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Cornell student wins Luce scholarship for a year in Asia

When Maureen Quigley receives her master's degree in public administration from Cornell this May, she'll be updating her passport as well as her résumé. Quigley, a student of international development policy in Cornell's Institute for Public Affairs, has received a Luce Scholarship, which will fund a one-year internship in Asia to be arranged specifically for her.

Anthony Seeger returns to Cornell March 24 thru 29 as professor at large

Anthony Seeger, curator of the Folkways Collection and director of Folkways Recordings at the Smithsonian Institution, will make his third visit to Cornell on March 24-29 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large. On Wednesday, March 27, he will give a public talk entitled "From the Suy‡ Indians to the Grateful Dead: 'Thanks.' "

Future workplace will be mobile and may include space from cafes, warehouses, Cornell expert says

The boom in telecommuting is just a transition toward a future total-workplace system of where work gets accomplished. New sites range from the car, home and home office to hotels, offices of business alliances, neighborhood telebusiness centers, empty warehouses, banks and storefronts, airline clubs and perhaps even local cafes.

The greatest impact of new technology is on the supply chain, not the factory floor, says Cornell manufacturing expert

Technological advances will continue to have profound effects on manufacturing firms. But the most important changes will come in the ways companies manage their supply chains and inventories, said L. Joseph Thomas, professor of manufacturing at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Planetary material is shared throughout the inner solar system: Pieces of the moon, Mars, Mercury or Venus could land on Earth -- and vice versa

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Planets and their satellites in the inner solar system -- including Earth -- have been sharing bits and pieces of themselves for billions of years, as even today rocks and particles shorn off from ongoing collisions continue their interplanetary voyage, new research shows.

'Internet mogul' featured in annual Cornell engineering conference April 12-13

The future of information technology -- from wireless communications to new imaging systems -- is the topic of the 1996 Cornell Society of Engineers annual conference April 12 and 13 at Cornell.

Cornell's John Hopcroft tells Congress of the importance of investing in research and education

 Investments in research and education are essential for the nation's well-being and budget priorities should reflect that, a Cornell University engineer told a congressional panel on March 6. "There is no investment that is more essential for our nation's future well-being than investments in research and education," John E. Hopcroft, the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering at Cornell, told lawmakers.

Cornell reports increase in undergraduate applications

Applications for admission to Cornell for fall 1996 have reached the third-highest level in the institution's history, a 2 percent increase over last year. Applications from underrepresented minority groups, with the exception of Native Americans, also increased over last year to be at or near the highest levels for these groups in the past decade, reports Donald A. Saleh, Cornell acting dean of admissions and financial aid.

Cornell University appoints Alumni Affairs director

Mary F. Berens, a 1974 graduate of Cornell, has been appointed director of alumni affairs at the university, said Inge T. Reichenbach, vice president for alumni affairs and development. Berens succeeds James D. Hazzard, a 1950 Cornell graduate.

New York FarmNet is helping farmers, as financial management calls increase to one-third

Good news for the New York state agricultural industry: family farms are being helped, thanks in large part to FarmNet, a state-funded, Cornell University-based program. The number of financial distress calls to the program has markedly dropped, but the number of financial planning requests has increased, according to the annual statistics released by the program. There was also a substantial increase in the number of calls, overall.

Cornell's Bruce Ganem wins chemistry award

Bruce Ganem, the Franz and Elisabeth Roessler Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Chemistry Department at Cornell, has received the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society. The award, which includes a $25,000 unrestricted research grant, recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry.

Cornell's Homeless Program Hosts Guest Lecture Series

Five individuals who have dedicated their lives to feeding and housing the homeless will participate in a lecture series this spring at Cornell. The lecture series is part of Cornell's Housing and Feeding the Homeless Program, which began in 1988.