The Executive Committee of the Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St., New York City.
Cornell University is sponsoring a regional conference to foster new farm-to-school links and to strengthen networks among farmers, school dining-service buyers, processors, distributors, educators and policy-makers.
Once again Longfellow's village smithy could have a spreading chestnut tree under which to stand. And the bountiful tree's fungal foe could provide the village doctor with medicine for the sexton and the parson. The American chestnut tree, once proud queen of Eastern and Midwestern forests, was decimated out by an Asian fungus accidentally imported a century ago.
This holiday season many elderly Americans will not get enough to eat simply because they lack the mobility to prepare their own meals. Others will lack the funds to purchase nutritionally adequate meals. As a result of such problems, the health and nutritional status of many older Americans is being significantly impaired, according to several new studies from Cornell.
The Hon. Lyle Vanclief, Canada's minister of agriculture and agri-food, will present the keynote address, 'Agroterrorism and Bio-Security: Implications for U.S.-Canada Cooperation,' as part of a daylong meeting at Cornell University on agroterrorism and bioterrorism. His address, on Friday, Nov. 30, from noon to 1:15 p.m.
Cornell is sponsoring a regional conference to foster new farm-to-school links and to strengthen networks among farmers, school dining-service buyers, processors, distributors, educators and policy-makers. The conference, Farm-to-School Cafeteria: Partnerships for Improving Health, Supporting Farms and Building Community.
The Cornell University Glee Club, under the direction of Scott Tucker, is hosting the Rutgers University Glee Club in a joint concert Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. in Sage Chapel on Cornell's campus. The event is free and open to the public, but contributions are welcome.
A Cornell student was hospitalized with meningococcal meningitis while visiting her home in Massachusetts over the Thanksgiving holiday. The student, a 19-year-old female sophomore, became ill at home and was hospitalized Sunday, Nov. 25.
Cornell's American Indian Program will honor elders Wilma Mankiller, former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, and Tom Porter, spokesman and chief spiritual leader of the Mohawk community of Kanatsiohareke, in Fonda, N.Y., on Friday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in David L. Call Auditorium of Kennedy Hall.
Cornell's American Indian Program will honor elders Wilma Mankiller, former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, and Tom Porter, spokesman and chief spiritual leader of the Mohawk community of Kanatsiohareke, in Fonda, N.Y., on Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in David L. Call Auditorium of Kennedy Hall.