Ornithology Lab 'Sapsuckers' look to May 13 World Series of Birding

New York's other World Series team, the Sapsuckers from the Laboratory of Ornithology, are scanning the skies of the Garden State in hopes that 2000 will be the year they finally take top honors in the World Series of Birding.

Cornell trustee committee to meet in New York City

The Executive Committee of the Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets in Manhattan on Thursday, April 20, at 2 p.m. at the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St.

Year later, and wiser, Cornell spacecraft team prepares for first orbit of an asteroid on Feb. 14

In deep space, there are very few second chances. But one year later and one year wiser, a team of Cornell University astronomers and researchers is preparing for the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid, named 433 Eros, on Valentine's Day.

Biddy Martin nominated as Cornell Provost

Cornell President Hunter R. Rawlings announced that he will submit to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees his nomination of Biddy Martin as University Provost.

Cornell Board of Trustees to meet in New York City Jan. 27-29

The Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold its first meeting of 2000 at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, Jan. 27 through Jan. 29.

Two-day symposium will honor Cornell's eighth president, Dale R. Corson

A gala two-day event to celebrate the career and leadership of Dale R. Corson, Cornell's eighth president, will be held on campus Dec. 6 and 7. Corson was president of Cornell from 1969 to 1977.

Up on the Cornell Dairy Bar, click, click, click ...Celebrate cow lighting and free ice cream with a lick

Once again, it's the luminescent-bovine event of the holiday season. Those clopping sounds emanating from the Cornell Dairy Bar's rooftop belong not to reindeer but to Cornell cows.

For each student who goes to free wrestling matches at Cornell, money will be donated to the United Way

Here's an easy way Cornell students can contribute to the United Way of Tompkins County without spending a dime: Go to a free Cornell wrestling match.

Unlocking the mystery of human taste: U.S. scientist to lecture in Marseille

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.