Robert G. Bland takes eight cards from a deck, ace through 8, and makes a perfect shuffle -- taking the bottom four cards and interweaving them with the other four. By doing so three times, he returns the cards to their original order. "Students are always surprised at this. It provides a good example to introduce the notion of a 'directed graph,' something of considerable interest in many of the mathematical sciences.
The latest findings on diagnosis, prevention and treatment of canine hip dysplasia, the crippling joint disease that affects about 50 percent of some larger breeds of dogs, will be presented when veterinary researchers and practitioners gather Aug. 3-6 for an international symposium at Cornell.
New findings about the life-long consequences of sub-optimal development during and after pregnancy will be reported at an international symposium, "Frontiers in Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Health: Programming for a Lifetime of Good Health," Aug. 9-12.
Although the residents of New York City share as much concern for the environment as their upstate neighbors, 20 percent of city residents do not know where their water originates, and four out of five New York City residents have confidence in the safety of the city's tap water, according to the preliminary results of a survey by two Cornell experts.
Two disease-causing microorganisms, Cryptosporidium and Giardia, are the targets of an intensive campaign by researchers at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
The Executive Committee of the State University of New York Board of Trustees, meeting in Buffalo on Monday, July 22, approved a 1996-97 financial plan that allocates $120,418,200 in state appropriations to Cornell University's four statutory colleges. That allocation represents a shortfall of $2.4 million from the $122.8 million level required to support base-level programs plus cover the increased costs of operations, according to Nathan Fawcett, director of statutory college affairs at Cornell.
Some veterinary students around the world stand out as special, possibly destined for a leadership position in the veterinary or biomedical sciences. These students are not only at the top of their class but show other exceptional qualities that set them apart.
Two investment rating services have given Cornell University's bonds high ratings, indicating they consider the university to be in good financial health. Standard & Poor's Corp. recently announced it had assigned its AA rating on the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York's $132 million revenue bonds series 1996, issued for Cornell. At the same time, Moody's Investors Service issued a Aa rating on the bond series.
Plant biologists have long held the view that photosynthesis -- the process by which cells in green plants convert the energy of sunlight into chemical energy and use carbon dioxide to produce sugars -- needs two intermediate light-dependent reactions for successful energy conversion: Photosystem II and Photosystem I.
Warm weather returned to the 12-state Northeast region during June. The monthly departure for the region -- 1.5 degrees above normal -- was the largest monthly departure for any month since last October, according to climatologists at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell.
Several dozen Cornell agricultural students -- from a variety of disciplines -- have banded together to start the Cornell Student Farm on two acres of Cornell's Ithaca orchards. These students will obtain hands-on experience, working alongside and passing their knowledge on to children from the Southside Community Center of Ithaca.
A major resource center at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) containing millions of documents related to organized labor, industrial relations and management thought has been renamed in honor of Theodore W. Kheel, the influential New York City lawyer, arbitrator, negotiator and mediator.
