Cornell University editors and writers received five national awards this year from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), which recognizes excellence in programs and publications in development, alumni relations, communications and public affairs.

Cornell Magazine, Cornell News Service and the Laboratory of Ornithology were recipients.

Cornell Magazine was awarded a $2,000 Newsweek Award for the Robert Sibley Magazine of the Year, which was judged by a panel of Newsweek editors for writing, design and "capturing the spirit of the institution." The winner in this Grand Gold category is selected from gold medal winners in several other categories, including University General Interest Magazines, in which Cornell Magazine won a gold medal, one of three selected from 80 entrants.

David J. Gibson is editor and publisher of the magazine, which also received a bronze medal in the "Best Articles of the Year" category for Brad Herzog's "What I Learned in School Today," published in the January 1997 issue. Herzog is a Cornell alumnus, Class of 1990, and his article was one of 27 selected from a field of 272.

The Cornell News Service received the only gold medal awarded nationally in the Research, Medicine and Science Writing category, one of three awards given in a field of 18. The prize was awarded for articles written by Larry Bernard, senior science editor and assistant director of the News Service, and senior writers Roger Segelken, Blaine Friedlander Jr. and Susan S. Lang.

The Living Bird magazine, published by the Laboratory of Ornithology, received a bronze medal in the Special Interest Magazines category, one of two gold medals and six awards in a field of 42. Tim Gallagher is editor in chief, Leslie Intemann is associate editor and Kat Dalton is design director.