Two of today's most controversial science issues, human cloning and global environmental change, will be debated by Cornell scientists and scholars in a public forum Saturday, June 21, at 1:30 p.m. in 105 Space Sciences Building.
A five-year, $27 million upgrade to the world's most sensitive radio/radar telescope at Arecibo Observatory will be dedicated on Saturday, June 14. The telescope, the world's largest single antenna radio telescope (305 meter, or 1,000 foot) and the world's most powerful radar.
Restoration of land and a slope area on Cornell property along Cascadilla Creek in the Town of Ithaca will get under way in late June. Regrading of the 4-acre area will stabilize the soil and create a more appealing landscape, according to project manager Scott Whitham.
In order to expand educational opportunities for students and to explore new program opportunities among campuses, particularly in electronic technology and distance-education capability, six State University of New York campuses signed an affiliation agreement with Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Donations of leftovers by restaurants to food pantries and other human service agencies are declining markedly as restaurants become better managed, according to a study by Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.
Looking to keep your best employees? Pay them what they're worth. A team of Cornell University researchers found that high salary growth proved critical in retaining high-performing employees. Promotions, on the other hand, had no effect on the turnover of similarly paid high performers and did little to reduce their desire to accept other employment offers.
Lana Preszler's beetle created quite a buzz. The Sacramento, Calif., area first-grader collected all the usual insects California kids can find in their backyards, but no other 7-year-old at Natoma Station Elementary School in Folsom, Calif., had Rosalia funebris.
Detailed radar images of the north and south poles of the moon show no evidence of ice in areas of permanent shadow that are observable with earth-based radars, researchers said today (June 6).
An antibiotic-resistant bacterium, isolated from sewer sludge by Cornell University scientists, is pointing the way to better water-pollution cleanup strategies.
A portion of Cornell's Tower Road -- from Judd Falls Road to Campus Road in the vicinity of Boyce Thompson Institute and the College of Veterinary Medicine -- is scheduled to be rebuilt beginning the week of June 9.
Four of Cornell's faculty have been named 1997 Weiss Presidential Fellows for distinguished teaching of undergraduates. The honorees were announced at a dinner on May 24.
This summer Cornell will host the Linguistic Society of America Linguistic Institute, a major event held every other year that draws hundreds of scholars from several disciplines and countries. Although Cornell has a long history in linguistics, this is the first time that Ithaca has been home to the Institute.
