Michael Feingold, chief theater critic for The Village Voice, has received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for the 1995-96 season, Cornell University has announced. The award recognizes the American "who has written the best piece of drama criticism during the theatrical year whether it is an article, an essay, treatise or book."
How well a parent can capture and keep a 2-year-old's attention on a toy may be more important than just a pleasant way to pass the time. Such "attention directing" among low-income children may be related to why some poor children have good self-control under stress and get along well with others and why some don't, according to recent Cornell University research.
Indian battles are still being fought in communities and courtrooms across New York and the nation. Sovereignty, land claims, border rights, taxation and gambling are some of the issues that have resulted in legal battles and, in some cases, even bloodshed as Native Americans attempt to preserve their culture, treaty rights and land.
The graham cracker village, with its ice cream cone trees, gum drop lanterns, chocolate graham cracker highways, fruit leather wreaths, candy cane doorways and shredded wheat rooftops looks like something from the kitchen of Willie Wonka's chocolate factory.
To help put the Ithaca community into the spirit of the season, the Cornell Dairy Bar will spread some holiday cheer with "The Lighting of the Cows" at 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5, at the Dairy Bar store on Tower Road.
Sylvia Earle, the oceanographer, marine biologist and author known for her record-setting descents in the sea, will speak Thursday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Cornell on the topic "Exploring Troubled Waters."
While radio station traffic reporters track the annual migration patterns of Thanksgiving holiday celebrants, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean - off the western coast of South America - there are some leatherback turtles who have just begun to share their traffic information.
To commemorate the World Health Organization's ninth annual World AIDS Day, panels of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, an international memorial to those who have died of AIDS, will be displayed at Cornell Dec. 1-4.
For years, community and state services have been fragmented, problem-specific, crisis-driven and focused on "rescuing or fixing" families in trouble. From now on, New York state staff who work with families -- including those in New York City -- can use an approach developed by researchers at Cornell University that helps families develop their own capacity to solve problems and achieve long-lasting self-reliance.
The work of Kenneth Evett, one of the Cornell faculty's most prolific artists, will be featured in a one-man show at the Upstairs Gallery in Ithaca Dec. 3 to 28.