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Community Martin L. King Jr. Day Celebration at GIAC is Jan. 17

A community program to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. will be held Monday, Jan. 17, Martin Luther King Day, at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), 318 N. Albany St., from noon to 5 p.m.

Thanks to lack of snow, Jack Frost is neither gnawing, nibbling nor even nipping on anyone's nose

Got snow? Probably not if you live in the northeastern United States. Many cities and states across the region are setting or tying half-century records for the least amount of snow during this part of the season, according to climatologist Keith Eggleston.

State awards grants to Cornell to preserve endangered library materials

New York State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries Janet M. Welch recently announced three grants totaling more than $390,000 to Cornell University Library for cooperation in preserving endangered research materials.

Cornell and University of Vermont receive $3.8 million USDA grant to help cultivate budding food-product businesses

Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., and the University of Vermont will receive a four-year, $3.8 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture.

1999 drought topped year's most significant weather events, from hurricane to heat wave, in Northeast (News from the northeast regional climate center)

The drought that devastated agriculture in the northeastern United States was the most significant of 9 major weather events in the region last year, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) at Cornell.

Cornell Veterinary College uses forensic 'gold standard' to probe for trace chemicals in animal-poisoning cases

Substances that are poisonous to animals can now be subjected to the same chemical scrutiny given to materials in high-profile human cases - including the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

Cornell institute receives $3.5 million grant renewal to continue studies of how working couples cope

Even though women work - and prefer to work - fewer hours than men, they invest more of themselves in their jobs than do male workers. That is just one finding from the Cornell Couples and Career Study at Cornell.

Harold D. Craft is named vice president for administration and chief financial officer at Cornell

Cornell President Hunter Rawlings today (Jan. 3) announced that he will recommend to the Board of Trustees the appointment of Harold D. Craft Jr. as vice president for administration and chief financial officer.

Cornell awarded $8.5 million loan from Pew Trusts

Cornell has been awarded an $8.5 million interest-free, seven-year loan from The Pew Charitable Trusts, for the development of programs in ethical reasoning and information sciences.

New book traces Holocaust through five decades of literature, film

In the last decade of the 20th century, we saw a virtual cottage industry of books and films on the Holocaust, everything from an unexpurgated 'Diary of Anne Frank' to Roberto Benigni's Oscar-winning tragicomic film 'Life Is Beautiful.'

Sen. Charles Schumer hears from Cornell researchers about need for federal aid to bring biotechnology to market

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, visited Cornell Dec. 20, to hear from university researchers and administrators about how the federal government can help improve the process of bringing the fruits of the university's biotechnology research to market.

Sen. Charles Schumer hears from Cornell researchers about need for federal aid to bring biotechnology to market

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, visited Cornell Dec. 20, to hear from university researchers and administrators about how the federal government can help improve the process of bringing the fruits of the university's biotechnology research to market.