Set in a contemporary, urban environment undergoing gentrification, the struggle between the Capulets and Montagues highlights current environmental tensions such as economic stability, unemployment, class strife and youth violence. "This play speaks especially to teenagers," says director Melanie Dreyer-Lude, "with its universal themes and issues for young people -- we can all recognize ourselves in these circumstances. This is a fresh, fast-paced take on a classic love story that is full of surprises."

The cast is comprised of Cornell students and professional actors. Students in the show include: Ian Harkins (Romeo), Bridget Saracino (Juliet), Alejandro Ruiz (Tybalt), Alex Viola (Benvolio), Tim Fasano (Paris), and Myles Rowland (Mercutio); Professional actors: Sonja Lanzener (nurse), Paul Hebron (Friar Laurence), Jeffrey Guyton (Lord Montague), and J.G. Hertzler (Lord Capulet).

Kent Goetz's set is a towering urban sprawl with walls tagged by graffiti artists from Ithaca High School, led by Jay Stooks of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center. Also designing for the show are: Warren Cross (sound), E.D. Intemann (lights), and Sarah E. Bernstein (costumes).

The Stevens Lecture was established in 1955 in honor of former dean of the Cornell Law School, Robert S. Stevens. The series provides law students with an opportunity to expand their legal education beyond the substantive and procedural law taught in the law school.

But in looking forward, all the evidence supports an outlook of "hope, optimism and confidence," Skorton said to about 400 staff and faculty members in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts' Kiplinger Theatre Oct. 12.

The annual talk -- Skorton's fourth -- was sponsored by the Employee Assembly.

Introduction by Valerie Bunce, Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies and Professor of Government.

The event was part of the Einaudi Center's Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

In the Voices of Experience series from the Beginning Farmers Resource Center, you'll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails advice that can only come from someone who's been there.

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is led by a team of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program. The project, launched in 2006 in response to increasing interest in farm start-ups, aims to enhance the likelihood of success of new ag enterprises by making the best resources and training available to new and diversifying farmers.

The Wellness Program provides faculty, staff, and retirees with diverse opportunities that foster joy, balance, and well-being. This is the first in a series of upcoming Wellness Program podcasts that focus on fitness, nutrition, and health for the Cornell community.

Cradle to Cradle design, as opposed to "cradle to grave," offers a new paradigm for human activity that creates a sustaining relationship with the natural world by emulating living systems that are effective, cyclical, synergetic, and regenerative.

Opening remarks by Cornell University President David J. Skorton.

The Iscol Lecture brings prominent scholars, newsmakers, scientists, and leaders to Cornell to address environmental issues of paramount importance to humankind.

The eClips collection contains thousands of video clips of interviews and presentations by entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Cornell neurobiologist Joe Fetcho uses zebra fish as a model organism for developing a basic set of principles on the organization and function of neurons, and for studying cell regeneration. He has developed a robust strategy for inducing cell growth and restoration of function, both necessary for curing spinal cord injury.

In September 2009, Fetcho received the NIH Director's Pioneer Award, which supports scientists of exceptional creativity who propose pioneering approaches twho propose pioneering approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.

After hockey, Dryden served as Canada's minister of social development, 2004-06. He was first elected a member of the Canadian Parliament in 2004 and re-elected in 2006 and 2008. Bradley, a three-time All-American basketball player at Princeton who went on to play for the New York Knicks, served three terms in the U.S. Senate.

International Women's Day is an annual tradition that began in New York City in 1908, when 15,000 women marched to demand improved working hours and pay and voting rights. Cornell students, community members, and Cornell faculty and administration join together to debate, discuss and learn about the hardships and challenges women face around the world.

• Ira Revels discusses the role of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in black education during the mid to early 19th century, using images from the HBCU Digital Collection, a collaborative project involving Cornell University Library and twenty-one HBCUs;
• History professor Margaret Washington discusses black education in antebellum New York City, with a focus on the African Free School. At a time when no public education existed, this privately run institution provided formative education for individuals who became the most important African American leaders in the pre-Civil War era;
• Ithaca College Professor Sean Eversley-Bradwell presents the history of black students in Ithaca, NY, revealing numerous examples of resistance and agency. This history helps to map how race impacts and structures local communities.

Robert P. Kirshner, the Harvard College Professor of Astronomy and Clowes Professor of Science at Harvard University and president of the American Astronomical Society from 2003 to 2005, describes how we use observations of supernovi—exploding stars—to trace cosmic history and to learn more about the nature of the dark energy, one of the deepest mysteries of the physical world.

The Bethe Lecture Series, established in 1977 by the Cornell Department of Physics and the College of Arts and Sciences, honors Hans A. Bethe who joined Cornell's faculty in 1936, and whose research extended across fields as diverse as the quantum theory of solids and the nuclear processes that power the sun, receiving the Nobel Prize for the later work in 1967. Bethe continued to make significant scientific contributions until his death in 2005.

