What's a pet to do, when the holiday house fills with sights and smells of the season and humans are looking the other way? Probably get into trouble, and pet owners should prepare to deal with toxic temptations, says an expert at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.
About 55 miles north of I-95's northern-most point, along U.S. Route 1, is Caribou, Maine, where the school system teaches 1,700 students, the public library holds 50,000 volumes, winter sports enthusiasts ride outhouses and canoes downhill at their annual Winter Carnival or buzz across 1,300 miles of groomed snowmobile and cross-country ski trails.
Students attending classes at Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center routinely come from different colleges and departments within the university. But in one such class, they come from different universities.
Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger, who received a bachelor's degree in government from Cornell University in 1967, has been appointed national security adviser by President Bill Clinton. The president announced the appointment Dec. 5, 1996; it does not require Senate approval.
The 1946 Medical Trial at Nuremberg, in which Nazi doctors were convicted for acts of torture, barbarism and murder, held many lessons for the practice of medicine in the United States, a Cornell historian says.
Almost globally, men are thought to be stumbling blocks to planned parenthood efforts. A Cornell researcher, however, has found that men around the world want to be involved but are given little chance to participate in family planning issues.
A memorial service for Elena Bobrovnikova, a graduate student from Russia who died on Nov. 27, will be held Thursday, Dec. 5, at 5:30 p.m. in the Anabel Taylor Chapel. A reception will follow in the Founder's Room.
The Executive Committee of Cornell University's Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. in the Executive Faculty Room, A-126, of the William Hale Harkness Medical Research Building, 1300 York Ave., New York City.
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.