Cornell to celebrate Homecoming Weekend Sept. 20-22

Cornell alumni will revisit their alma mater the weekend of Sept. 20-22 for Homecoming 1996, the university's annual fall celebration featuring educational, athletic and social events for all members of the Cornell community.

Asian beetle, new in this country, threatens Brooklyn's shade trees

Cornell scientists have confirmed what they believe is the first known infestation of an Asian long-horned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, a large beetle that is attacking Brooklyn's horsechestnut and Norway maple tree population.

Cornell Agriculture Alumni Association to honor two faculty members

The Alumni Association of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will honor George J. Conneman and Bernard F. Stanton, professors of agricultural economics, with the association's Outstanding Faculty Award at the annual alumni awards banquet on Friday, Sept. 20.

Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences honors alumni

The Alumni Association of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell will honor six alumni at the association's annual alumni awards banquet on Friday, Sept. 20.

The New York State Fair 1996: Blue Ribbon panel nixes Blue Ribbons for 4-H youth projects

The New York State Fair 1996: Blue Ribbon panel nixes Blue Ribbons for 4-H youth projects.

Meet the beetles: Old World pest is found by Cornell entomologist in several northern New York counties

Move over “Independence Day,” step aside Martian microfossils. The real-life alien invasion has commenced: the viburnum leaf beetle – a pest that will chew and decimate viburnum trees and shrubs – has been detected in several New York counties, a Cornell University expert warns.

Cooler-than-normal high temperatures produce the “Sweatless Summer” of ‘96

Cities throughout the Northeast have enjoyed one of the coolest Julys on record, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell. New York City never saw an official high temperature in July above 89 degrees at Central Park – for the entire month – the first time that has happened in 107 years.

Quotations from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his Convocation address at Cornell University on May 25

The following are quotations from an address by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Cornell's Senior Convocation, held from noon to 1 p.m. on May 25 in Barton Hall.

From corn rootworms to art, Cornell's nuclear reactor is at the core Neutron beam helps see what X-rays cannot

Like a physician examining X-rays, Leslie Allee lends an expert eye to the film hanging on the light screen.