Almost globally, men are thought to be stumbling blocks to planned parenthood efforts. A Cornell researcher, however, has found that men around the world want to be involved but are given little chance to participate in family planning issues.
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, the most prestigious national awards for undergraduate students in the fields of science, mathematics or engineering, have been won by four Cornell undergraduates. Now in its 15th year, the Goldwater Scholarship programs honors the late U.S. senator from Arizona and provides awards of up to $7,500 per year for each recipient to help cover the costs of tuition, fees, books and room-and-board.
"Biocomplexity in the Environment: A 21st Century Odyssey" will be the topic April 16 for Rita R. Colwell, director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), when she will be the 2002 Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecturer at Cornell.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships have been awarded to 14 Cornell students, five of them undergraduates in their senior year.
Samuel C. Johnson, chairman emeritus of the Johnson Family of Companies, died May 22 at his home in Racine, Wisc., after a long battle with cancer. He was 76. He was the fourth generation of Johnson family members to head the 118-year-old family-owned group of businesses often referred to as Johnson Wax. Johnson, who earned his undergraduate degree at Cornell University in 1950, was a presidential councillor at Cornell -- the highest honor accorded to an alumnus -- a former trustee and leading benefactor. (May 25, 2004)
ITHACA, N.Y. --The Cornell University administration was informed May 14, 2002, that a group of graduate students, called the Cornell Association of Student Employees/United Auto Workers (CASE/UAW), has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking to be recognized as a collective bargaining agent on behalf of Cornell graduate research assistants, teaching assistants, research assistants, graduate assistants, readers, graders, tutors and consultants. The Cornell administration views this action with serious concern. On the one hand, the university has a long history of participation in both the American and international labor movements. On our own campus, the administration presently bargains with six different bargaining units. These negotiations have always been conducted in good faith by both the university and its represented workers. (May 15, 2002)
As the U.S. Senate this week wrangled over the ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the spotlight was on the nation's still impressive stockpile of nuclear weapons.
The appointment of Mary George Opperman as associate vice president for human resources at Cornell has been announced by Senior Vice President Frederick A. Rogers. She will assume her new position July 15.
The Cornell University Glee Club will perform two concerts in the Los Angeles Area on Jan. 15 and 16. The 60-member male choir directed by Scott Tucker will be in the midst of a two-week tour of the West Coast.
In post-socialist Eastern Europe, tension has been high between national and ethnic minorities. To avoid these kinds of strains, Hungary passed Act 77, a progressive Law on National and Ethnic Minorities in 1993.
The computer-modeling accomplishment - which is expected to aid the future design of tiny insect-like flying machines and should dispel the longstanding myth that "bumblebees cannot fly.