Jupiter's intricate, swirling ring system is formed by dust kicked up as interplanetary meteoroids smash into the giant planet's four, small inner moons, according to scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Images sent by Galileo also reveal that the outermost ring is actually two rings, one embedded within the other.
T. Colin Campbell, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry, has received the American Institute for Cancer Research's 1998 Award for Excellence in Cancer Research.
Nathan Fawcett, who has served as Cornell director of statutory college affairs for the past 10 years, has been promoted to associate vice provost for statutory college affairs.
Alfred E. Kahn, who served as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board under President Jimmy Carter and is considered the father of airline deregulation, will discuss that topic.
Mary Sansalone, professor of structural engineering, has been named a vice provost, Provost Don M. Randel has announced. Sansalone, a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, will join the provost's
Patsy M. Brannon, Cornell Ph.D. '79 and chair and professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Maryland, has been nominated as dean of the College of Human Ecology.
Jack H. Freed, professor of chemistry, has been named the 1998 recipient of the Zavoisky Award, a prestigious recognition by an international panel of scientists.
Do the benefits of free trade outweigh its costs? That question will be addressed in the annual Cornell Political Forum Fall Debate between Ralph Nader and Jagdish Bhagwati.
A simple change in cattle diets in the days before slaughter may reduce the risk of Escherichia coli (E. coli) infections in humans, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Cornell University microbiologists have discovered.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City on Thursday, Sept. 10. The meeting will be held in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York.