Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings and Provost Biddy Martin today (Feb. 6, 2002) issued a statement to all students, faculty and staff on the university';s commitment to racial and ethnic diversity. (February 7, 2002)
Cornell will host Horses 2002, a two-day conference April 6 and 7, featuring demonstrations, clinics, educational seminars related to equine issues, and speakers, including horse-and-rider relationship expert GaWaNi Pony Boy.
The committee for the 2002 Robert S. Smith Award for community progress and innovation is calling for proposals from local organizations and agencies. Proposals are due by April 12.
NASA's Contour space mission and Cornell are challenging students and their teachers in the United States to participate in the spacecraft's forthcoming exploration of comets.
The Vagina Monologues , Eve Ensler's Obie award-winning play that premiered in 1996 and addresses issues of violence against women, will be read at Cornell University on Valentine's Day.
If Richard Schechner were a highway hazard sign, the warning might read 'Caution: Mind Wide Open.' On stage, as in life it seems, there is no 'right way,' only what works and what doesn't - and even that can be fleeting.
When science students at Ithaca High School wondered if chemicals proposed for de-icing snow-covered hills in their hometown really were environmentally safer than road salt, they didn't take the word of manufacturers and government officials but began testing the chemicals themselves.
It will be a bumpy ride, but it's all downhill for Hannah Hardaway and Travis Mayer, two students from Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Science, who both have earned coveted spots in moguls on the U.S. Olympic ski team.
If you want to manage your mint plants, tend your tomatoes, know why you should mow your grass high or how to cultivate cabbage correctly, then register for the first annual Cornell Gardening Day, March 23, from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., at DeWitt Middle School, Ithaca. The event is sponsored by the Cornell University's Department of Horticulture, Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Tompkins County and Cornell Plantations. The day-long program will feature more than 30 lectures and workshops, plus a resource fair and free soil pH testing. Classes will be taught by faculty at Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, as well as by staff from Cornell Plantations and CCE educators, staff and master gardeners. Topics will include landscaping with perennials, shrubs and bulbs; growing fruits and vegetables; garden photography; water gardens; fertilizers; wildlife damage control; mulches; composting; soils and soil creatures; propagation; and pest management. (January 29, 2002)
Learn from the pros about how to turn business ideas into plans that attract investors, or, if you're an aspiring venture capitalist, how to spot good investments, even in a recession. A stellar lineup of successful entrepreneurs and principal investors will share their insights Feb. 8 in Sage Hall on Cornell University's campus. The 2nd Annual Cornell Entrepreneurship and Principal Investing Symposium (EPIS) is organized by students at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management who are aspiring entrepreneurs and principal investors. (January 29, 2002)
