Among the peace negotiators forced to depart from the borders of Kosovo when NATO bombing began in March was William Vendley, secretary-general of the World Conference on Religion and Peace/International (WCRP).
The creation of an "Art Church" in Danby and a "Corn Street Garden" in downtown Ithaca are among the 1999 community outreach projects to be funded through new grants awarded by Cornell's Council for the Arts.
A task force of the Cornell Board of Trustees has made recommendations to President Rawlings that are aimed at improving the university's competitive position in intercollegiate sports.
Sometimes a mid-life crisis can teach a man how to keep both oars in the water for the rest of his life. Barry Strauss was 40 when he became obsessed with sculling after a summer rowing course.
Want to build your own world? It's only $69.95. That will get you 40,000 virtual acres in cyberspace, where, using computer graphics, you can build any sort of world you like, then invite others to visit.
A new survey of human resource managers has found that companies' health, life and disability insurance costs rarely rise because of hiring employees with disabilities, but that attitudinal stereotypes about people with disabilities are still pervasive in the workplace.
On April 7, David Macaulay will come to the Cornell to deliver the spring 1999 Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the Alice Statler Auditorium.
On March 5 when A Living Wage by Lawrence Glickman rolled off the bindery, it made history at Cornell University Press. Never mind the content. What makes the book special is the paper.
Noted architect and Harvard professor George Baird will be at Cornell University in April to discuss what constitutes "public" space in postindustrial America and how such space might be made vibrant.
Citigroup's strategy for flourishing in an era of increased competition from all corners of the world is the topic of Thomas W. Jones' Durland Lecture on April 8.
