While the House of Representatives considers a bill that would raise the minimum wage by $1 over three years to $6.15 an hour, a Cornell economist asserts that the minimum wage is an outdated mechanism that does not help the working poor fight poverty.
Bruce Levitt, professor and former chair of Cornell's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, has been named faculty director of the Cornell Council for the Arts.
Ithaca Tangueros is hosting Tango! a concert and dance performance Saturday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m., in the Statler Auditorium at Cornell. The show includes live tango music and performances by some of the finest Argentine Tango couples dancers in the world.
Ivy League technology and women entrepreneurs doing business on the Internet will be examined at the fall meeting of the President's Council of Cornell Women, an alumnae group, at the Palo Alto Sheraton Hotel Saturday, Oct. 23.
The Latino Studies Program at Cornell is welcoming two prominent guest speakers in October and is celebrating Latino Heritage Month with its annual Unity Dinner.
In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, it's like déjà all over again. The New York Yankees and the New York Mets, now playing in each of their league's championship series, appear to have climatological history on their side.
The heavens are sharper than ever before to the Earth-bound watcher, thanks to astronomers at Cornell and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Cornell researchers have built an infrared camera for the California Institute of Technology's 200-inch Hale telescope.
How should a home-based child-care provider set up a partnership, plan her liability insurance and more. These a few challenges facing an interdisciplinary team of 12 Cornell University students working as part of the new Cornell Small Children/Small Business Project.
This weekend, the Department of Music is presenting two concerts to celebrate world music at Cornell. Both events are free and open to the public. (Oct. 14, 1999)