Viburnum leaf beetles are chewing susceptible bushes into skeletal remains in central, western and northern New York state. The beetles, which face few predators, now appear to be taking aim at western New England and parts of Pennsylvania, and they are poised to move into the Hudson Valley, the New York City metropolitan area and Long Island.
Three Cornell faculty winners of 2002-03 Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowships -- for effective, inspiring and distinguished teaching of undergraduate students -- were announced at a special dinner on campus March 6.
A tiny, voracious fly called the swede midge, which already has eaten its way across eastern Canada's cabbage and broccoli fields, now is threatening to descend on crops in states along the northern U.S. border. On Feb. 11 an educational session on the swede midge will be held for registered growers at the 2003 New York State Vegetable Conference in Liverpool, N.Y
Six members of the Cornell University faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 291 researchers chosen to receive the prestigious award this year.
The publication of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA in April 1953 by a pair of Cambridge biologists named James Watson and Francis Crick set the stage for a revolution in the way we study living organisms.
Helene R. Dillard, Cornell University professor of plant pathology, has been appointed director of Cornell Cooperative Extension and associate dean of Cornell's New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and New York State College of Human Ecology. She succeeds D. Merrill Ewert, who took the position of president of Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, Calif., this past summer. Dillard's appointment begins Oct. 1. (September 30, 2002)
Two undergraduate students at Cornell University, juniors Lara E. Douglas and Benjamin E. Wolfe, have been awarded scholarships for the 2002-03 academic year by the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation. Cornell's Udall Scholarships are among 80 nationwide awarded from an applicant pool of 447, and cover up to $5,000 in eligible expenses for the year. Another Cornell student, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences junior Peter Hosner, was named an honorable-mention recipient of $350 for educational expenses. (April 25, 2002)
The Vagina Monologues , Eve Ensler's Obie award-winning play that premiered in 1996 and addresses issues of violence against women, will be read at Cornell University on Valentine's Day.
D. Merrill Ewert, director of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE), has been named president of Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, Calif. His appointment is effective July 1. Ewert joined the Cornell University faculty in 1991 as a professor in the Department of Education, where he taught, conducted research and implemented extension programs focused on community-based development. In April 1998, Ewert was appointed director of CCE and associate dean for outreach in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and in the College of Human Ecology. (January 15, 2002)
