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GTE CEO Charles Lee will give annual Hatfield address Sept. 23

Charles R. Lee, chairman and chief executive officer of GTE Corp., will deliver this year's Hatfield address at Cornell University on Thursday, Sept. 23, at 4:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium of Rockefeller Hall.

Cornell ILR School opens New York City think tank and part-time graduate program

Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations is opening a New York City institute and think tank to study the changing issues of the workplace.

Traveling musicians and dancers offer free evening of traditional entertainment

A vibrant group of young Venezuelan musicians and dancers called Estudiantina VENUSA will perform Friday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium on the Cornell campus.

Bridge links communities, local organizations

A service project by Cornell students will bridge the gap between two community organizations and two Ithaca neighborhoods. A newly completed pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Cascadilla Creek will make it easier for residents of the Fall Creek and Northside communities to connect in many ways.

NSF awards $1.5 million for Cornell-led, four-university project for advanced simulation and connecting desktops to supercomputers

The National Science Foundation has awarded Cornell University $1.5 million for a new facility for research on multiscale problems in materials science and molecular biology.

Cornell University offers expert comments on E. coli outbreak

In recent days New York state has faced a major outbreak of illness, and a fatality, caused by the E. coli O157:H7 bacterium. The bacterium is believed to have been spread through infected well water.

Former creative writing students pay tribute to the Cornell teacher and author

The distinguished teaching career of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alison Lurie will be honored this month with a tribute, simply called "Readings for Alison Lurie." The event, sponsored by Cornell's Department of English and Program of Creative Writing.

Two leading researchers take issue with three recent studies on the effects of genetically engineered crops

Two prominent entomologists, one from Cornell, warn that three recent studies on the effects of genetically engineered crops have distorted the debate about engineered crops and that this could have "profound consequences" for science and public policy.

Cornell's statutory colleges to hold fall open house and information session for new and transfer students

Cornell's statutory colleges will hold an open house for prospective freshmen students on Saturday, Oct. 23, 1999.

Cornell women learn how to succeed on Wall Street from alumnae and other mentors

Six Cornell University seniors, all women, went to New York City this past summer hoping to learn how to crack Wall Street's infamous glass ceiling — that invisible, impermeable surface their mothers merely scratched.

Allen Funt's Candid Camera stunts still inform, prompt smiles in academia

Test question: An elevator passenger is joined by three others who immediately turn to face the side of the car. Struggling to resist the pressures of conformity, the first passenger eventually joins the rest because?

Cornell alumnus who helped develop Dawn and Downy endows named professorship in physical chemistry

Cornell alumnus Robert G. Laughlin, whose research at Procter & Gamble Co. has contributed to a number of well-known household products, has donated $2.5 million to endow a new named professorship in the university's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.