The Cornell Figure Skating Club will hold its annual exhibition Sunday, March 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Cornell's Lynah Rink. Adults and children in the club's learn-to-skate, advanced skaters and ice dancing programs will be strutting their stuff to Broadway tunes in solo and group numbers.
Jason Millman, a Cornell professor of education and an expert on standardized testing methods, died Feb. 22 in Lake Oswego, Ore., where he was visiting family. He died from complications arising from Shy-Drager Syndrome. He was 64.
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Lang and other experts on international trade will offer insight into a controversial new international investment agreement Friday, March 6, at the Cornell Law School.
January temperatures for the Northeast region of the United States averaged 7.7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal, making it the 10th warmest January in the last 104 years of record-keeping, according to Keith Eggleston, a senior climatologist at the Northeast Regional Climate Center.
Workers in poorly ventilated offices are twice as likely to report the symptoms of sick building syndrome as are employees in a well-ventilated environment, a new Cornell study finds.
Cornell will be one of 15 universities participating in a new project to support women studying science and engineering. Called "MentorNet," the project will use the Internet and electronic mail to connect female engineering, science and math students.
The great ice storm of Jan. 7-11 has long since melted away. But the economic damage left in its wake continues to mount, with New York maple syrup producers facing production losses of more than $3 million.
Alan H. Guth, the Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be the Hans A. Bethe Lecturer at Cornell University. Guth will give a free, public lecture.
Attorneys, legal scholars and environmentalists will participate in a Cornell Law School symposium, "Changing of the Guardian: Re-examining the Role of the Federal Government in the Protection of Endangered Species and Environmental Habitat," Feb. 27 and 28.