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Cornell's 1999 Environmental Film Festival set for March 5-11

Cinematic views of both the natural landscape and humans' impact on it will be offered March 5-11 during the 1999 Environmental Film Festival at Cornell University. Seventeen films and talks by five filmmakers are included in the…

Cornell's Office of Distance Learning expands Internet delivery of Grand Rounds

Cornell's pioneering use of a new distance learning technology that helps doctors at 20 different hospitals keep up with the latest developments in their field has been declared an overwhelming success.

How to save Social Security but protect the vulnerable: Cornell expert testifies before Congressional subcommittee

Social Security can be saved by raising the earliest retirement age for benefits to 65 from 62, a Cornell social security expert told a Congressional subcommittee this week.

Behind McGraw Tower chimes is story of love and legal wrangling

In the snow-muffled quiet, there rings a reminder of a romance past - that of heiress Jennie McGraw, the chimes' first donor, and her scholarly though modest-of-means suitor and then husband, Cornell's first librarian, Willard Fiske.

Cornell's Campus Life announces beverage partnership

Cornell is negotiating with PepsiCo to replace Coca-Cola as the predominant beverage provider on campus, including Cornell Dining facilities and vending machines, according to LeNorman J. Strong.

Haitian Mass Choir to headline 23rd Festival of Black Gospel at Cornell Feb. 19-21

Dickson Guillaume and the New York State Haitian Interdenominational Mass Choir are the featured artists for this year's 23rd annual Festival of Black Gospel at Cornell University.

Howell becomes editor-in-chief of Plant Molecular Biology

Stephen H. Howell, vice president for research at Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc. (BTI), has assumed the position of editor-in-chief of Plant 'Moecular Biology.'

Franklin A. Long dies at 88; was Cornell professor and controversial figure in Nixon era

Franklin A. Long, professor emeritus of chemistry at Cornell and the university's vice president for research and advanced studies from 1963 to 1969, died. He was 88.

Prime contractor chosen for first phase of Lake Source Cooling project

A prime contractor with national credentials has been selected for the first phase of the Lake Source Cooling project, construction of the transmission pipeline between the Cornell Cayuga Lake.

MONEY 2000+TM wins Northeast Extension Directors' award of excellence

Barbara (B.J.) Bristow, extension associate in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell and the project director of Cornell Cooperative Extension's MONEY 2000+ TM program.

Washington honors two Cornell faculty members with the coveted Presidential Early Career Award

Two members of Cornell's faculty on Feb. 10 were among 60 scientists honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

Cornell president responds to questions about animal dissection policy

Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings sent this letter today on Feb. 10 to the student organization Cornell Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.