The Arecibo Observatory, home of the world's largest radio-radar telescope, has moved close to completion of a major upgrade that makes it one of the most sensitive and powerful tools ever designed for astronomical studies.
With New England leading the way, April showers brought 133 percent of the Northeast's normal precipitation, making it the 10th wettest April in 102 years of records, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell.
High school teachers from across North America and from as far away as Asia will travel to Cornell University to be honored by their former students on May 22. The students, honored as Merrill Presidential Scholars, represent the top 5 percent of Cornell's 1996 graduating class.
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings will preside over the university's 128th commencement on Sunday, May 26, at 11 a.m. on Schoellkopf Field. In his first commencement ceremony since assuming the Cornell presidency on July 1, 1995, Rawlings will confer degrees on almost 6,000 eligible graduates.
Philip E. Lewis, acting dean of Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences, has been nominated to serve a five-year term as dean of the college beginning July 1996.
An annual rite of spring on the Cornell campus is the screening of student films. This year, there's some Mike Figgis, Quentin Tarentino, Silence of the Lambs, a tip of the hat to Disney and plenty of action to make audiences…
Three Cornell seniors and one alumna receive Mellon Fellowships for graduate study. The recipients of the prestigious award, which includes a $13,500 stipend plus tuition and fees.
Three Cornell faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They were among 159 new Fellows and 26 foreign honorary members to be elected.
