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Jewish Cuban artists' exhibit opens with a visit to Cornell in March

Two Jewish Cuban artists will visit Cornell University in March as part of a Contemporary Cuban Art Exhibit sponsored by the Yudowitz Center for Jewish Campus Life-Cornell Hillel and the Latin American Studies Program.

Groundwater capture system proposed as part of cleanup plan for Cornell's former low-level radiation disposal site

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has approved the conceptual plan for a groundwater recovery and treatment system proposed by Cornell University for its former low-level radiation disposal site in the Town of Lansing, north of Tompkins County Airport.

TCAT bus service adjustments start Thursday

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (Tcat) system plans to implement several minor service revisions this Thursday, Feb. 24. Area riders should look for time schedule changes, route changes, and relocated bus stops.

Rockefeller grant to support Friedan-led Italy conference in 2001on U.S. and E.U. approaches to work and family policy

The Institute for Women and Work at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations recently received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to hold an international conference next year.

Why Johnny can't do science: Simplified books have left him struggling for words, Cornell social scientist worries

Lulled into lexical laziness by years of oversimplified schoolbooks, American students are in for a shock when they reach high school: Science books often are too hard for them to read, according to a Cornell sociologist.

Genetically engineered food could be lifeline for developing world, Cornell researcher suggests

In the developed world, societies enjoy abundant diets more varied now than at any other time in history. That's in stark contrast to the developing world where millions of people confront profound food insecurity every day.

Music may be universal, but the explanation why could have a Western bias, Cornell psychologist finds

Every human culture makes music. It makes people happy or sad, calm or angry. It is used for work and play, for education and celebration.

Robert Morgan and Kenneth McClane launch Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading Friday, March 3, at Cornell

Novelist and poet Robert Morgan and poet and essayist Kenneth McClane will read from their works at the first Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading on March 3.

Death by global warming?: Climate change, pollution and malnutritionwill increase disease worldwide, Cornell ecologist warns

Coroners won't write "death by global warming," but that could be an ultimate cause as millions succumb to disease in an increasingly unhealthy environment, a Cornell ecologist warns.

Childless couples under 50 who work for the same employer tend to be more stressed and less egalitarian, a new Cornell study finds

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new Cornell study suggests that childless couples who work for the same employer tend to experience lower life quality and have less egalitarian marriages than coworking couples with children.

Native Americans and a NASA scientist discuss global warming and climate change during two-day panel at Cornell, Feb. 25 and 26

The Akwe:kon Press and Native Americas journal, part of the American Indian Program at Cornell University, will hold a "Global Warming/Climate Change" panel discussion on campus Feb. 25 and 26.

Lively book by three noted historians of science traces 150 years of AAAS history with 'plenty of warts'

Commissioned institutional histories tend to be dry and self-congratulatory, dull work for anonymous authors and often even duller reading. Yet 'The Establishment of Science in America: 150 Years of the American Association for the Advancement of Science', released last December, transcends the genre.