$17 million office building proposed for Ithaca Commons, Cornell to occupy space for 300 employees

Cornell and leaders of the city of Ithaca have reached conceptual agreement on a complex project that would strengthen the Ithaca Commons by bringing additional jobs and sales- and property-tax revenues to downtown Ithaca.

Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to honor outstanding alumni Oct. 13

The Alumni Association of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University will honor eight alumni at the association's annual alumni awards banquet Friday, Oct. 13.

Cornell Environmental Film Festival 2000 explores humanity's role in natural world Oct. 13-19

Seventeen cinematic works and the filmmakers behind them will explore humanity's role in the natural world during the Cornell Environmental Film Festival 2000, scheduled for Oct. 13-19 at Cornell.

Cornell economist Ron Ehrenberg shows why tuition keeps rising

Tuition at private colleges and universities has never been higher. It is also likely to keep on going up. With combined tuition, fees, room, board and expenses at the best institutions topping the high-water mark of $30,000 a year and rising, many students cannot attend these institutions without substantial help.

Genetics and immunology are topics for 50th anniversary symposium Oct. 9 at Cornell's James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health

A scientific symposium focusing on genetics and immunology is planned Oct. 9, as part of the 50th anniversary observances at the James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell.

Cornell researchers head $5 million NSF project to create adaptive software by borrowing from nature

Computer programs that can adapt to changing conditions — both in the virtual worlds they are creating and the hardware on which they are running — will be developed under a $5 million project funded as part of the $90 million Information Technology Research initiative of the National Science Foundation.

María Cristina García named new director of Latino Studies Program; Mary Pat Brady is appointed new associate director

The Latino Studies Program at Cornell University has a new director and, for the first time in its history, an associate director as well. Philip Lewis, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has appointed two faculty members.

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.

Dwyer Dam Bridge will be closed during the day Saturday, Sept. 9

The Dwyer Dam Bridge at the entrance to the Cornell University campus on Hoy Road, near the intersection with Route 366, will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9.