Honored literary scholar M.H. Abrams continues his labors (of love)

Having his acclaimed book of literary criticism, "The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition," ranked as No. 25 in the Modern Library's list of the 100 best nonfiction books written in English during the past 100 years doesn't seem to have fazed M.H. (Mike) Abrams.

Saturday garden tours offered by Cornell Plantations

Now through September, Cornell Plantations is offering free guided tours through the botanical garden area Saturday afternoons.

Martian sundial designed for 2001 space mission is unveiled by Bill Nye "The Science Guy"

For the first time in history, humanity will send a sundial to another planet. Inscribed with the motto "Two Worlds, One Sun," the sundial will travel to Mars aboard NASA's Mars Surveyor 2001 lander.

Atmospheric chemist and Nobelist F. Sherwood Rowland is first Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecturer April 20-21 at Cornell

F. Sherwood Rowland, will inaugurate the Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lectureship at Cornell April 20 and 21 with lectures on science and public policy.

Polley Ann McClure, University of Virginia administrator and scientist, named new Cornell vice president for information technologies

Polley Ann McClure, vice president for information technology and communication and professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia, has been appointed by Provost Don M. Randel as Cornell University's new vice president for information technologies.

Behind McGraw Tower chimes is story of love and legal wrangling

In the snow-muffled quiet, there rings a reminder of a romance past - that of heiress Jennie McGraw, the chimes' first donor, and her scholarly though modest-of-means suitor and then husband, Cornell's first librarian, Willard Fiske.

Franklin A. Long dies at 88; was Cornell professor and controversial figure in Nixon era

Franklin A. Long, professor emeritus of chemistry at Cornell and the university's vice president for research and advanced studies from 1963 to 1969, died. He was 88.

Cornell names Medical College in honor of Joan and Sanford I. Weill Weills' $100 million gift

Cornell President Hunter Rawlings today announced that the university's medical college has been named in honor of its longtime supporters Joan and Sanford I. Weill.

George L. McNew, key figure in bringing Boyce Thompson Institute to Cornell University, dies at 90

George L. McNew, who was instrumental in bringing the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for Plant Research, Inc., to its current site on the campus of Cornell University, died Oct. 30, in Las Cruces, N.M. He was 90.