TCAT proposes fare and service changes; public meetings scheduled

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.

Do you want to see something really scary? Learn about 'Tarantulas: Terrific or Terrible?' Oct. 28 at Ithaca Sciencenter

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.

Fact sheet on radon in schools from Cornell housing experts provides guidance and advice to parents and administrators

It has become fairly commonplace for homeowners to test their houses for radon, the colorless, odorless and tasteless radioactive gas that seeps from the ground and can cause lung cancer. But schools, where a child can spend 14,000 hours by the time of high school graduation, often are overlooked, two Cornell University housing experts report.

Home economics now viewed as historical gateway for women into higher education, science and professional careers

As the College of Human Ecology at Cornell celebrates the centennial of the field of home economics with events throughout the year, its faculty and administration are reflecting on the college's role as the gateway for women into higher education and scientific careers over the past century.

First Amendment advocate to talk about school vouchers and religious liberty, Oct. 23

Vincent Blasi, a law scholar and advocate and defender of the First Amendment right to free speech, will deliver this years annual Frank Irvine Lecture at Cornell University Law School Monday, Oct. 23.

Former New York Times columnist Tom Wicker will lecture Oct. 25

"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.

Texaco Inc. diversity officer, Angela Vallot, to speak Oct. 26

Angela Vallot, director of corporate diversity initiatives at Texaco Inc., will deliver a talk at Cornell on Oct. 26, at 4:30 p.m. in 305 Ives Hall.

Dual-earner couples don't have new-age marriages but tend to reproduce traditional roles, Cornell study finds

Dual-earner couples might seem to have new-millennium marriages. But for the great majority, strategies to manage work and family demands turn out to be, in fact, a variant of the traditional breadwinner/homemaker gender division. Except, the new version includes two careers but only one on the front burner.

Cornell researchers pioneer microscopic method of observing where therapeutic drugs are present inside cancer cells

Chemical biologists at Cornell have pioneered a new imaging technique that offers researchers a new way to observe the working of therapeutic drugs within single cancer cells.