The Cornell Chronicle

August 26, 1999

Table of Contents

Academic

Minority undergrads get taste of grad-level research this summer
Foundation support brings students to Summer College on scholarships
New book explores diversity, inequality and community in American society

Administration

1999-00 state budget is a 'mixed blessing,' university officials say
Uris Library has extended service hours
New Campus Store paper policy makes it easier to be green

Cornell People

CU alums hope to make the Hot Truck's subs a national obsession
CU students are among IFD volunteer bunkers
Molly Darnieder is named new CIVR director
Vet College appoints chair of biomedical sciences
CU Council for the Arts awards project grants to students, staff members

Events

Coverage
Photos from Orientation week
Photo - A firsthand view
Photos - Pre-Orientation community service

Upcoming
Anti-sweatshop crusader is ILR pre-Labor Day speaker
CU Cinema presents films about the eve of the millennium
World music, unique period instruments launch this fall's concert series
Plantations' fall lecture series covers ecological landscape

Outreach

Johnson School students study downtown Ithaca and offer suggestions
CU United Way seeks volunteers for 'Day of Caring'
'Good Neighbor Guide' is being sent to students
Saturday garden tours offered by Cornell Plantations through September

Research

CU researchers write another glorious chapter in the history of pizza
CU researchers find a happiness recipe for retired husbands -- more work

Departments

Briefs
Notables
Soundbites
Memorial - Barbara Hope Cooper
Calendar