Olive Tjaden, pioneering architect who designed more than 400 Garden City, L.I., homes, dies at 92

Olive Tjaden, a pioneering architect who supervised the design of more than 400 homes from the 1920s to the 1940s in Garden City, Long Island, including many of that community's grand mansions, died.

Shimon Peres lecture at Cornell on April 30 is canceled

The Shimon Peres lecture at Cornell, scheduled for April 30, has been canceled. The Cornell University Program Board, sponsor of the event, has been informed by Peres' speaking agency that the cancellation is due to political developments in Israe.

Comet Hale-Bopp yields secrets in the infrared, Cornell-NASA investigators say

Infrared measurements of Comet Hale-Bopp by Cornell and NASA investigators are yielding valuable clues about the makeup of the celestial visitor and, perhaps, the origins of the solar system.

Simple twist becomes twist of fate, as new technique could revolutionize electronics with pure, defect-free single crystal films of any kind on a substrate

Cornell scientists have achieved a "Holy Grail" of materials science -- pure, single crystal growth of any film on a semiconductor substrate, a technique that holds promise to revolutionize electronics.

The impact of law on women is focus of Cornell Law School conference April 4-6

Issues of reproductive rights and violence against women take the spotlight in a national conference, 'Bodies, Boundaries and Beyond: The Impact of the Law on Women,' to be held April 4 through 6 at the Cornell Law School.

Cornell's summer day camp for children is accepting registrations for 1997 season

Cornell's summer day camp for children of employees is now accepting registrations for the 1997 season. University Summer Day Camp will be held June 24 through Aug. 15, in two-week sessions. Attendance is limited to children who will enter grades one through eight this fall.

Veterinary Open House April 12. 1997 at Cornell offers close-up of animals, animal doctors and techniques that heal

A behind-the-scenes tour of the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine awaits visitors at the college's annual open house April 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

25 percent of 2,000 American cats in veterinary survey were 'heavy' or 'obese,' and some didn't survive to the four-year follow-up

Seriously overweight cats are more likely to suffer diabetes mellitus, lameness and non-allergic skin conditions, a Cornell veterinarian's four-year follow-up to a feline obesity study has shown. Most likely to be tubby are neutered, apartment-dwelling, mixed breed cats eating prescription cat food.

Cornell Plantations seeks return of stolen rhododendrons

Six valuable plants have been stolen from the Clement Gray Bowers Rhododendron Collection at Cornell, and Cornell Plantations officials are hoping for their return. Two of the rhododendrons are irreplaceable, according to Plantations Curator Mary Hirshfeld, because they are hybrids that were propagated from an original parent plant.