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Whitehead Institute infection expert to present Cornell genomics lectures

Gerald R. Fink, director, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Mass., will be the Spring 1999 Messenger Lecturer at Cornell.

Cornell trustees to meet in Ithaca March 11 and 12

The Cornell Board of Trustees will meet in Ithaca March 11 and 12. The board will meet from 9 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. and again from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, March 12, in the Trustee Meeting Room of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

Cornell president comments on draft code of conduct and writes directly to manufacturers about sweatshops

Colleges and universities across the nation this month are submitting comments on the draft collegiate code of conduct that seeks to eliminate "sweatshops" by establishing safe and humane working conditions.

Birds are 'teachers' in Cornell's popular Spring Field Ornithology course, March 24-May 15

When the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's popular course "Spring Field Ornithology" convenes March 24, the instructor-of-record will be Stephen W. Kress.

Singapore ambassador cancels today's talk at Cornell

Due to bad weather conditions both here and in Washington, D.C., a talk by Heng-Chee Chan, the Singaporean ambassador to the United States, is canceled.

Cornell hosts cutting-edge international exhibit of CD-ROM art works and presents two-day public workshop on digital arts

The eyes have it this month as Cornell hosts a month-long, cutting-edge exhibition of international CD-ROM art projects at electronic sites around campus, in conjunction with a two-day public workshop on the digital arts.

Sound of music rings through and around Cornell's childcare program, helping to stimulate brain for reading and math

At Cornell's Early Childhood Center (ECC), the sound of music reverberates throughout the day, all in the name of fun, creative expression and brain development.

Singapore's ambassador to the U.S., Heng-Chee Chan (M.A.'68), to give public talk at Kahin Center March 4

Singaporean ambassador to the United States and Cornell alumna Heng-Chee Chan will give a talk titled "Southeast Asia: Facing the Next Century" at Cornell's Southeast Asia Program's brown bag lunch series.

Symposium will feature diplomats and scholars from Canada, Egypt and India

ITHACA, N.Y. -- A United Nations statute to establish the first permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) received overwhelmingly enthusiastic support from U.N. diplomats convening last summer in Rome and may become international law by the year 2001. An ambitious and timely symposium examining how the new court will work will be held at the Cornell Law School Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6. Titled "The International Criminal Court: Consensus and Debate on the International Adjudication of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and Aggression," the forum will take place in the MacDonald Moot Court Room in Myron Taylor Hall. It is being hosted by the Cornell International Law Journal, a student publication, which plans to publish the proceedings in its next issue.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres cancels March 17 visit to Cornell

Former Israeli prime minister and Nobel Prize winner Shimon Peres has canceled his scheduled March 17 visit to Cornell due to a political emergency in Israel.

Adjustable keyboard and mouse trays lower posture risks for middle schoolers working at computers, Cornell study finds

Middle school students put themselves at risk for musculoskeletal problems when they work at a computer keyboard on a desktop instead of from an adjustable computer tray, according to a new Cornell study.

Toll-free 'Sleep Hotline' on March 24 includes Cornell sleep expert James B. Maas

James B. Maas, professor of psychology at Cornell will answer American's questions about healthy sleep and sleep problems when he participates in a toll-free 'USA Today' National Sleep Foundation "Sleep Hotline."