Adults who amuse infants with sleight-of-hand foolery – a rolling ball that disappears, then reappears, for example – should enjoy a childhood learning moment while it lasts.
The effects of low-paying jobs with inflexible hours could be more threatening even than stress and financial insecurity, according to a new study by nutritionists at Cornell University.
Forty-seven Cornellians from the classes of 1927 to 1971 were honored during Reunion in 1993 at the dedication of the Korean/Vietnam War Memorial in the rotunda of Anabel Taylor Hall at Cornell University. Since then, two additional alumni who were killed during the Vietnam War have been identified. Their names will be added to the memorial at a rededication ceremony June 6 during this year's Reunion events. Members of the rededication committee, chaired by alumnus Joseph Ryan '65, are determined that no alumnus who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to his or her country will be overlooked. With the aid of students in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), they are searching alumni lists and contacting Cornellians around the world to ask if they know of any alumni who were killed in service during the Korean War, Vietnam War, the Cold War or Desert Storm. This includes anyone who died even years later of injuries incurred during service. (February 12, 2003)
A Cornell program that provides funding for graduate students to teach in public schools across the United States has been awarded $1.5 million by the National Science Foundation to continue and expand its work for another three years.
Premiere gospel vocalist Karen Sheard along with the Clark Cornerstone Cathedral Choir of Ottawa headline the 27th Annual Festival of Black Gospel (FBG) at Cornell University, Friday, Feb 14, through Sunday, Feb. 16. Concerts will be held Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in Bailey Hall. Tickets are required for the Friday evening concert only. The fee is $12, general admission, and $10 for all students. Children under 8 years of age will be admitted free of charge. The Saturday and Sunday events are free and open to the public. (February 12, 2003)
Cornell University Police have been awarded a grant from the New York State Governor's Traffic Safety Committee that will enable the purchase of car safety seats for the children of eligible students and employees. A demonstration of how to install a child safety seat correctly will be given on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 11 a.m. in the parking lot at Barton Hall, where the safety-seat program will be announced. Officer George Sutfin will show how the seats should be installed for maximum safety. (February 12, 2003)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Three faculty members from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. will appear before the New York State Assembly Republican Task Force on Integrative Medicine and Agriculture on Monday, Feb. 10. They will discuss the feasibility of using upstate farmland and forests for growing medicinal herbs and of establishing standards for quality control. Eloy Rodriguez, the James A. Perkins Professor of Plant Biology, Kenneth Mudge, associate professor of horticulture, and Louise Buck, senior extension associate in natural resources, will speak to the Assembly group between 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Hearing Room C, Legislative Office Building. Assemblyman Pat Manning (R-99th Dist.) chairs the task force. (February 7, 2003)
It's June 2002 and the desks in Alan Fiero's seventh-grade science classroom are empty. But the students from Farnsworth Middle School in Guilderland, N.Y., aren't on vacation.
New marriage-promotion welfare rules proposed by the Bush administration will violate poor women's privacy rights and will not work, says a position paper written by three academics associated with Cornell University. The rules are expected to be reintroduced in the House of Representatives next week as part of the welfare bill, and brought to a vote as early as Tuesday, Feb. 11. (February 7, 2003)
Donald R. Viands has been named associate dean of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and director of the college's Office of Academic Programs. Viands, whose appointment became effective Jan. 1.
Wendy Kopp, founder and president of Teach for America, will be speaking on Cornell University's campus Monday, Feb. 10, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Barnes Hall Auditorium. Kopp's talk, "A Simple Idea and an Extraordinary Vision," is free and open to the public. It is part of the Park Leadership Speakers series sponsored by Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management. (February 6, 2003)
Families, school children and community groups throughout North America are expected to participate in the seventh annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), Feb. 13-16.
