ITHACA, N.Y. -- Claude Steele, professor of psychology at Stanford University, will present the 1995-1996 Flemmie Kittrell Lecture at Cornell University on Monday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Uris Auditorium.
Like a personal ad proclaiming: "Tall, good looking, disease-free," brightly colored male animals are advertising something of importance to their prospective mates. Should the female assume the gaudiest male has parasite-resistance genes that will benefit her offspring?
John Shipley Rowlinson, the Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University, will be at Cornell University from April 27 through May 4 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Like a personal ad proclaiming: "Tall, good looking, disease-free," brightly colored male animals are advertising something of importance to their prospective mates. Should the female assume the gaudiest male has parasite-resistance genes that will benefit her offspring? Or that she simply won't pick up bugs from the guy? A Cornell University biologist's analysis of mating-success studies, as reported in the March 5, 1996, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Vol. 93, pp. 2229-2233), suggests that the direct benefit -- avoiding parasites for herself and her young ones -- may have a role in the evolution of male flamboyance.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- John Shipley Rowlinson, the Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University, will be at Cornell University from April 27 through May 4 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large. On May 1, he will deliver a free and public lecture titled "How Does a Glacier Come Down a Mountain? A Rheological Problem" at 4:30 p.m. in Room D of Goldwin Smith Hall. "Rowlinson is a world-renowned expert on the properties of liquid mixtures and of liquid interfaces," said Keith Gubbins, the Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering at Cornell. Gubbins, who is hosting Rowlinson's Cornell visit, has collaborated with him on many research projects over the years; several of Rowlinson's Ph.D. students have spent extended periods with Gubbins as postdoctoral workers, and vice-versa.
Gov. George E. Pataki has made a major commitment for the state to share in the purchase of the next generation of supercomputers and to provide increased operating support for the Cornell Theory Center. The commitment is part of a package Cornell has proposed to the National Science Foundation for continued designation as one of the national sites for supercomputing.
Digitize mail and paper files so employees can read them from anywhere, put all furniture on wheels to encourage a team environment and provide alcohol swabs and cleaning services to keep shared phones and desks germ-free.
Harold D. Craft Jr., vice president for facilities and campus services at Cornell, today (April 19) issued the following statement concerning several events involving a CU Transit bus on April 15: "The safety of the entire community is a primary objective of the CU Transit system.
College students from several East Coast states will visit Cornell the weekend of April 26- 28 for a conference celebrating Mexican-American art and culture.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- College students from several East Coast states will visit Cornell University the weekend of April 26-28 for a conference celebrating Mexican-American art and culture. "A Celebration of Chicana/o Cultural Productions: Utilizing Art as a Tool for Empowerment" is open to the public and will feature a lecture by filmmaker and actor Edward James Olmos on Saturday, April 27, at 8:30 p.m. in Statler Hall Auditorium. Free tickets will be available for Olmos' lecture, with one ticket per Cornell I.D., at the Information and Referral Center in Day Hall on April 25 and April 26 on a first-come, first-served basis.
Harold D. Craft Jr., vice president for facilities and campus services at Cornell, today (April 19) issued the following statement concerning several events involving a CU Transit bus on April 15: "The safety of the entire community is a primary objective of the CU Transit system.
That savory slice of juicy tomato reserved for the top of a freshly grilled burger or a gently tossed salad has been spared from nature's short list. Cornell plant pathologists have found the gene that resists the Cucumber Mosaic Virus, a plant disease that severely threatens tomatoes.
