Susan Murphy, Cornell University vice president for student and academic affairs, has announced that a task force has been formed to address issues confronting Cornell's Asian and Asian-American student community. Murphy said the task force was established in response to the need for a campuswide approach to address campus climate, services and program issues as they relate to Cornell's Asian and Asian-American community. She noted that students of Asian descent comprise the largest single community of color at Cornell, at 14 percent of the total student body, 16 percent of all undergraduates and 55 percent of all international students. Any improvement in the well-being for this community will likely improve the campus climate for the university at large, she said. (January 22, 2003)
The race for the title of the Northeast's snowiest city this winter is heating up. With 90.8 inches of snow through Jan. 20 (33.2 inches above normal), Syracuse, N.Y., is in the lead, according to Keith Eggleston.
A noted astrophysicist and observatory administrator, widely experienced in international collaboration, has been chosen to direct the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center. He is Robert L. Brown.
You have cheered baseball in a ballpark, watched football in a stadium and enjoyed basketball in a gymnasium. Now, for the first time in the United States, wrestling has its own house.
Pamela Wallin, Canadian consul general in New York City, will speak on the topic "The Media and Diplomacy: Influencing Public Perceptions of Canada-U.S. Relations" on the Cornell campus Thursday, Jan. 23.
The Cornell Board of Trustees will hold its first meetings of 2003 at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, Jan. 23 through 25.
Following Super Bowl Sunday this Jan. 26, Douglas Stayman and his marketing students at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management will huddle to discuss what's behind the game plans of this year's biggest advertisers.
If you are looking for a thoughtful, balanced publication that answers fundamental questions about why genetically engineered food crops are developed, whether they are safe for humans and the environment, and how they affect the global food system, read "Agricultural Biotechnology: Informing the Dialogue,