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Cornell experts available statewide to discuss safer, more efficient workplaces

Workplace and ergonomic specialists from Cornell will be available statewide via a satellite video conference on April 29 through Cornell Cooperative Extension to address issues relating to workplace safety and efficiency.

Cornell astronomer Yervant Terzian receives honorary degree in Greece

Yervant Terzian, the James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences and chairman of the astronomy department at Cornell, received an honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Thessaloniki in Greece.

Olive Tjaden, pioneering architect who designed more than 400 Garden City, L.I., homes, dies at 92

Olive Tjaden, a pioneering architect who supervised the design of more than 400 homes from the 1920s to the 1940s in Garden City, Long Island, including many of that community's grand mansions, died.

From art history and archaeology to agronomy and geology, a research reactor serves the whole campus

The Ward Laboratory at Cornell, which houses a small-scale nuclear reactor for research and teaching, is now the Ward Center for Nuclear Sciences, a campuswide center.

Shimon Peres lecture at Cornell on April 30 is canceled

The Shimon Peres lecture at Cornell, scheduled for April 30, has been canceled. The Cornell University Program Board, sponsor of the event, has been informed by Peres' speaking agency that the cancellation is due to political developments in Israe.

Cornell issues statement on NSF supercomputing competition

Norman R. Scott, vice president for research and advanced studies at Cornell, today (March 28) issued the following statement upon receiving news that Cornell had not been successful in the latest round of supercomputing competition sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Comet Hale-Bopp yields secrets in the infrared, Cornell-NASA investigators say

Infrared measurements of Comet Hale-Bopp by Cornell and NASA investigators are yielding valuable clues about the makeup of the celestial visitor and, perhaps, the origins of the solar system.

Simple twist becomes twist of fate, as new technique could revolutionize electronics with pure, defect-free single crystal films of any kind on a substrate

Cornell scientists have achieved a "Holy Grail" of materials science -- pure, single crystal growth of any film on a semiconductor substrate, a technique that holds promise to revolutionize electronics.

Gaypril '97 celebrations will include Day of Silence and mini-conference

The Cornell lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is planning a broad range of cultural and educational programs throughout 'Gaypril.'

The impact of law on women is focus of Cornell Law School conference April 4-6

Issues of reproductive rights and violence against women take the spotlight in a national conference, 'Bodies, Boundaries and Beyond: The Impact of the Law on Women,' to be held April 4 through 6 at the Cornell Law School.

Cornell's summer day camp for children is accepting registrations for 1997 season

Cornell's summer day camp for children of employees is now accepting registrations for the 1997 season. University Summer Day Camp will be held June 24 through Aug. 15, in two-week sessions. Attendance is limited to children who will enter grades one through eight this fall.

Veterinary Open House April 12. 1997 at Cornell offers close-up of animals, animal doctors and techniques that heal

A behind-the-scenes tour of the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine awaits visitors at the college's annual open house April 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.