The Cornell Lectures Series will present a symposium, "Creativity, Dissidence and Autobiography: Two Egyptian Voices," with Nawal el Saadawi and Sherif Hetata on Nov. 29, at 3 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall.
The International Society of Chemical Ecology will present Alan Renwick, a senior scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc., with the Silverstein-Simeone Award for Outstanding Research Chemical Ecology at its international meeting in Marseille, France, on Nov. 16.
Twenty-five years ago next week, humanity sent its first and only deliberate radio message to extraterrestrials. Nobody has called back yet, but that's OK -- we weren't really expecting an answer. (November 12, 1999)
The tests currently used to detect old DDT and other organic pollutants in the soil may overestimate the risk to living organisms, according to Cornell researchers who say the real issue for government regulators at toxic cleanup sites should be "biological availability" of aging toxins.
A committee charged with improving the first-year experience at Cornell has recommended significant changes in programs and approaches, including a new welcoming annual event for arriving students.
Any day now, 350 Syracuse families will be tapped for a Cornell research project on working families. It is hoped the Cornell Community Study will glean insight into the challenges people face as they juggle work and family responsibilities.
Alan Renwick, a senior scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., located on the Cornell campus, will lecture in Marseille, France, Nov. 16, on how plant chemicals change the taste sensation for insects.
Internet start-up RealTime Hotel Reports LLC sells a unique product that may make its partners rich some day. It collects and sells sophisticated information about the lodging industry via the World Wide Web -- making it a single source of information designed specifically to enhance hotels' success in the highly competitive industry.
The National Association of Biology Teachers' 1999 Four-year College and University Teaching Award has been conferred on Rita A. Calvo, director of the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers and a senior lecturer in molecular biology and genetics.