NASA launched the Mars Climate Orbiter today (Dec. 11, 1998) from Cape Canaveral, Fla. On board the spacecraft was the Mars Color Imager -- known as MARCI -- designed with the help of two Cornell astronomers. Engineering problems had forced postponement of the launch from Dec. 10.
Reviewing thousands of ultrasound scans at a Scottish hospital, pregnancy researchers found that many cases of extremely premature delivery and poor fetal growth are likely to be determined as early as the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Staring and squirming by infants might not be as random or meaningless as they seem, says a Cornell developmental psychologist. Rather, the link between the two could prevent infants from getting visually stuck, and allow them to "visually forage" the environment.
Two Cornell students are among 40 students nationwide who have been awarded prestigious 1999 Marshall Scholarships for study in the United Kingdom. This year's recipients from Cornell are David Roberts, of Huntsville, Ala., a senior.
Nine Cornell students and an Ithaca high school student have been selected to compete in a NASA competition aimed at involving universities in the human exploration of space.
Step aside, Cookies-n-Cream. Move over, Neapolitan. It's time to hit the (Rocky) Road. For their winning project in Food Science 101, eight Cornell students have developed an ice cream flavor with an evocative name, Sticky Bunz.
Area 10th-grade students participating in the Access to College Education Program (ACE) will have the opportunity to learn about the hospitality industry firsthand Friday, Dec. 11, at Cornell. Eighty students from school districts in Tompkins and Cortland counties will attend the conference.
In the first 6 1/2 days of December, more than 100 high-temperature records were broken or tied in the major cities of the northeastern United States. With the average temperature between Dec. 1 and Dec. 6 at about 15 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.
Cornell's Campus Store is sponsoring a canned food drive Dec. 7 through Dec. 18. Faculty, staff and students may drop off canned and dried food products in the main hallway at the Campus Store.
A memorial service for Mark McKeon, a student in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations who died Nov. 18, will be held on Monday, Dec. 7, in the chapel of Anabel Taylor Hall at 4 p.m. Robert Johnson, director of University Ministries, and the Rev. Michael Mahler will participate in the service.
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings issued the following statement today on administrative changes associated with the Office of the Associate Provost for Human Relations. It was announced Nov. 12 that Winnie Taylor is leaving that post, effective Jan. 1.
Philip Lewis, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University, and Biddy Martin, senior associate dean of the college, today (Dec. 3, 1998) released a statement about the Latino Studies Program.
