Isaac Kramnick, a 30-year Cornell University faculty member who serves as the Richard J. Schwartz Professor and chair of the Department of Government, has been named vice provost for undergraduate education. Announcing the appointment, effective July 1.
The Thurston Avenue bridge spanning Fall Creek at the edge of Beebe Lake and the western end of Forest Home Drive on the Cornell University campus will be closed from 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 13, so that NYSEG can repair a leaking gas main.
Due to recently determined structural problems, Cornell University officials announced today that all occupants of the university's Martha Van Rensselaer North building will be relocated to temporary offices in other buildings. The north wing will not be occupied after July 13.
When Cornell University biologists claimed, in 1998, that the traditional use of spices has a function other than making food taste good -- namely to help protect against more and more dangerous forms of foodborne microbes -- one thing was missing from their antimicrobial hypothesis. Now, the Cornell researchers have stirred in that missing ingredient, showing why vegetable-based recipes in 36 countries around the world are less spicy than meat-based dishes in the same societies. "Without spoiling your lunch, let's just say that the cells of dead plants continue to be better protected against bacteria and fungi than are the cells of dead animals, whose immune systems cease to function at time of death," says researcher Paul W. Sherman. "Meat-based recipes that were developed over the centuries in hot climates need all the help they can get from antimicrobial spices, whereas foodborne pathogens are less of a problem in plant-based foods. Indeed, meat products are more often associated with outbreaks of foodborne illness than vegetables, especially in hot climates."
Help! For this beetle invasion, give them a ticket to ride … out of town. The lily leaf beetle, an invasive species that dines on and destroys ornamental lily plants, has been found in New York state's North Country, say Cornell University entomologists.
Two Cornell University graduate students have received generous graduate fellowships from the Semiconductor Research Corp., the microchip industry's long-term research consortium.
United Auto Workers Local 2300 and Cornell today announced that the union, which represents more than 1,075 Cornell service and maintenance employees, has ratified a new, four-year agreement with the university, following several weeks of bargaining. The current agreement will expire June 30, 2001.
It doesn't take much imagination to see that preventing falls, brightening dark and depressing spaces, and generally making environments habitable can be among the most important elements for improving the health of the elderly.
Barbara Baird, a leading researcher in the allergic immune response system at the molecular level, has been named director of Cornell University's Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC).
Apolo Nsibambi, prime minister of the Republic of Uganda, will speak at Cornell at noon Monday, July 2, in the Founder's Room of Anabel Taylor Hall. His talk is titled "Ugandan Elections of March 2001: Political and Constitutional Significance."
