Margaret Washington, professor of history at Cornell University, will deliver the inaugural Gail Gifford Rudin ('56) and Stephen Rudin lecture, titled "'Price to Be Determined at the Close of the War': The Impacts of 'Slave' Trading on the Development of Black Culture in America." The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place Wednesday, March 31, at 3:30 p.m. in Libe Café (first floor, Olin Library) on Cornell's campus and is followed by a reception in the Hirshland Gallery, level 2B of Kroch Library. (March 25, 2004)
Robert S. Hatfield, Class of 1937, died March 14 in Greenwich, Conn., where he had lived for many years and Jansen Noyes Jr., Class of 1939 (mechanical engineering) and 11th chairman of the Cornell Board of Trustees, died March 16.
New York, NY (March 24, 2004) -- Two heart tests are better than one when it comes to predicting the risk of dying of cardiovascular disease or any cause, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center researchers report in the April issue of the journal Hypertension.Those patients with an ECG finding of ST depression -- a possible sign of heart disease -- and an echocardiogram that showed an enlarged left ventricle were more likely to die during the study than those with normal test results. When the left ventricle, the heart's main pumping chamber, enlarges and thickens, it could be a sign the heart is struggling to pump efficiently.
An extra beer or glass of wine during a workday lunch or happy hour may seem harmless. But a new Cornell University study shows that when alcohol consumption in and around the workplace increases, so does the risk of harassment of women by male co-workers. The study, "Harassing Under the Influence: Male Drinking Norms and Behaviors and the Gender Harassment of Female Coworkers," points to the dangers of workplace cultures that tolerate drinking and offers sobering lessons to both workers and employers. The R. Brinkley Smithers Institute for Alcohol-Related Workplace Studies at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations conducted the study, and the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse sponsored it. (March 24, 2004)
Nobel laureate Charles Townes, inventor of the laser and in recent years an astronomical explorer using an array of moveable infrared telescopes, will present the Thomas Gold lectures in Schwartz Auditorium in Rockefeller Hall at Cornell University next week. Townes, who is University Professor of Physics emeritus at the University of California-Berkeley, will present his first lecture, "Characteristics of old stars measured by infrared interferometry" -- aimed at a specialized audience -- on Monday, March 29. His second lecture, "Logic and uncertainties in science and religion" -- for a more general audience -- is on Wednesday, March 31. Both lectures start at 4:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. (March 24, 2004)
The Cornell Public Service Center and the United Way of Tompkins County are recruiting locally for new AmeriCorps*VISTA members to serve in the Tompkins, Tioga and Schuyler county communities. AmeriCorps is a federally funded network of national service programs that engage 50,000 Americans each year. VISTA stands for Volunteers in Service to America and is often referred to as the "domestic Peace Corps." Since the early 1960s, the VISTA program has embedded volunteers for one-year terms within low-income communities to help address critical issues related to poverty. In 1993, VISTA formally joined the AmeriCorps network, and today nearly 6,000 AmeriCorps*VISTA members serve in hundreds of nonprofit organizations and public agencies throughout the United States. (March 24, 2004)
New York, NY (March 23, 2004) -- Injecting a combination of growth factors can protect the heart during a heart attack, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center researchers report in this month's issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine.The finding, in an animal model, may one day help keep heart cell damage to a minimum after a heart attack.
Two members of the Cornell faculty have been awarded prestigious Sloan Foundation Research Fellowships. They are Fernando Escobedo and Rasmus Nielsen, assistant professors of chemical engineering and biometrics, respectively.
"Someone must have slandered Joseph K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested." So begins The Trial, Franz Kafka's prophetic – some have argued comically absurd – novel.
Martha Van Rensselaer (1864-1932), co-founder of the College of Human Ecology at Cornell, will be inducted posthumously into the National 4-H Hall of Fame during the National 4-H Conference ceremonies March 22-23 in Chevy Chase, Md.
Cornell University is joining with organizations that offer career and employment services to form the Cornell Recruitment Partnership. The partnership was created to offer a new, inclusive gateway to career opportunities at Cornell. The objective of the Cornell Recruitment Partnership (CRP), organizers say, is to promote career opportunities at Cornell through strategic, diverse and communication-focused partnerships with local, regional and national career-services organizations that help connect talented people with career opportunities. The CRP's efforts will expand on earlier employment initiatives spearheaded by Cornell's offices of Workforce Diversity, Equity and Life Quality and Community Relations and will increase access to career opportunities at Cornell. (March 18, 2004)
George Boiardi, a Cornell senior student, was struck in the chest with a lacrosse ball late in the fourth quarter of a game against Binghamton University on March 17 at Schoellkopf Field. He was rushed to Cayuga Medical Center, where he later died.
