Cornell UniversityNews and information about Cornell University. News and information from the best feeds offered by Cornell University.Downturn or no, green hotels make economic sense- September 17, 2008 Green Hotel Lawyer: "The Compelling Hard Case for Green Hotel Development " is published by Cornell Hospitality Quarterly.http://ehotelier.com/browse/news_item.php?id=P14538 Iws Cepr: Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries September 2008- September 16, 2008 IWS Documented News Service _______________________________ Institute for Workplace Studies ----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach School of Industrial & Labor Relations -------- Director, Institute ...http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2008/09/iws-cepr-parental-leave-policies-in-21.... Conference touts podcars as alternative transport- September 16, 2008 A conference at Cornell promotes 'podcars' that would move people quickly and efficiently enough to convince them to leave their cars home.http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept08/podcars.ws.html To survive, tiger moths are bright for birds, click for bats- September 16, 2008 A study shows that a tiger moth's bright coloring and clicking sounds evolved independently as a response to specific predators - visually oriented birds and acoustically oriented bats.http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept08/TigerMoth.kr.html Protected whales heard near NYC for first time- September 16, 2008 For the first time, beckoning calls of endangered fin, humpback and North Atlantic right whales have been recorded in waters around New York City, according to Cornell experts.http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept08/whalesNY.html Campus going greener, faster than expected- September 16, 2008 Cornell's first greenhouse gas inventory reveals that the university expects to reduce its central utilities emissions by almost one-third by 2010 -- far exceeding its goal of being 7 percent below 1990 carbon emission levels by 2012.http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept08/CAP.kr.html CU scientists receive American Heart Association grants- September 16, 2008 The American Heart Association has awarded seven new grants to Cornell researchers for their work, which is geared at fighting heart disease and stroke.http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept08/aha.grants.html Staff member Jason Becraft dies at 32- September 16, 2008 Jason Becraft, a 32-year-old computer analyst with Cornell's Division of Risk Management and Public Safety, died Sept. 13 while participating in the AIDS Ride for Life.http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept08/Becraft.obit.html |