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Acclaimed poet A.R. Ammons wins 1998 Tanning Prize of $100,000 for mastery in the art of poetry

Add another jewel to the literary crown of acclaimed poet A.R. Ammons, Cornell University's Goldwin Smith Professor Emeritus of Poetry, who has been selected to receive the 1998 Tanning Prize.

Students to hold national conference on investing at Cornell Oct. 23-25

College students from as far away as Colorado and Wisconsin will meet at Cornell University Oct. 23 to 25 to discuss socially responsible investing.

Cornell campus activities mark National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week

This year Cornell again joins more than 3,000 colleges and universities nationwide participating in National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, Oct. 18-24.

Advocacy advertising and the First Amendment is topic of annual Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture at Cornell Oct. 26

Are paid advertisements really free speech? "Advocacy Advertising and the First Amendment" will be the topic of a lecture at Cornell University by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, Monday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m.

Cornell's Theory Center gets a $1.5 million grant to study how cracks develop in materials, from airplane skins to computer chips

A tiny, invisible crack in the aluminum-alloy skin of an airplane can sometimes grow into a major crack that causes the skin to tear open in flight. A new research program at Cornell aims to understand how this happens, starting at the level of atoms and working up.

Trustees and Council members gather at Cornell Oct. 22-24

Members of the Cornell Board of Trustees and University Council will arrive on campus Thursday, Oct. 22, for Cornell's annual Trustee/Council Weekend. The annual meeting of the 440-member council and a quarterly meeting of the trustees are scheduled on campus every fall.

Cornell continues to aid needy Arecibo families with donations, power

Cornell is continuing to rally to the needs of the families of Arecibo Observatory employees in the aftermath of Hurricane Georges with loans, donations and electric power. Distribution of 53 2,500-watt Honda generators has been completed.

Cornell officials applaud healthy increase in Graduate School enrollment

Thanks in part to an aggressive new fellowship program, Cornell's Graduate School enrollment shows a healthy increase this fall, boosted primarily by a big jump in doctoral students in the physical sciences and engineering.

The warmest year on record? 1998 is running ahead of 1953

To date, 1998 is running ahead of 1953, the Northeast's warmest year on record, according to the climatologists at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell. If warm temperatures continue in the current pattern through the rest of the year, 1998 may surpass 1953 as the warmest year, says Keith Eggleston.

Two Cornell faculty members are awarded Packard Fellowships supporting young researchers in science and engineering

Two Cornell assistant professors have been awarded David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowships for Science and Engineering, designed to support young researchers.

Noted French sociologist and political figure to give two lectures on women in French politics, Oct. 21-22

Franoise Gaspard, professor of sociology at the famed Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (School of Higher Education in Social Sciences) in Paris, will give two free and open lectures Oct. 21-22 at Cornell on women in politics in France.

Cornell Plantations trees put on brilliant Fall show

Cornell Plantations staff members invite the Ithaca community and visitors from far and near to visit the campus gardens and natural areas to enjoy a colorful, dynamic landscape as it changes to its autumn wardrobe.