Oxford University chemist John Rowlinson to speak at Cornell on May 1

John Shipley Rowlinson, the Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University, will be at Cornell University from April 27 through May 4 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large.

Gov. Pataki issues 'strong endorsement' for financial support of the Cornell Theory Center

Gov. George E. Pataki has made a major commitment for the state to share in the purchase of the next generation of supercomputers and to provide increased operating support for the Cornell Theory Center. The commitment is part of a package Cornell has proposed to the National Science Foundation for continued designation as one of the national sites for supercomputing.

Edward James Olmos headlines Cornell Chicano Festival, April 26-28

College students from several East Coast states will visit Cornell the weekend of April 26- 28 for a conference celebrating Mexican-American art and culture.

Bosnian education official is at Cornell this month

Education officials don't usually have to make life-or-death decisions on the job. But for Enver Halilovic, who was responsible for education in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the war there, moral questions loomed over his every mandate.

March averaged 7 degrees colder than the same month last year

March averaged 7 degrees colder than the same month last year, as the Northeast officially endured the 18th coldest March in 102 years of record, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University.

College of Arts and Sciences honors outstanding teachers

Outstanding teaching ability was formally recognized at the Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award Convocation on April 12, led by Acting Dean Philip E. Lewis in Kennedy Hall Auditorium.

Noted art critic Donald Kuspit to speak at Cornell on April 23

Art critic and historian Donald Kuspit will give a free and public lecture at Cornell on Tuesday, April 23, titled "Dialectics of Decadence: The Weight of History on Contemporary Art" at 5:15 p.m. in Room 115 of Tjaden Hall.

By way of Cornell's Mann Library, USDA statistics now can be on a new web site

To help students, faculty, growers and farmers prosper, Mann Library began providing Internet access to USDA statistical data from the Economic Research Service and the National Agricultural Statistical Service.

Three Cornell University undergraduates win Goldwater Scholarships for science and math

Three Cornell undergraduates win Goldwater Scholarships for science and math. The national Goldwater Scholarship program was established in 1986’ in the name of former Arizona Sen. Barry M. Goldwater.