Three Cornell faculty members are named Guggenheim Fellows

Three Cornell researchers have won Guggenheim Fellowship Awards for 1996. They are among 158 artists, scholars and scientists from among 2,791 applicants to be chosen for the honor.

About 90 percent of New York's growers or producers use some form of integrated pest management, annual report shows

It may not be a household concept, but integrated pest management is the talk of the farm. About 90 percent of the state's growers or producers use at least one form of of it.

Claude Steele, Stanford psychologist, will give the Flemmie Kittrell Lecture at Cornell on April 29

Claude Steele, professor of psychology at Stanford University, will present the 1995-1996 Flemmie Kittrell Lecture at Cornell on Monday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Uris Auditorium.

Margaret Geller, Harvard astronomer, will give the Bethe Lectures at Cornell with a public talk on May 7

Margaret J. Geller, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, will deliver the Bethe Lectures at Cornell University the week of May 6.

Flamboyant males may advertise parasite-safe sex, analysis Evolution theory puzzle explained by Cornell biologist in PNAS report

Like a personal ad proclaiming: "Tall, good looking, disease-free," brightly colored male animals are advertising something of importance to their prospective mates. Should the female assume the gaudiest male has parasite-resistance genes that will benefit her offspring?

Oxford University chemist John Rowlinson to speak at Cornell on May 1

John Shipley Rowlinson, the Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University, will be at Cornell University from April 27 through May 4 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large.

Gov. Pataki issues 'strong endorsement' for financial support of the Cornell Theory Center

Gov. George E. Pataki has made a major commitment for the state to share in the purchase of the next generation of supercomputers and to provide increased operating support for the Cornell Theory Center. The commitment is part of a package Cornell has proposed to the National Science Foundation for continued designation as one of the national sites for supercomputing.

New book offers "best practice" tips for virtual offices, road warriors and other office innovations

Digitize mail and paper files so employees can read them from anywhere, put all furniture on wheels to encourage a team environment and provide alcohol swabs and cleaning services to keep shared phones and desks germ-free.

Cornell issues statement on campus transportation

Harold D. Craft Jr., vice president for facilities and campus services at Cornell, today (April 19) issued the following statement concerning several events involving a CU Transit bus on April 15: "The safety of the entire community is a primary objective of the CU Transit system.