Cornell University Library will announce the acquisition of a rare set of William Wordsworth's 'Poetical Works' (1827), annotated with the poet's largely unpublished handwritten revisions, during a public reception.
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered an enormous cyclonic storm system raging in the northern polar regions of the planet Mars. Nearly four times the size of the state of Texas, the storm is composed of water-ice clouds like storm systems on Earth, rather than dust typically found in Martian storms.
In its second year of participation in the Morris K. Udall Scholarship competition, Cornell University has produced three undergraduate winners of the prestigious awards for the 1999-2000 academic year.
Bruce Lewenstein, associate professor of science communication at Cornell University, has been named director of what has been known since 1988 as the New York State Pew Program in Undergraduate Science Education.
Honoring efforts to increase numbers of minorities and women in science and mathematics, the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point has named Cornell mathematician Carlos Castillo-Chavez as one of three Distinguished Alumni for 1999.
Martha Fineman, the Dorothea S. Clarke Professor of Feminist Jurisprudence at Cornell Law School, has been awarded the Harry Kalven Prize by the Law and Society Association (LSA).
Karin Ash, director of career services at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations since 1985, has been named the new director of Cornell Career Services.
Anne Lukingbeal, associate dean and dean of students at Cornell Law School, has been a mentor to women since she first came to campus and now she is being doubly recognized for her efforts.
An increasingly popular commercial corn, genetically engineered to produce a bacterial toxin to protect against corn pests, has an unwanted side effect: Its pollen kills monarch butterfly larvae in laboratory tests, according to a report by Cornell researchers.
When early azaleas are blooming, opulent rhododendrons can't be far behind at Cornell Plantations. Sumptuous reds and pinks of dozens of varieties of "rhodies" are about to blanket Comstock Knoll.
Wildlife preservationists have been successful enough in rescuing species from the brink of extinction that some of their methods should be applied to protecting children, says a Cornell University expert.
