The Cornell Chronicle

August 19, 1999

Table of Contents

Academic

Dog-lovers worldwide can take new online course on canine genetics
Historian Walter LaFeber goes one-on-one with Michael Jordan and Nike
Cornell offers distance learning classes this fall
Environmental studies projects earn students Heinz Foundation awards

Administration

Healey is associate dean in engineering

Events

Coverage
CU's '49 crew champions take a trip to Henley -- 50 years later
Photo - On the right path

Outreach

D.C. students learn from CU urban planners
Nutrition education program celebrates 30 years of helping New Yorkers

Research

Astronomer discusses Mars pictures indicating evidence of dynamic dunes
CU physicists demonstrate breakthrough in writing data to magnetic chips
Biologists alert: Poisonous fireflies are killing exotic zoo and pet lizards
Researchers say naked rodents break rules on mammary glands, pups
Researchers use physical laws to simulate protein folding on supercomputer
Volunteering in retirement is indicator of well-being -- less so for older workers

Departments

Briefs
Notables
Calendar