John Neuman, interim CEO of eCornell and a Cornell University alumnus, has been named CEO of the university's for-profit distance-learning subsidiary, it was announced today by Philip M. Young, chair of the board of directors of eCornell.
A biomedical-imaging technique that would highlight the cytoskeletal infrastructure of nerve cells and map the nervous system as it develops and struggles to repair itself has been proposed by biophysics researchers at Cornell and Harvard universities. Reporting in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS June 10, 2003), the researchers say that besides the new imaging technique's obvious applications in studying the dynamics of nervous system development, it could answer the puzzle about which errant pathways initiate damage to brain cells, a key question about the onset of Alzheimer's disease. (June 11, 2003)
Bird enthusiasts and their families are invited to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's community open house June 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 159 Sapsucker Woods Road. The open house is being held to celebrate the lab's new, $26.5 million Imogene Powers Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity. The facility is home to almost 200 part- and full-time staff working in the lab's programs on citizen science, education, conservation and bioacoustics research. The building also houses the lab's Macaulay Library, home to the world's largest collection of natural sounds, and the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, which is valuable to both researchers and educators. (June 09, 2003)
The Cornell University water system currently complies with all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water standards, including the standards for haloacetic acids, based on May 2003 testing results, reports James Grieger of the university's Department of Environmental Health and Safety. The EPA maximum contamination limit for haloacetic acids is a rolling annual average (RAA) of 60 parts per billion (ppb). Cornell's current RAA is 49 ppb. The current quarterly average is 38 ppb. (June 09, 2003)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $600,000 to Arecibo Observatory and the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo to establish a three-year program to provide Hispanic students on the island with experience in conducting scientific research.
Researchers planning a feeding study at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine are looking for 60 clinically obese cats and some owners who can't say no.
Two members of the Cornell University Class of 1952 who were killed during military service in Vietnam will be honored at the rededication of the Korean/Vietnam War Memorial in the rotunda of Anabel Taylor Hall on the Cornell campus at 4:15 p.m. Friday, June 6.
Oscar Rothaus, a Cornell University professor of mathematics who, during the Cold War, helped develop a vital military mathematical tool that simulates physical processes, died in Ithaca on May 24. He was 75.
Sandy Berger, national security adviser for former President Bill Clinton, will deliver the annual Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture Friday, June 6, at 3 p.m. in Bailey Hall to Cornell University alumni and guests attending the university's annual Reunion weekend.
Hotel demand in large cities fluctuates more in response to personal income than to changes in hotel prices, according to a new study issued by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research.
"Time and a Chair," an exhibit of historic photographs depicting ordinary Americans posing in chairs in remote parts of the country from 1840 to 1940, is on display until Aug. 29.
Archaeologists from the Binghamton University Public Archaeology Facility, hired by Cornell University to study the proposed site for new athletic fields off of Game Farm Road in the town of Ithaca, recently identified a handful of artifacts tied to the Early Woodland phase of the Finger Lakes' Paleo-Indian culture. Site inspections identified three small areas with prehistoric artifacts, and a projectile point, chert flakes and shatter were recovered. A Phase 2 site examination will focus on the areas where artifacts have been identified, and more test pits will be dug to determine the site's significance. A related report is expected to be completed in mid-June. (May 30, 2003)
