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Cornell hosts cutting-edge international exhibit of CD-ROM art works and presents two-day public workshop on digital arts

The eyes have it this month as Cornell hosts a month-long, cutting-edge exhibition of international CD-ROM art projects at electronic sites around campus, in conjunction with a two-day public workshop on the digital arts.

Sound of music rings through and around Cornell's childcare program, helping to stimulate brain for reading and math

At Cornell's Early Childhood Center (ECC), the sound of music reverberates throughout the day, all in the name of fun, creative expression and brain development.

Singapore's ambassador to the U.S., Heng-Chee Chan (M.A.'68), to give public talk at Kahin Center March 4

Singaporean ambassador to the United States and Cornell alumna Heng-Chee Chan will give a talk titled "Southeast Asia: Facing the Next Century" at Cornell's Southeast Asia Program's brown bag lunch series.

Symposium will feature diplomats and scholars from Canada, Egypt and India

ITHACA, N.Y. -- A United Nations statute to establish the first permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) received overwhelmingly enthusiastic support from U.N. diplomats convening last summer in Rome and may become international law by the year 2001. An ambitious and timely symposium examining how the new court will work will be held at the Cornell Law School Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6. Titled "The International Criminal Court: Consensus and Debate on the International Adjudication of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and Aggression," the forum will take place in the MacDonald Moot Court Room in Myron Taylor Hall. It is being hosted by the Cornell International Law Journal, a student publication, which plans to publish the proceedings in its next issue.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres cancels March 17 visit to Cornell

Former Israeli prime minister and Nobel Prize winner Shimon Peres has canceled his scheduled March 17 visit to Cornell due to a political emergency in Israel.

Adjustable keyboard and mouse trays lower posture risks for middle schoolers working at computers, Cornell study finds

Middle school students put themselves at risk for musculoskeletal problems when they work at a computer keyboard on a desktop instead of from an adjustable computer tray, according to a new Cornell study.

Toll-free 'Sleep Hotline' on March 24 includes Cornell sleep expert James B. Maas

James B. Maas, professor of psychology at Cornell will answer American's questions about healthy sleep and sleep problems when he participates in a toll-free 'USA Today' National Sleep Foundation "Sleep Hotline."

Grad students to define 'Technology and Identity' in April conference

Cornell graduate students in the Department of Science and Technology Studies will host a conference on "Technology and Identity" April 16-18 in Hans Bethe Auditorium, Clark Hall.

Materials science at Cornell emphasizes schoolchildren and teachers as well as research

Materials science at Cornell is about nanocomposites, thin films on glass and energetic beams deposition. But it is also about students and teachers and families learning the basics of science and technology together.

Not a hand but maybe a sponge: A mysterious glass fossil becomes the subject of a public search

Cornell paleontologists are enlisting the public's help in the search for some unusual 375 million-year-old fossils in upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania.

Public Service Center program sponsors leadership conference Feb. 28

The Cornell Public Service Leadership Fellows program will sponsor its fifth annual campuswide leadership conference at Willard Straight Hall, Sunday, Feb. 28.

Hospital administrator and public affairs director named at Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine

Two changes in leadership have been announced at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.