June 30, 2009

Cornell U.'s Leaders Share the Good News Along With the Bad

By Kathryn Masterson

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Since last fall, when the tumbling economy caused the value of Cornell's endowment to plummet, the university's president, David J. Skorton, has been out front on the issue. He's held town-hall meetings with faculty and staff members and met with student leaders. To get out the facts about the university's shrinking budget and his plans to deal with it, he's posted statements on the Cornell Web site and sent e-mail messages to the campus community.

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