Cornell professors work with Bangladeshi government officials to strengthen the country's agricultural sector.

President Barack Obama named Prof. Rachel Bean, astronomy, a winner of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor the White House bestows on young professional scientists. 

Prof. Mary Beth Norton, history, was recently selected by the Archivist of the United States to be part of a committee mandated by Congress that will collaborate to complete the Founding Fathers publication project.

There's only one way to save your grade after bombing a prelim: Seduction.

The professors are working with a federal government panel that is writing special research papers addressing climate issues and potential responses. 

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.

As the economic downturn has forced some colleges to cut jobs, Cornell has used these tough times to concentrate its recruiting agenda. The Dual Career Program, a service created eight years ago in Cornell’s Recruitment and Employment Center, has proved a key recruitment tool, offering job-search assistance and career counseling to the spouses and partners of University employees.

Imagine teaching English as an adjunct professor for five years, working towards becoming a tenured professor. When your time comes consideration, you wait anxiously to see if you are finally to be chosen for tenure … and get passed right on by. You may believe it will be just one more year of waiting, but the truth is, this guaranteed job may never come. Unfortunately, this is an increasingly common occurrence throughout campuses across the nation.

Prof. Robert Connelly, mathematics, holds up his finger for silence, intently concentrating as he frantically pushes buttons on a toy cell phone. A minute later his face lights up as he solves the puzzle, beating the game. Red lights next to each button light up in unison and Connelly proudly announces, “See this one is great because it has a great, ‘Aha!’ factor.”

Prof. Connelly's Office