Binge drinking is the target of a new media campaign to be developed over the next three years by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Cornell and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Cornell's proposed Lake Source Cooling project has received an important approval, one of the necessary steps before proceeding with the project. The latest approval, for right-of-way and easements from the city of Ithaca, came Wednesday, Nov. 19, at a meeting of the Ithaca Common Council.
With autumn bursting all around, October turned out dry in the Northeast, according to climatologists from the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell. So dry, in fact, that the area-weighted monthly precipitation total of 1.81 inches represented 54 percent of the long-term normal (3.33 inches).
If you go over the river or through the woods, or traverse Interstate 81, or venture the eastern railroad corridor, you may be curious to know your chances of a 'white' Thanksgiving, as provided by the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University. A chart gives the probability of one-inch or more of snow on the ground Thanksgiving morning.
H. David Lambert, who has been instrumental in developing Cornell information technologies for the past nine years, will leave the university on Dec. 31. He has been vice president for information technologies since 1995, and director of network services from 1989 to 1995.
Donald F. Smith, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, has announced three key leadership appointments to focus on the college's missions of education, research and service: Katherine M. Edmondson, assistant dean for learning and instruction; Douglas D. McGregor, associate dean for research and graduate education; and Robert O. Gilbert, associate dean for clinical programs and professional service.
Cornell scientists will study the dynamics and composition of the ionosphere using research instruments aboard one of a series of rockets, which will be launched from Puerto Rico in February 1998, as part of a scientific campaign known as Coqui II.
Pledging support and participation from all levels of the campus in protecting the environment and building sustainable futures, Cornell officials and student leaders signed a new statement on the environment today (Nov. 14, 1997). President Hunter Rawlings emphasized Cornell's long tradition of commitment to the environment in his remarks at the signing, which was held at noon in the Art Gallery of Willard Straight Hall.
Eleven months a year, grounds workers at Cornell University's arboretum strive to keep the greenery attractive. Then, a month before Christmas, the arborists make some evergreens unappealing to potential thieves by coating boughs with Pink Ugly Mix.
Cornell has been honored for a "breakthrough in design that sets a new standard" for distance learning. The directors of TeleCon, an international telecommunications conference for educators and business executives, selected Cornell as a finalist.
Sheila Heslin, a former director for Russian, Ukranian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council in the White House, will deliver a lecture at Cornell, Nov. 12, at 11:15 a.m. in 165 McGraw Hall. Heslin recently testified before the U.S. Senate Government Affairs Committee about her efforts to help prevent President Clinton from meeting with a prospective campaign contributor who sought Clinton's support for a billion-dollar oil pipeline project in the Caspian Sea area.
