U.S. Department of Labor to outsource mediation of employment disputes to Cornell-based alliance

A $1.1 million U.S. Department of Labor grant to a Cornell University-based group may mean a fast, inexpensive and satisfactory resolution to a range of employment disputes throughout the United States.

Author Michael Kammen is honored by Library of Virginia

Michael Kammen, the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell, has been honored by the Library of Virginia with an award for his 1999 nonfiction book, Robert Gwathmey: The Life and Art of a Passionate Observer, published by the University of North Carolina Press.

Architect Richard Meier and scientist Edward M. Scolnick of Merck Labs appointed first Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professors

The Cornell University Class of '56 has inaugurated a newly endowed professorship honoring Cornell President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes that is aimed to enrich the undergraduate experience at the university.

Cornell Greenhouse Management Conference is set for Nov. 9-10 at the Holiday Inn, Batavia, N.Y.

Cornell University will host the "2000 Greenhouse Management Conference: Grow Your Greenhouse" conference Nov. 9 and 10 at the Holiday Inn, Batavia, N.Y. The conference is being held in conjunction with the Country Folks Grower Trade Show and Garden Plant Education Day. The conference is for anyone interested in starting or expanding a greenhouse business or for those involved in the horticultural industry, either as managers or as service providers, and for horticultural educators.

Collegetown cleanup by residents and students is set for Oct. 14

Cornell students and Collegetown residents will join forces Saturday, Oct. 14, to clean up the streets of their Ithaca neighborhood.

Cornell vice president for human resources to give talk on 'Finding Work at Cornell'

Mary George Opperman, vice president for human resources at Cornell, will offer advice in a talk Oct. 4 at the Women's Community Building titled "Finding Work at Cornell."

Toni Morrison returns to Cornell to give public lecture Oct. 3

Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison returns to Cornell University to present a free public lecture Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall.

NSF and New York state make major awards to Cornell Center for Materials Research

The National Science Foundation today announced continuing funding of $19.9 million over five years to the Cornell Center for Materials Research. The grant will support the work of five interdisciplinary research groups, four seed projects, seven major shared experimental facilities and three outreach programs in the center.

Veterinary students will wash dogs for education Sept. 30

Cornell's Student Chapter of the Veterinary Medical Association plans a fund-raising dog wash Saturday, Sept. 30.