Iowa (first story).
President David Skorton talks about his anticipated return to Iowa (second story).
Janis Whitlock, human development faculty member, comments on a new form of self-injury.
In their blog on the Huffington Post, American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler and alumnus Kevin Morris review the book "The Moguls and The Dictators: Hollywood and the Coming of World War II" by David Welky.
John Losey, entomology faculty member, is featured in a video report on the citizen science program The Lost Ladybug Project.
Dr. John J. Lucas, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, is quoted in a story about suicides of business executives distraught over the financial crisis.
Tracy Mitrano, director of information technology policy, writes about using information technology to make lemonade out of the lemons of the financial crisis.
Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member Dr. Gail Saltz is quoted in an article about people with chronic or terminal illness who then take up a physical fitness regimen.
Thomas Eisner, entomology professor emeritus, is quoted in a look at the new Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans.
Dr. Mark Lachs, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, is quoted in an article about geriatric medicine.
Rick Geddes, policy analysis and management faculty member, is cited in an op-ed about transportation and taxes.
In her monthly column, Jennifer Wilkins, director of the Cornell Farm to School Program, suggests making better food choices in the coming year.
In his Times column, Economics Professor Robert Frank discusses the call to cap the salaries of executives of large companies.
Steve Squyres, professor of astronomy, talks about the next stop in the journey of the Mars Rover Spirit, in a story about the fifth anniversary of its operations on the Red Planet.
A look at winemaking and viticulture instruction at institutions of higher learning includes a mention of the "Song of the Vine: A History of Wine" exhibition at the Carl A. Kroch Library.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "The Pages in Between," by Erin Einhorn.
