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A Course For Affirmative Action Professionals

The attacks on affirmative action over the last decade have not stopped a prestigious New York Ivy League institution from offering a popular educational program geared towards professionals already working in the affirmative action arena.
For more than 20 years, the New York City campus of Cornell Universitys School of Industrial and Labor Relations has granted [...]

Cornell professor seeks participants for food allergy study

ITHACA — Katie Adams was about 20 and traveling with her parents in Kenya when, despite being careful, she had a severe food allergy reaction, with painful stomach and uterine cramps and difficulty breathing.
Shes allergic to peanuts. In retrospect, she figured she ate too many chapatis, crackers that were probably made of lentil flour. Lentils, [...]

Personnel Announcement

President George W. Bush today announced that he has named nine individuals to serve in his Administration:
The President has named J. Michael Farren to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President. Mr. Farren recently served as Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Xerox Corporation. Prior [...]

Weill Cornell College grows in strength

STUDENT numbers at the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) continues to grow and has touched 148. The college was established in 2001 in Education City by Qatar Foundation and US-based Cornell University.
In all, 27 countries are represented in the student body, which includes 26 Qataris, an official told Gulf Times yesterday.
WCMC-Q offers a [...]