Like progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), the term retinitis pigmentosa (RP) refers to a group of diseases with similar pathology but distinct genetic causes.
"New Heights in Food Safety" is the title of a symposium April 2 hosted by the Cornell Institute of Food Science and the Central New York Institute of Food Technologists at the Statler Hotel on the Cornell.
A musical production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown will be presented by the Asian American Playhouse at Cornell in the Barnes Hall Auditorium at 8 p.m. March 27 and 28.
Cornell will host the TransPositions conference March 27-29, exploring the facets of transgender identity, culture and academic studies. Transgender studies encompass the blurring of conventional gender norms, including transsexuality, crossdressing, intersexuality and androgyny.
The George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for the 1996-97 season will be awarded to Ben Brantley, chief drama critic of The New York Times; Elinor Fuchs, author of The Death of Character (Indiana University Press).
The expected appearance of a large dragon on the Cornell campus Thursday afternoon will create staggered road closings on central campus between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Motorists are advised to avoid driving through central campus.
The Cornell Hangovers, an a cappella group made up of members of the Cornell Glee Club, begins a 10-day, spring-break tour of the Far East on Friday, March 13.
The fungus responsible for the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s is back, and could be more threatening than ever. More than 150 years after the famine that took an estimated 1 million lives, a newer virulent strain of the fungus is causing widespread crop devastation in the United States.
New York State Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco has distributed a one-time gift of $100,000 to Cornell's FarmNet program to help provide counseling to farmers affected by January's ice storm.
Those who yearn to spy on their neighbors finally have an excuse -- as well as an opportunity to help science -- by studying cavity-nesting birds. Bird-watchers across North America are teaming up with scientists at Cornell's Laboratory of Ornithology.
Women's History Month is being celebrated at Cornell during March with a series of lectures, performances, seminars, readings, conferences and round-table discussions.
