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Cornell apparel designers develop new clothing fits for older women

Clothes come in special sizes for wide women, short women and young women, but none are specially tailored for older women whose body changes can include a forward head and neck angle, forward shoulder roll, back curvature, increase in girth and a decrease in height.

Meeting begins process of determining scope of draft environmental impact statement

A public meeting will be held Tuesday, March 12, to help determine the scope of a draft environmental impact statement for an innovative plan to cool the Cornell campus. Raymond Nolan, environmental analyst with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, will direct the meeting'

Cornell senior wins national humanitarian award

A Cornell senior who has helped mobilize more than 600 students for volunteer community service has been recognized nationally for his public service work. Neil Giacobbi, a student in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, has been named the winner of the Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award.

New book examines social problems related to food and nutrition

Food is vital for human life, promotes pleasure and prevents disease. Though biological scientists have studied food and nutrition in depth, few sociologists have focused on them as social problems.

Women's History Month symposium puts single motherhood in historical perspective

Historians from around the nation will visit Cornell in March for Women's History Month to speak on subjects ranging from single motherhood to women in American theater.

Greek village and foundation enable Cornell to continue excavations

A Cornell archaeological project in Greece has won a double dose of financial support from the citizens of a small Greek village and a major American archaeological foundation.

Outlook is sunny for weather forecasting thanks to new statistical analysis method developed by Cornell graduate students

The chance of more accurate weather forecasts might improve this afternoon (Feb. 22), when two Cornell graduate students describe their new method of statistical forecast analysis that could lift current forecasting techniques out of a very light fog.

Integrated Pest Managment offers alternative solutions to what is bugging you

Pest management researchers at Cornell University and the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station are trying to keep insects from bugging you at the dinner table.

Cornell introduces Summer College for high school sophomores

Instead of whiling away the lazy summer days listening to Hootie and the Blowfish and playing video games, a select group of 15-year-olds will be discoursing on the theories and philosophies of John Stuart Mill, Machiavelli and Plato, and earning three college credits.

Waldorf-Astoria chef to serve up presidential dinners March 3 as part of Cornell's Guest Chef Series

Patrons of Cornell's Guest Chef Series will be able to get a taste of history when John Doherty, executive chef of the Waldorf-Astoria who has prepared meals for state dinners hosted by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, recreates these historic dinners for the public March 3.

New York state pest management program honors eight for excellence

Eight trailblazers in integrated pest management work were honored in January with "Excellence in IPM" awards by the New York State Legislature, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and Cornell in ceremonies in Albany.

Sign on the dotted line, and this Cornell-developed system can tell if you're a forger

With a little practice, almost anyone can learn to imitate a signature. But only the most highly skilled forger can rip it off just the right way, with the same variations in speed, the same order of crossing the t's and dotting the i's.