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Hundreds of free workshops throughout New York offer energy- and money-saving tips

To give consumers low- and no-cost energy tips to save money, Cornell Cooperative Extensions associations offered more than 335 free workshops in 30 counties in New York state. Another 135 workshops are scheduled for the upcoming months.

John W. Kronik, Cornell professor emeritus of Spanish literature, dies at 74

John W. Kronik, professor emeritus of Spanish literature in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University, died Jan. 22 in Los Angeles. He was 74. Kronik joined the Cornell faculty in 1966 from the University of…

A fetching second edition of 'Diseases of Trees and Shrubs'

You wouldn't think a plant pathology text with the title "Diseases of Trees and Shrubs" could double as a coffee-table book. But given its subject matter, the handsomely designed and revised second edition of Wayne A. Sinclair's…

Xavier Torres keeps hotel guests in luxury on Costa Rica's 'gold coast'

GUANACASTE, Costa Rica -- Xavier Torres began working as a cook while he was an undergraduate more than a decade ago, but his career has really been cooking since he earned his master's of management in hospitality (MMH) degree…

Cornell, SUNY and Pataki finally agree on land-grant funding in state budget proposal

After years of effort, Cornell University, the State University of New York (SUNY) and New York Gov. George E. Pataki have worked out an agreement on land-grant funding.

Cornellians honor two Cornell legacies at first annual 21 Dinner

Nearly 200 Cornellians and their friends gathered Jan. 27 to celebrate the legacies of two former Cornell University students.

Directing a journey into madness: Neal Freeman '97 is back on campus to direct play about Van Gogh

Neal Freeman '97 directs the award-winning play about Vincent Van Gogh, 'Vincent in Brixton,' at Cornell's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Feb. 1-5, 8-11.

Ammons' 'lowly and sublime' vision explored at MLA convention

On Saturday, Feb. 18, friends and former colleagues of A.R. "Archie" Ammons don't expect to see his ghost sitting in the Temple of Zeus on the Cornell campus, even though the late Goldwin Smith Professor of Poetry at Cornell would have turned 80 on that day.

Isabel Hull wins Emerson book award

Isabel Hull, the John Stambaugh Professor of History at Cornell, has won the 2005 Ralph Waldo Emerson Book Award for 'Absolute Destruction: Military Culture and the Practices of War in Imperial Germany'.

United Way campaign passes goal and presses for Urgent Rx challenge

The Cornell United Way Campaign has soared past its goal of $627,000, hitting $668,556.69 in pledges as of Jan. 24.

Michael Riley named associate dean in CALS

Michael P. Riley Jr. has been promoted to associate dean of alumni affairs, development and communications by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell.

'Roving Mars' is part drama, part suspense and all a tribute to NASA team

The IMAX movie, 'Roving Mars,' which had its world premiere in Washington, D.C., is part detective story, part drama, part suspense.