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2012-13

• The Land Grant Mission Today
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, May/June 2013
• Back to Basics at the National Science Foundation (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, April 25, 2013
• Divestment: A Complicated Issue for Universities
  Cornell Daily Sun, April 15, 2013
• My View: Students, find the 'best value' college for you
  CNN.com, March 26, 2013
• College Behind Bars: How Educating Prisoners Pays Off (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, March 25, 2013
• Realizing the Promise: A New Model for Greek Life
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, March/April 2013
• Guns on Campus (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, Feb. 21, 2013
• The Physician Shortage: A Place for Immigration Reform
  The Huffington Post, Feb. 20, 2013
• Skorton: On Immigration Reform
  Cornell Daily Sun, Feb. 11, 2013
• MOOCs: A College Education Online? (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, January 28, 2013
• The State of the University
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, January/February 2013
• A Sober Assessment of High-Risk Drinking on College Campuses (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, December 17, 2012
• An Open Letter to President Obama (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, November 26, 2012
• Wellness Wishes
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, November/December 2012
• My Hope for November 7
  Huffington Post, November 1, 2012
• Does Your Major Matter? (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, October 29, 2012
• Working Together
  Cornell Daily Sun, October 19, 2012
• Fracking: A Role for Universities (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, Sept. 24, 2012
• Promotion of Student Health and Wellbeing on College Campuses
  Huffington Post, Sept. 7, 2012
• Only 24 Hours in the Day
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, September/October 2012
• America's Foreign Language Deficit (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, August 27, 2012
• Looking Forward to a New Year
  Cornell Daily Sun, August 27, 2012
• Congress must reform immigration laws that send top STEM graduates to China
  Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 22, 2012
• On Higher Education: Where We Stand (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, August 1, 2012
• Charles F. Feeney: 'Giving While Living'
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, July/August 2012

2011-12

• The National Endowment for the Humanities: Caught in the collision of politics and budgetary restraint
  The Hill, July 18 2012
• Building NY's tech future
  New York Post, June 15, 2012
• Sustainability: One of the Defining Challenges of Our Time
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, May/June 2012
• Semester's End: A Thank-You, A Reminder and A Wish
  Cornell Daily Sun, May 2, 2012
• Cornell's Tech Campus: A Great Opportunity
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, March/April 2012
• Bringing Cornell to the World and the World to Cornell: A Presidential White Paper
  March 2, 2012
• CornellNYC Tech: A Personal Perspective
  Cornell Daily Sun, February 27, 2012
• College Affordability: A Defining Issue That Won't Go Away
  The Huffington Post, February 5, 2012
• A Time for Optimism and Involvement
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, January/February 2012
• Toward Cornell's Sesquicentennial
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, November/December 2011
• Concussions in College Football: Time for a Real Game Changer
  The Huffington Post, November 16, 2011
• Public Engagement: Expanding on 'One Great Idea'
  Cornell Daily Sun, October 24, 2011
• NY debe seguir el ejemplo de Obama y Perry
  El Diario, October 18, 2011. Translation: On Immigration, New York Must Follow Obama's Lead - and Rick Perry's
• Changing the Guard: Toward the Future
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, September/October 2011
• A Call to Lead
  Cornell Daily Sun, August 29, 2011
• Why We Need Fulbrights (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, August 3, 2011
• Immigration Reform: The Economic Argument
  The Huffington Post, August 1, 2011

2010-11

• A Tribute to Bill Vanneman '31
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, July/August 2011
• Cut costs—not access—to save Pell Grants (co-author William H. Swanson)
  USA Today Forum, July 26, 2011
• The Humanities: Fundamental but Utilitarian
  The Huffington Post, June 15, 2011
• University Governance: An Alumni Tradition
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, May/June 2011
• After Your Days at Cornell: Now What?
  Cornell Daily Sun, May 2, 2011
• Education Will Bring Societies Together -- We Can't Depend on Governmental Diplomacy Alone
  The Huffington Post, April 8, 2011
• CALC 2011: Better Than Ever
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, March/April 2011
• A Nation of Immigrants in a Borderless World
  The Huffington Post, Feb. 24, 2011
• The State of Graduate and Professional Education
  Cornell Daily Sun, Feb. 21, 2011
• Don't Cut Humanities
  Washington Post, Feb. 10, 2011
• Resolutions for the Spring
  Cornell Daily Sun, Feb. 7, 2011
• Why Support Higher Education in Tight Financial Times?
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, January/February 2011
• Transform New York's campus research into economic growth
  The Post-Standard, Jan. 23, 2011
• Higher Education Legislative Priorities: An Open Letter to Newly Elected Representatives and Senators
  The Huffington Post, January 16, 2011
• We Can Do Better on College Costs
  The Huffington Post, December 17, 2010
• Teaching a Boomer President New Tricks
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, November/December 2010
• The Political Process: Get Active, Stay Active
  Cornell Daily Sun, Nov. 29, 2010
• Letter to the Editor: Passionate childcare debate must be civil
  Cornell Daily Sun, Nov. 11, 2010
• What We Need to Know in Good Times and Bad
  The Huffington Post, November 7, 2010
• Civility
  Cornell Daily Sun, October 25, 2010
• 'One Cornell'
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, September/October 2010
• Cornell's Built Environment: Back to the Future
  Cornell Daily Sun, September 27, 2010
• A New Year
  Cornell Daily Sun, August 30, 2010
• Not-So-Public Schools (co-author Glenn Altschuler)
  Forbes.com, August 1, 2010

