Alan Renwick, a senior scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., located on the Cornell campus, will lecture in Marseille, France, Nov. 16, on how plant chemicals change the taste sensation for insects.
A committee charged with improving the first-year experience at Cornell has recommended significant changes in programs and approaches, including a new welcoming annual event for arriving students.
The National Association of Biology Teachers' 1999 Four-year College and University Teaching Award has been conferred on Rita A. Calvo, director of the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers and a senior lecturer in molecular biology and genetics.
A three-year-old company, Rainbow Displays Inc., created to develop color flat-screen television and video technology invented at Cornell, has signed a joint development agreement with a unit of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands.
A Cornell fiber and biomaterials scientist working with a trio of graduate students has developed novel biodegradable and biologically active hydrogels that can be used for delivering many kinds of medications inside and outside the body.
The annual Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference at Cornell will be held Tuesday, Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. On-site registration will begin at 9 a.m. Sponsored by Cornell's Department of Agricultural, Resource and Managerial Economics, the conference will feature forecasts for agricultural and economic issues.
John Callister, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been named director of Cornell's Harvey Kinzelberg Enterprise Engineering Program.
Although financial markets might seem to be ruled by emotion and speculation, there are ways to take a scientific approach to investing, particularly with the help of high-performance computers.
Baseball might be America's pastime, but last week more than 500 people skipped the early innings of the World Series opener to catch a reading by author Tim O'Brien.
