Women's History Month events continue with public lectures

The Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies program at Cornell continues to offer a slate of free public lectures for the entire community during Women's History Month and into April.

Annual Martin Luther King Day celebration is set for Jan. 19 at GIAC

A community program to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. will be held at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center, 318 N. Albany St., on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Cornell Health Awareness Week will be bigger and better, Jan. 27-31 22nd annual event features entertaining and educational health-related activities across campus

Health Awareness Week is making a grand return to Cornell University during the week of Jan. 27. The 22nd annual edition of campuswide health-related presentations and educational activities.

Two Cornell students win Rhodes Scholarships

Two Cornell undergraduates are among a very select group of students, nationwide, chosen to receive 2003 Rhodes Scholarships for two or three years of study at Oxford University in England.

Environmental sculptor Andy Goldsworthy to give public talk, Dec. 4

Environmental sculptor Andy Goldsworthy will present a public lecture "Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time," on Dec. 4 , at 7:30 p.m. in the David Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall on the Cornell campus.

Six Cornell professors named fellows of AAAS, world's largest science group

Six members of the Cornell University faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 291 researchers chosen to receive the prestigious award this year.

Homecoming panel details what is 'new' about Life Sciences Initiative

The publication of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA in April 1953 by a pair of Cambridge biologists named James Watson and Francis Crick set the stage for a revolution in the way we study living organisms.

Cornell Presidential Search Committee outlines ideal candidate qualifications and challenges

Cornell University's Presidential Search Committee has issued a document outlining the challenges and opportunities for its next president, as well as qualifications the ideal candidate should demonstrate. The eight-page document, "The Cornell Opportunity," was developed based on input from Cornell faculty, students, staff and alumni over the past several months, as well as input from other friends of the university and community leaders in Ithaca and beyond, according to Edwin H. Morgens, chair of the Presidential Search Committee. (August 21, 2002)

Udall Scholarships awarded to two Cornell undergraduates

Two undergraduate students at Cornell University, juniors Lara E. Douglas and Benjamin E. Wolfe, have been awarded scholarships for the 2002-03 academic year by the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation. Cornell's Udall Scholarships are among 80 nationwide awarded from an applicant pool of 447, and cover up to $5,000 in eligible expenses for the year. Another Cornell student, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences junior Peter Hosner, was named an honorable-mention recipient of $350 for educational expenses. (April 25, 2002)