Virtually hairless, venerably wrinkled and very nearly blind, naked mole-rats - those homely rodents from underground Africa - remind some zoo-goers of little old men.
The public will get its first look Nov. 13 at a new facility that will produce test amounts of therapeutic anti-cancer agents for clinical trials. The facility was developed through a partnership between Cornell and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.
Cornell University's Kids Growing Food program is accepting grant applications from elementary and secondary schoolteachers in New York state. The grants will help teachers establish or maintain a food garden on school grounds.
A conference, "Achieving Sustainable Communities in a Global Economy," will be held Friday, Nov. 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 401 Warren Hall, Cornell University.
Cornell will receive $25 million from the state's Gen*NY*sis biotechnology economic development program as a major share of the cost of constructing the university's Life Science Technology Building.
Arlie O. Petters, a mathematician at Duke University, is the first recipient of the Blackwell-Tapia Prize, an award that specifically honors a mathematical scientist from underrepresented minority groups, including African Americans and Hispanics.
The proposed Life Science Technology Building on the campus of Cornell University is an integral part of the university's much larger program of cross-disciplinary research in the life and related sciences.
Paper wasps all look the same, right? Wrong. An animal behaviorist at Cornell University reports that the wasp's black-and-yellow uniform is not uniform at all.
A dietary supplement in the form of a cheap, fortified, orange-flavored drink can reduce Third World deficiencies in micronutrients such as iron, iodine and vitamin A.
A battle is ongoing between consumers, who enjoy using their computers to copy, time-shift and trade multimedia entertainment, and the entertainment industry, which would just as soon such activities were not so easy. Alan Davidson, associate director at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), will discuss the issue in a talk titled "A Nation of Felons: The Impending Political Debate Over Digital Copyright," Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in 265 Statler Hall on the Cornell University campus. (October 29, 2002)
Communitywide and Cornell University Frankenstein reading-and-discussion activities continue Thursday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Tompkins County Public Library with a special community forum.
Got mocha milk? Get it Friday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cornell University's Appel Commons Courtyard on the university's North Campus. This will be the last stop for the national Milk Rules! Road Trip, sponsored by the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board and Dairy Management Inc. (October 28, 2002)
