Five student workers in Cornell University Library receive Fuerst Awards

Five Cornell seniors have received Fuerst Outstanding Library Student Employee Awards for "exceptional performance, leadership and library service to the campus." At $500, the Fuerst Award is one of the largest awards given to Cornell student workers

Cornell Trustees to meet in Ithaca March 13-14

The Cornell Board of Trustees will meet in Ithaca on March 13 and 14. The board of trustees will meet from 9 a.m. to noon and again from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, March 14, in the Marriott Amphitheater of the Statler Hotel.

President's Council of Cornell Women to meet for annual spring conference at Cornell on March 7-9

Offering career networking for students and reviewing recent developments at their alma mater will be the focus of the annual spring conference of the President's Council of Cornell Women when it meets on March 7-9.

Cornell student receives U.S. Army's Meritorious Service Medal

Robert D. Ralyea, a U.S. Army chief warrant officer and a Cornell graduate student in food science, was given the Meritorious Service Medal one of the Army's most prestigious peacetime awards on Feb. 25.

State, federal emergency funds will help repair Cascadilla Gorge Path

A scenic commuting route and outdoor science classroom, the Cascadilla Gorge Path should re-open to the public this year with the award to Cornell Plantations of state and federal emergency repair funds.

Six original works slated for Cornell's Dance Concert '97, March 6-9

The inspirations for the six original pieces to be performed at Dance Concert '97 at Cornell are as varied as the performers themselves -- who include a veterinary student and recent high school graduate. Cornell's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance will present its annual dance concert this weekend.

Cornell's Epoch has the most entries in prestigious O. Henry collection

Epoch, a literary journal based in the English department at Cornell for the past 50 years, will have four of its stories included in Prized Stories 1997: The O. Henry Awards, one of the nation's most prestigious collections of short fiction.

Robert Swieringa, a Yale University professor and former member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, will become the ninth dean of the Johnson School

Robert J. Swieringa, a professor in the practice of accounting at the School of Management at Yale University and a former member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, has been named the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell.

Sierra's Diferencias will make world premiere at Cornell concert on March 8

Diferencias, a composition written by Roberto Sierra, Cornell associate professor of music, will make its world premiere March 8 in a performance by the Cornell University Wind Ensemble under the direction of Mark Scatterday. The free program will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Bailey Hall.