Biomedical researcher Dr. Richard Lerner, Scripps Research Institute president, to give public lectures Thursday and Friday

Noted biomedical researcher Dr. Richard A. Lerner, president of the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., will give The Class of 1942 James B. Sumner Lecture Thursday, Sept. 14, and Friday, Sept. 15, on the Cornell campus.

Cornell Math Explorers Club, a group for high school students, will hold open house Sept. 16

Want to crack cryptography? Do you crave secret codes? If you want to figure out fractals or if you enjoy the connection between math and art, then consider joining the Cornell Math Explorers Club.

Professors Jon C. Clardy and Jonathan D. Culler are appointed senior associate deans for the College of Arts and Sciences

Professors Jon C. Clardy of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Jonathan D. Culler of the Departments of English and of Comparative Literature have been appointed senior associate deans for the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University.

Upstate Farms of Rochester selected for best milk in New York state by testers at Cornell

Cornell's Department of Food Science has selected Upstate Farms of Rochester as producer of the highest quality milk in New York state. The annual selection was announced today (Aug. 28) at the New York State Fair's Dairy Day. The analytical tests are run at Cornell.

McCadam's cheddar judged top cheese in New York by state panel at Cornell University

The young cheddar cheese at McCadam Cheese Co., Heuvelton, N.Y., has been judged the top cheese in New York state for 2000, beating out cheeses in all categories. The judging took place at Cornell University in mid-August and was on Aug. 28 at the New York State Fair's Dairy Day.

Morning sickness is Mother Nature's way of protecting mothers and their unborn, Cornell biologists find

As unpleasant as it is, the nausea and vomiting of "morning sickness" experienced by two-thirds of pregnant women is Mother Nature's way of protecting mothers and fetuses from food-borne illness and also shielding the fetus from chemicals that can deform fetal organs at the most critical time in development.

Spiders get better web sites by rising early

The early spider catches the web site. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Cornell University have discovered how large female spiders in colonies are able to claim enough territory to rebuild their daily webs

Eros is relic of solar system's birth says Cornell researcher, as NASA spacecraft obtains first snapshot of an asteroid's chemical makeup

Shortly before the Memorial Day weekend, NASA's mission to orbit and study a distant asteroid presented researchers with a glimpse of the birth of the solar system.

Conference to examine polymer technology

The materials and technology of the 21st century will be under examination when a major industrial research conference, the 11th annual Polymer Outreach Program symposium, is held at Cornell University May 22 and 23.