HONOLULU -- Although many of the world's major estuaries are polluted, until now there has not been a study that uniformly compares levels of nitrogen, carbon and phosphorus in two separate bodies of water. Environmental biologists have now made it possible to directly compare, for instance, the Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf of Gdansk in Poland. The uniform methodology they have developed to measure the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus levels -- indicating runoff from industry and agriculture -- in the world's waters will be discussed today (Feb. 13) at the American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences meeting, at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. (February 14, 2002)
Cornell University alumni and longtime benefactors Robert J. and Helen H. Appel have committed $15 million to support the second phase of the university's Residential Initiative, a new living and learning environment for upper-level students on West Campus, Cornell President Hunter Rawlings announced recently. (February 14, 2002)
The latest in insect control: "cotton candy." One day farmers might exchange pesticides for an industrial grade polymer that looks and acts like cotton candy as a major weapon against onion maggots, cabbage maggots, corn earworms and other agricultural pests.
A group of Cornell hospitality management students said "yes" to a rare opportunity Jan. 2-4: to study with the masters while experiencing luxury service firsthand at hotels in Beverly Hills.
Economist Robert Frank and legal scholar Martha Fineman are among the distinguished Cornell University faculty speakers launching a new honors program through the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs.
Maureen O'Hara, professor of finance at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, was named president of the American Finance Association this January.
A team of Cornell scientists, aided by a $837,000 Microbial Observatory grant from the National Science Foundation, is going after methane-generating bacteria and other microbes.
Maybe cats that pick fights with others aren't naturally nasty. They could be victims of social anxiety, and a medication called clomipramine might restore peace in multi-cat households, according to behavior specialists at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, where a new drug test is about to begin.
The Lee County Sheriff's Department in Florida has released the report of the motor vehicle accident in which Cornell University President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes was injured Feb. 3. According to the report, Rhodes was walking across a street at approximately 7:55 a.m. when he was struck by a motor vehicle. The driver left the scene of the accident, but a witness was able to describe the vehicle and give the license plate number to sheriff's deputies when they arrived at the scene. At 8:04 a.m., a Lee County sheriff's deputy put out an alert on the vehicle, which was described as a gray 1988 Ford van. (February 7, 2002)
Weekend getaways at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell's and University of New Hampshire's seasonal marine field station in the Gulf of Maine, will be offered this summer as part of the laboratory's adult education program.
