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Lecture by former death row inmate rescheduled for Feb. 19 at Cornell Law School

Former death row inmate Rolando Cruz has rescheduled his appearance at the Cornell Law School for Thursday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. in Room G90 of Myron Taylor Hall.

Cornell Police ask for help in investigation

Cornell Police investigators are asking members of the campus community, especially those who park in lots on the east end of campus, for help in tracking down a person who has been placing malicious messages on cars.

Medical discoveries from the forest will help both Indians and rain forest conservation, Cornell researcher predicts

Efforts to tap the botanical wisdom of the rain forest – its people, plants and animals – are producing such encouraging results that researchers, who call themselves bioprospectors, are ready to take the next step.

The end of the pumpkin saga

At 10 a.m. Friday, March 13, 1998, Cornell University Provost Don Randel was scheduled to ascend to the top of the library tower to take a sample of the famous pumpkin. At 9:18 a.m. workmen testing the crane accidentally bumped the pumpkin and knocked it off the spire.

Cornell study shows healthy hotel franchiser-franchisee relationship is key to satisfied customers and increased profits

A more positive relationship between a franchisee and the hotel parent company can lead to better occupancy rates and happier customers -- not to mention increased profits. That's according to a new study by Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.

Joseph M. Ballantyne named director of Cornell Nanofabrication Facility

Cornell Professor of Electrical Engineering Joseph M. Ballantyne has been named the Lester B. Knight Director of the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility.

Cornell entomologist will receive a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant To help eradicate tree-killing beetles

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service has awarded a Cornell entomologist a $50,000 grant to help eradicate the Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis).

Cornell English professor's book examines serial killers and America's 'Wound Culture'

Have serial killers Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer replaced Clint Eastwood and John Wayne as American icons? The question may oversimplify things, but it nonetheless goes to the heart of some complex cultural issues.

Neighborhood relations, block parties to be explored at Cornell campus forum Feb. 16

A campuswide forum on neighborhood relations, including student block parties during Senior Week in May, is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 16, at Cornell. The forum, at 7 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall.

Alice H. Cook, Cornell professor who was among the first to study the plight of working women, is dead at 94

Alice Hanson Cook, a professor emeritus at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations and one of the first scholars to study the plight of working women, died Feb. 7 at her home in Ithaca, N.Y.

Acquitted death row inmate will lecture at the Cornell Law School Feb. 12

Rolando Cruz, who spent 11 years on death row and had two murder convictions overturned before he was acquitted at his third trial, will speak at Cornell Law School at 2 p.m. on Feb. 19, Myron Taylor Hall. Cruz's visit to Cornell is sponsored by the Law School's Death Penalty Project and is free and open to the public.

Cornell fellowship program that requires service work increases its student grants by 40 percent

Fellowship grants will increase by 40 percent for students in the Cornell Tradition, an alumni-endowed program that rewards Cornell undergraduates for academic achievement and community service.