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Head of Indian Central Bank Says His Country Faces Perilous Economic Situation

Manu Rathore  —  Aug 29, 2012

Duvvuri Subbarao, governor of the Reserve Bank of India, spoke to a packed auditorium at Cornell on Tuesday about India's economic challenges.

Bucking Convention, Professor Sees Growth in Middle Class Incomes

Carolyn Krupski  —  May 2, 2012

Research recently conducted by Prof. Richard Burkhauser, policy analysis and management, is changing national conversations about inequality and the growth of the middle class, Cornell professors said.

Professors' Salaries Rise

Caroline Flax  —  Apr 25, 2012

Cornell’s average full-time faculty salary has increased yet again — rising 2.5 percent from last year, according to a report released earlier this month by the American Association of University Professors.

International Students Struggle to Find Jobs in U.S.

Margaret Yoder  —  Feb 15, 2012

As Cornellians across campus scramble to send off polished applications to summer internships, international students say they are frustrated with the lack of off-campus job opportunities available to them.

Henry Paulson Says Crash Was Impossible to Stop

Eliza LaJoie  —  Nov 12, 2010

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson discussed the recession, the current economic situation and the future in his talk in Bailey Hall Thursday.

Chief Investment Officer Received $400K Bonus in 2008

Michael Stratford  —  Aug 31, 2010

Former Chief Investment Officer James Walsh received $420,000 in “bonus and incentive compensation” in 2008, according to tax documents the University filed earlier this year.

Study: Professor Salaries See Record Low Growth

Juan Forrer  —  Apr 16, 2010

A new study shows that, nationally, salaries of professors rose only 1.2 percent last year. This falls below the 2.7 percent inflation rate, meaning professors’ buying power is actually decreasing in the long run. Salaries of Cornell's professors and staff members are currently frozen.

Tech Employers Recruit Engineers

Michael Linhorst  —  Feb 10, 2010

Despite an ailing economy and the event’s cancellation last year, 75 employers attended the Engineering Career Fair in Barton Hall yesterday. The fair, which was organized and run by the student group Engineering Career Fair Team, attracted between 1,500 and 2,000 students. It also drew such widely known companies as Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook.

Univs & Colleges Ease Recession in Ithaca, Tompkins

Jon Weinberg  —  Nov 11, 2009

While other cities and regions in upstate New York have suffered enormously from the recession, Ithaca and Tompkins County have benefited from the presence of Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College, according to a joint economic statement.

To the Editor: Cutting fun from the University’s budget

Sep 3, 2009

To the Editor:

Re: “Intramural Hockey Axed in Budget Cut,” Sports, Sept. 1.

Playing intramural ice hockey and then downing our nightcap — a Ruloff’s pitcher — was one of our favorite pastimes in college. So you could imagine our dismay when we discovered that the Athletics Department axed our beloved sport.

More than the disappointment that Cornellians will no longer have the privilege of playing on Lynah’s legendary sheet of ice, the end of intramural ice hockey shatters the heart of a revered Cornell institution.

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