George D. and Harriet W. Cornell of Delray Beach, Fla., and Central Valley, N.Y., made history this October by making the largest scholarship gift ever given to Cornell, the Ivy-League research university in central New York state.
Cornell researchers Terrill Cool, professor of applied physics, and Frederick Gouldin, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, have been awarded research instrumentation grants from the Department of Defense/U.S. Army.
Research and trends in volunteering will be the subject of the National Forum on Life Cycles and Volunteering: The Impact of Work, Family, and Mid-Life Issues, held April 30-May 1, 1998.
Cornell will mark Constitution Day on Friday, Sept. 23, with a program in Goldwin Smith Hall featuring President Hunter R. Rawlings and government Professor Isaac Kramnick.
In a significant scientific achievement, physicians and scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have successfully employed preimplantation genetic diagnosis for retinoblastoma, resulting in the world's first babies born free of the deadly eye cancer. The news appears in this month's issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology.
Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings announced today (July 31) that he has accepted a letter of resignation from the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Philip E. Lewis, effective June 30, 2003.
Many Cornell students who live off campus call Collegetown home during the academic year. But Collegetown is also home to year-round residents and families, private homes and large apartment complexes, and a bustling business district.
CANCELED Sept. 20 Best-selling author Stephanie Coontz will give a public lecture, 'Courting Disaster? The Worldwide Revolution in Marriage,' Sept. 21.
Larry D. Brown, professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell, will receive the Chinese government's 2001 Friendship Award during celebrations of the 52nd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Sept. 27-Oct. 2.