The Latino Studies Program at Cornell is poised to become a premier center for both undergraduate education and faculty research, says Pedro Cabán, a visiting professor of government and the program's director for the academic year 1999-2000.
A Cornell — City of Ithaca partnership has received $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist in addressing the needs and concerns of neighborhoods in Ithaca and to help enhance the quality of life in the city.
College is a positive experience for most students, but some newcomers to campus may encounter problems that range from homesickness and anxiety to severe stress. Other students bring their existing problems, like eating disorders and procrastination, to college, where it can be harder to cope in the absence of family structure and supervision.
Two new books on labor struggles from faculty members in Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations were recently published by Cornell University Press.
The Ithaca Downtown Partnership, in conjunction with Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins-Cortland Community College, is sponsoring a new, annual event — College and Community Expo — on the Ithaca Commons this weekend.
Barbara Herrnstein Smith of Duke University will deliver a University Lecture at Cornell titled "Sewing Up the Mind: The Claims of Evolutionary Psychology," Monday, Sept. 27, at 4:30 p.m.
Despite the immensity of Hurricane Floyd, which after sweeping over Florida is bearing down on the Carolina's and threatening the U.S. eastern seaboard, climatologists at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell believe the storm will not pack the watery wallop of hurricane-turned-tropical storm Agnes in 1972.
Charles R. Lee, chairman and chief executive officer of GTE Corp., will deliver this year's Hatfield address at Cornell University on Thursday, Sept. 23, at 4:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium of Rockefeller Hall.
A vibrant group of young Venezuelan musicians and dancers called Estudiantina VENUSA will perform Friday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium on the Cornell campus.
A service project by Cornell students will bridge the gap between two community organizations and two Ithaca neighborhoods. A newly completed pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Cascadilla Creek will make it easier for residents of the Fall Creek and Northside communities to connect in many ways.