The Executive Committee of Cornell's Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets Dec. 10 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St., New York City.
Each year, thousands of people get flu-like symptoms from the buildings they live or work in. Causes range from air pollutants, allergens, pathogens and poor ventilation to exposed asbestos insulation and inadequate light.
Betty Friedan would like to develop a quality of life measure -- let's call it QOL -- similar to economic measures like the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that we've created to plumb our nation's economic health.
As a follow-up to a statement on security issues at Cornell University he distributed Nov. 24, Harold D. Craft Jr., vice president for facilities and campus services, today (Nov. 30, 1998) released a statement regarding lighting and other security concerns.
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.
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell is observing the 10th annual Day Without Art, Dec. 1. Day Without Art is an international day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis.
Harold D. Craft Jr., Cornell University vice president for facilities and campus services, issued a statement today (Nov. 24, 1998) concerning the review of several security issues on the Cornell campus:
Philip E. Lewis, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University, and Biddy Martin, senior associate dean, today (Nov. 24, 1998) issued a statement regarding the Latino Studies program:
George D. and Harriet W. Cornell of Delray Beach, Fla., and Central Valley, N.Y., made history this October by making the largest scholarship gift ever given to Cornell, the Ivy-League research university in central New York state.
Barely measurable amounts of energy, released as body heat, could be the difference between holding the waistline or adding 10 pounds a year, say Cornell researchers who turned couch-potato rats into exercising athletes.
Put another notch in the thermometer. October became the eighth month this year in the Northeast with temperatures averaging above normal, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell.
Cornell's mock trial team took first place in the Ivy League Invitational Mock Trial Tournament at Yale University on Nov. 13 and 14, beating a team from archrival Princeton in the fifth and final round.
