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Cornell trustees to meet in Ithaca March 14 and 15

The Cornell Board of Trustees will meet in Ithaca March 14 and 15. The board will meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, March 15, in the Trustee Meeting Room of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

Cornell supports New York Campus Compact

Cornell University will serve for the next three years as headquarters for the executive director of the New York Campus Compact (NYCC), an organization of presidents of colleges and universities in New York state that seeks to promote and support collegiate involvement in community service. Cornell is a founding member of NYCC, whose charter was signed Oct. 16, 2001, at Pace University in Manhattan. Other founding universities include Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Syracuse University, Nassau Community College, Nazareth College, Pace, Niagara Community College and the State University of New York (SUNY) campuses at Cortland, Geneseo and Oswego. Currently, more than 35 campuses across New York state have joined NYCC, which is the 26th member of the national Campus Compact program. (March 12, 2002)

Terry Tempest Williams, author and environmental crusader,will give an open lecture at Cornell, March 26

Nature writer Terry Tempest Williams, author of Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, considered a classic of environmental literature, will present a public lecture at Cornell, Tuesday, March 26. Titled "Homework: The Art of Sustainability," Williams' talk will be in Auditorium D of Goldwin Smith Hall on campus beginning at 7:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public, and no tickets are needed. (March 8, 2002)

W. Kent Fuchs of Purdue named dean of Cornell College of Engineering

W. Kent Fuchs, head of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Michael J. and Catherine R. Birck Distinguished Professor at Purdue University, has been named the Joseph Silbert Dean of the College of Engineering at Cornell University. (March 8, 2002)

Public review begins on plans for new medical waste-management facility, an alternative to incineration, at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine

The three-month public comment period has begun on the draft environmental impact statement for a new medical waste-management facility at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Estimated to cost approximately $6 million and funded by the State University Construction Fund, the facility would replace the college's incinerator to treat pathological waste and regulated medical waste, and could begin operation in early 2005.

Corning optical fiber developer is featured speaker at Cornell 'Technology Means Business' symposium March 8

Donald Keck, vice president and executive director of Corning Inc.'s research, science and technology division, is the featured speaker at "Technology Means Business" on campus March 8.

Isler, famed thin-shell designer and structural artist, to talk at Cornell

Heinz Isler (pronounced "ezler"), the noted Swiss structural engineer and designer, will present a talk at Cornell University, Monday, March 11, at 6:30 p.m. at Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. The talk is free and is open to the public. Isler is considered to be among the foremost structural artists working today. His talk, which is the Felix Candela Memorial Lecture, will concern Isler's thin-shell roof structures -- self-supporting concrete domes -- of which he has designed more than 1,000 in the past two decades, more than any other engineer. His structures, most of them in Switzerland, have been described as "harmonious, natural and inspiring." (March 6, 2002)

Cornell president approves proposal to strengthen policy against hazing

Cornell President Hunter Rawlings has approved a proposal from a task force of students, faculty and staff to strengthen the university's policy against hazing.

Guest chef from NYC's three-star Tabla restaurant brings a taste of India to Cornell March 10

On March 10, Floyd Cardoz, executive chef of New York City's Tabla restaurant, will launch the spring 2002 Guest Chefs Series with a sumptuous four-course dinner at the Statler Hotel on Cornell University's campus. The event, featuring Cardoz's unique Indian-inspired international cuisine, is open to the public. Tabla earned a three-star review in The New York Times in 1999, soon after it opened, and Times restaurant critic Ruth Reichl wrote: "For me it was love at first bite." (March 6, 2002)

Cornell Police to operate sobriety checkpoints March 8--10

Cornell University Police will operate a sobriety checkpoint on campus this weekend after one of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) playoff hockey games. Drivers can find out in advance where the checkpoint will be by going to the department's web site after noon Friday, March 8, and checking out the section called "Drink and drive. You lose." (March 6, 2002)

Cornell Hotel School holds NYC conference on terrorism and tourism March 7

A strategic conference of business executives and academic researchers in travel, tourism and hospitality will convene in New York City Thursday, March 7.

Wanted: Females, ages 35 to 54, pants size 4-24 reward, $20

Women in Manhattan and Ithaca, ages 35 to 54, can earn $20 by volunteering to be measured by Cornell University apparel researchers who are using a state-of-the-art 3-D body scanner to measure more than 300,000 body data points.