2009-10

• Finding Strength in Troubled Times
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, July/August 2010
• What We Can Learn from Children (co-author Robin Davisson)
  Chronicle of Higher Education "Worldwise" Blog, July 16, 2010
• Leaders and Correspondents: Palestinian, Israeli, American (co-author Robin Davisson)
  Chronicle of Higher Education "Worldwise" Blog, July 12, 2010
• A Small Nation with Great Strength, Challenges and Hope (co-author Robin Davisson)
  Chronicle of Higher Education "Worldwise" Blog, July 9, 2010
• Sounds of Friday in the Old City (co-author Robin Davisson)
  Chronicle of Higher Education "Worldwise" Blog, July 4, 2010
• 'Only Connect'
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, May/June 2010
• A Cornell University response to 'A question (about universities, global challenges, and an organizational-ethical dilemma)'
  GlobalHigherEd Blog, May 8, 2010
• Students, What I Wish For You This Summer
  Cornell Daily Sun, May 3, 2010
• The Way Forward
  Cornell Daily Sun, Apr. 5, 2010
• Developing a Strategic Plan
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Mar./Apr. 2010
• Taking Strategic Planning Seriously
  Cornell Daily Sun, March 1, 2009
• Haiti and Cornell: A Long and Continuing Relationship
  Cornell Daily Sun, February 1. 2010
• Building an Innovation Ecosystem
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2010
• Final report of the Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships
  Submitted December 14, 2009
• Another Call to Engagement
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2009
• Hearing and Heeding Student Voices
  Cornell Daily Sun, November 23, 2009
• The Cornell Diary: A Day With David
  Cornell Daily Sun, October 5, 2009
• Alumni and University Governance
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Sep./Oct. 2009
• New Year, New Students, New Mandate to Engage
  Cornell Daily Sun, September 7, 2009
  

2008-09

• Today's Ideas, Tomorrow's Jobs
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Jul. / Aug. 2009
• A Balanced Budget and Beyond
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, May / Jun. 2009
• Glancing Back, Looking Forward — Toward Diversity
  Cornell Daily Sun, April 20, 2009
• Why Strong Public Higher Education Should Be Our Concern
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Mar./Apr. 2009
• An Update on Gender Equality
  Cornell Daily Sun, March 9, 2009
• Controversies and Campuses: The Middle East and Cornell
  Cornell Daily Sun, February 2, 2009
• Building a Bridge Between Cultures
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2009
• Why Speak With our 'Enemies'?
  Cornell Daily Sun, December 1, 2008
• Higher Education: Special Interest or National Asset?
  Chronicle of Higher Education, November 21, 2008
• An Open Letter to the President-Elect
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008
• Advice for Tough Times
  Cornell Daily Sun, October 26, 2008
• Skorton on Race, Intellectual Diversity and the Review
  Cornell Daily Sun, September 29, 2008
• Voting is Gorges
  Cornell Daily Sun, September 2, 2008
• A Chat with Chris Marshall
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Sep./Oct. 2008

2007-08

• Why the Arts and Humanities Remain the Heart of Our Research University
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Jul./Aug. 2008
• Higher Education: One of the U.S.'s Strongest Diplomatic Assets
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, May/Jun. 2008
• The Campus Code and Shared Governance
  Cornell Daily Sun, April 30, 2008
• An Invitation to Engage
  Cornell Daily Sun, April 2, 2008
• Keeping Ezra's Vision Alive
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Mar./Apr. 2008
• Making the Campus Code Work
  Cornell Daily Sun, February 19, 2008
• Focusing on Graduate and Professional Education
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2008
• Center Stage
  Cornell Daily Sun, January 30, 2008
• An Employer of Choice
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2007
• The World's Land Grant University
  Cornell Daily Sun, October 23, 2007
• Faculty: The Heart of Cornell
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Sep./Oct. 2007
• Not Whining but Wondering
  Cornell Daily Sun, September 25, 2007
• A Global Outreach Plan for Colleges
  Chronicle of Higher Education, September 21, 2007

2006-07

• A Year, a Thank-You, a Look Forward
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Jul./Aug. 2007
• Sustainability: Progress and Prospects
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, May/Jun. 2007
• Looking Forward
  Cornell Daily Sun, May 2, 2007
• No Place for Violence
  Cornell Daily Sun, April 4, 2007
• A Cornell Visit to India
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Mar./Apr. 2007
• Facing Mental Health Issues: Looking Out for Each Other
  Cornell Daily Sun, February 28, 2007
• The Living-Learning Experience
  Cornell Alumni Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2007
• The Internationalization of Cornell
  Cornell Daily Sun, January 31, 2007
• The Spirit of the Season: Looking Outward
  Cornell Daily Sun, November 29, 2006
• Intellectual Diversity on Campus
  Cornell Daily Sun, October 17, 2006
• Student Diversity and the Campus Climate
  Cornell Daily Sun, September 20, 2006
• Let the Dialogue Begin
  Cornell Daily Sun, August 22, 2006

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