Members of the Cornell University Board of Trustees and Cornell University Council will arrive on campus Thursday, Oct. 26, for their joint annual meeting, which this year celebrates the 50th annual meeting of the council.
Robert B. Porter, professor of law and director of the Tribal Law and Government Center at the University of Kansas, will present a lecture, "Resolving Iroquois Land Claims," Monday, Oct. 23, at 4:30 p.m. in 290 Myron Taylor Hall.
Whether or not she wins New York state's hotly contested U.S. Senate seat in the upcoming November election, Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic campaign will be examined by scholars not only for its electoral outcome but for what her candidacy and commentary about her reveal about American culture and values.
A $1 million grant from Corning Inc. to Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management will enable the school to develop a total-immersion curriculum in "e-business" and other components of an extensive electronic business program.
Faced with unprecedented increases in the cost of fuel as well as the doubling of its liability insurance premiums, the board of directors of Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit has proposed a 25 cent basic fare increase and two service reductions, both of which would go into effect Jan. 1, 2001.
Dominicana author Loida Maritza Pérez, a 1987 Cornell University alumna, is the keynote speaker at the Latino Studies Program's eighth annual Unity Dinner Friday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 p.m. in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room.
"Privacy in the Age of Media" is the topic of a lecture at Cornell University by Tom Wicker, retired political columnist for The New York Times and one of America's most respected journalists, Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 p.m.
Just in time for Halloween, spider expert Linda Rayor will be showing and telling all about certain scary arachnids, in her talk "Tarantulas: Terrific or Terrible?" Saturday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m. at Ithaca Sciencenter.
