In the 19th century, fundamental discoveries were made by unlocking the chemistry of carbon, but wide exploitation of these major discoveries came slowly. It took some years, for example, before this knowledge led to the development of new drugs and synthetic fibers.
Professors Jon C. Clardy of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Jonathan D. Culler of the Departments of English and of Comparative Literature have been appointed senior associate deans for the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City on Thursday, Sept. 7. The meeting will be held in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York.
Michelle D. Wang, assistant professor of physics at Cornell, has been named a Keck Distinguished Young Scholar. Her research into the molecular mechanisms of gene expression will be supported by up to $1 million in grants to the university over the next five years from the W.M. Keck Foundation.
Workers' basic rights are routinely violated in the United States, asserts a comprehensive study by a Cornell expert on labor law. U.S. labor law is feebly enforced, riddled with loopholes, and fails to meet the basic human rights standards that the United States demands of other countries, says Lance Compa.
Cornell biologists have shown how tiny molecular motors carrying target proteins help orient the spindle-like apparatus that transfers genetic material from the nucleus of a mother cell to the daughter. The research explains an essential mechanism in the birth of a new cell, and how failures of molecular motors can have dire consequences for new cell formation.
Orit Gadiesh, an international expert on management and corporate strategy, will give a talk on that topic at Cornell on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 5 p.m. The talk is part of the Johnson Graduate School of Management Park Leadership Speakers Series and is free and open to the public.
Cornell's Department of Food Science has selected Upstate Farms of Rochester as producer of the highest quality milk in New York state. The annual selection was announced today (Aug. 28) at the New York State Fair's Dairy Day. The analytical tests are run at Cornell.
The young cheddar cheese at McCadam Cheese Co., Heuvelton, N.Y., has been judged the top cheese in New York state for 2000, beating out cheeses in all categories. The judging took place at Cornell University in mid-August and was on Aug. 28 at the New York State Fair's Dairy Day.