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Cornell garners 15 national awards for publications, alumni relations and development

Top honors in university fund raising, alumni relations and magazine writing were among 15 national awards won by development and communications professionals at Cornell from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) this year.

Cornell's significant role in moon landing 30 years ago recalled by lunar scientist Tom Gold

On July 20, 1969, at 4:17 p.m. EDT, humans made their first landing on the moon. And at 10:56 that evening, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the lunar surface.

Cornell Plantations' Martha Howell Young Garden is in full bloom

The Martha Howell Young Flower Garden at Cornell Plantations is blossoming into a robust and colorful floral symphony, according to horticulturists who invite the public to inspect their handiwork.

Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management students learn by helping the community prosper, says dean

Master of Business Administration (MBA) students at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management are making things happen economically in Ithaca, according to Dean Robert Swieringa.

Study shows that having women in top management can mean better stock performance for newly public companies

Want to improve your company's bottom line? Put more women at the top. According to a study by Theresa Welbourne, a professor in Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Nuclear pioneer and former Cornell engineering professor John Perry Howe dies at 88 in La Jolla, Calif.

Nuclear reactor pioneer John Perry Howe, a former engineering professor at Cornell and director of the university's Department of Materials Science and Engineering from 1962 to 1965, died in La Jolla, Calif., June 13.

Olpadwala named dean of Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning

Porus Olpadwala, a city planning professor at Cornell University, has accepted the deanship of Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning. He had been interim dean of the college since July 1998.

Potential hazard of Earth-asteroid collisions to be discussed at international space conference at Cornell July 26

The possibility of the Earth being struck by comets or asteroids is being given more and more attention by researchers, according to Paul Chodas of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Sciencenter exhibit asks: How many jeans does it take to lift a Volvo?

The Sciencenter of Ithaca and Cornell University will answer a "jean-etics" question July 13, 10:30 a.m., at the Sciencenter: How many bluejeans does it take to lift a Volvo?

July high-temperature records in the Northeast region melted in month's first six days

Thirty-one high-temperature records for major cities in the Northeast were broken or tied in the first six days of July.

S.T.Olin Lab at Cornell back in use after fire

The S.T. Olin Chemistry Research Laboratory at Cornell University returned to use this morning after a second-floor fire in a research lab Thursday evening, July 10. The fire began at approximately 10 p.m. and involved a quantity of flammable liquids. The building was evacuated and the fire was extinguished by the Ithaca Fire Department.

Tompkins County Trust Co. is new vendor for Cornell's procurement card

Cornell is bringing some of the money it spends home to Tompkins County, and saving some for itself, by adopting Tompkins County Trust Co. (TCTC) as the vendor for the Visa cards used by campus faculty and staff.