A quiet revolution has been taking place in the College of Engineering, and it has wrought significant change in the most fundamental fabric of the college -- the way undergraduate students learn.
When it comes to fraternity drinking, following the leader can be a dangerous game, a new study shows. Leaders of fraternities, and to a lesser extent leaders of sororities, tend to be among the heaviest drinkers and the most out-of-control partiers.
Eleven months a year, grounds workers at Cornell University's arboretum strive to keep the greenery attractive. Then, a month before Christmas, the arborists make some evergreens unappealing to potential thieves by coating boughs with Pink Ugly Mix.
The French Studies Program at Cornell is launching its first annual French Festival on campus from Nov. 5 through Nov. 23. Called La Quinzaine, which means fortnight, the festival will include two weeks of lectures, movies, round table discussions, films, recitations, culinary events and concerts.
While most Cornell seniors are stressing over resumes and graduate school applications, Daniel Cane '98 is concentrating on his company's first academic marketing conference at the end of next month. (Oct. 16, 1997)
Cornell is sponsoring the Sunday hours Oct. 19 at Tompkins County Public Library, and scholar-athletes and administrators from the East Hill campus will be on hand to read to children and assist library patrons.
Pierre Pestieau, professor of economics at the University of Lige in Belgium, will present the 1997 Einaudi Lecture Oct. 23 at 4:30 p.m. in the A.D. White Houseat Cornell.
A dramatic reading by professional actors of the award-winning historical novel Wooden Fish Songs by Ruthanne Lum McCunn is slated for Saturday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
