IN THIS ISSUE: To the Year 2000 and Beyond: A Comprehensive Plan for Engineering at Cornell /2 (A new building and extensive renovations are anticipated by a faculty planning committee working with Dean William B. Streett.) ... Building for Engineering at Cornell /8 (College history from an architectural viewpoint is discussed by Kermit C. Parsons of Cornell's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.) ... The Rise of Research: Fifty Years of Change in Cornell's Engineering Program /26 (Chemical Engineering Professor Julian C. Smith traces the growth of research at the College from virtually nothing to a program funded at more than $31 million a year.) ... Commentary: Why EPA's Approach to Toxic Chemicals Doesn't Work /37 (A controversial subject is considered by Neil Orloff, attorney, environmental engineering professor at Cornell, and director of the University's Center for Environmental Research.) ... Register /40 (Events at the College include the appointment of William B. Streett as dean.) ... Vantage /52 ... Faculty Publications /54 ... Letters /63