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Charles E. Palm, retired Cornell agriculture dean, died Feb. 25

Charles E. Palm, Cornell dean of the College of Agriculture from 1959 to 1972 and the university's first Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Agricultural Sciences, died Feb. 25 at the Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca. He was 84. As a true leader and innovator in many scientific and academic fronts.

New book by Cornell expert examines children's reliability as a witness in court

Are young children reliable witnesses in court? How easily are their memories distorted? How can interviewing techniques and repeated questioning affect children's reports of events? What can professionals do to elicit accurate testimony from children?

Hot dogs and hamburgers yield to Indian curry and whole wheat couscous in new school program

Imagine a school lunch program with entrees containing only 6 percent of calories from fat, almost completely based on nutrient-dense USDA commodity plant foods, such as dried beans, lentils, bulgur wheat and brown rice, and -- here is the hard-to-imagine part -- is readily eaten by children.

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.