Holloway has used her unique background in writing, public health, and development to further the mission of numerous non-profits and educational institutions including Planned Parenthood and the National Priorities Project.

CIPA's Colloquium Series engages participants in discussions of issues facing public affairs and public policy professionals.

Mark Noll, the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, revisits A.D. White's thesis and the persistence of the warfare metaphor, and suggests some paths forward in the relationship between science and religion. Noll is the author of many books, including "America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln," "The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind," and most recently, "God and Race in American Politics."

The Frederick C. Wood Lecture, established by Emma T. Wood and former Cornell trustee Frederick C. Wood in 1984, is intended to bring scholars of innovative religious thought to campus.

With faculty and students conducting research, educating communities, and improving the quality of life in every area of the developing world, CALS truly is Making a World of Difference.

With faculty and students conducting research, educating communities, and improving the quality of life in every area of the developing world, CALS truly is Making a World of Difference.

With faculty and students conducting research, educating communities, and improving the quality of life in every area of the developing world, CALS truly is Making a World of Difference.

With faculty and students conducting research, educating communities, and improving the quality of life in every area of the developing world, CALS truly is making a world of difference.

Cornell earned top honors for innovative university policies such as phased retirement for both faculty and staff, an on-site wellness program, flexible work options such as telecommuting and compressed work weeks, paid days off for family care giving, a university-subsidized prescription drug plan and the ability for retired employees to access a Cornell education at no charge.

Human resource programs at Cornell continue to earn the university accolades as a top employer for a wide range of employees, including adoptive parents; prospective parents; employees from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds; information-technology workers; lesbian, gay and transgender workers; working mothers and veterans.

Barlow discussed principles of water as a common and a public trust, integrated watershed management and restoration, public oversight and local management of water supplies based on local cultures and histories, and the human right to water.

The conference gathered Mediterranean and local water experts, students and others to present research into the water crisis and discuss a strategy for future action and research in the area.

Hopkins is the 2009 recipient of the prestigious CALS Edgerton Career Teaching Award and a faculty mentor in Cornell's introductory biology Exploration Program. Students in the program choose a topic of interest and participate in the research, working with lab equipment and gathering data in the labs of some of the top researchers in the country.

A biology teacher at Ridgeview High School in Orange Park, Fla., Campbell visited campus Feb. 11 during Darwin Days to share his experiences teaching evolution and natural selection—scientific principles that may be contrary to many of his students' religious beliefs.

Introduction by Cornell President Emeritus Hunter R. Rawlings III.

The event was part of the Einaudi Center's Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series.

Kay is an associate professor of history at SUNY Oswego. She spoke at Cornell on March 4, 2009 in Mann Library.

Guests:

• Ava Danville '09, graduate of the College of Human Ecology
• Francille Firebaugh, Dean Emerita of the College of Human Ecology
• Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Professor Emerita of Human Development
• Alan Mathios, Dean of the College of Human Ecology
• Scott Peters, Associate Professor of Education

Hosted by Gary Stewart, East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities.

Best known for his work on the 1970s British television series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and "Fawlty Towers," Cleese served an 8-year term as A.D. White Professor (1998-2006) and currently holds the Cornell University Provost's Visiting Professorship.

The lecture was held February 12, 2009 in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium at Cornell's Goldwin Smith Hall, as part of Ithaca's Darwin Day celebration.

Sen, a former Cornell A.D. White Professor-at-Large (1978-84), is the Lamont University Professor and professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University. Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics for his contributions to welfare economics. During his expansive academic career, Sen's research has spanned a number of fields, including development economics, social choice theory, public health, gender studies, moral and political philosophy, and the economics of peace and war.

The George Staller lecture series, established by the Department of Economics, honors Cornell Ph.D. and professor emeritus George Staller, a renowned teacher and scholar of Eastern European and Soviet economies.

Guests: Frank Robinson, director, Johnson Museum of Art; John Fitzpatrick, director, Lab of Ornithology; Donald Rakow, director, Cornell Plantations; Jeanie Hochberg and class, Nathan Hall Elementary School; Cathy Klimaszewski, associate director, Johnson Museum of Art; Carol Hockett, coordinator of school and family programs, Johnson Museum of Art.

Hosted by Gary Stewart, East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities.

Cornell President David Skorton pointed out that Cornellians have the advantage of a liberal arts education, perhaps "the most useful and versatile education of all" especially in a time of national and personal economic uncertainty. A liberal arts education offers five important "habits of mind": critical thinking, self-expression, a nuanced view of the world that comes from exposure to the arts and humanities, a sense of ethics and cross-cultural understanding, he said. "The depth, the richness and the diversity of our ideas inspire cross-fertilization and originality."

The panel included:

• William B. Provine, the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor and professor of history at Cornell
• S. James Gates, the John S. Toll Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park and member of President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• Kenneth Kennedy, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell

The panel was held on February 10, 2009 in Goldwin Smith Hall on the Cornell University campus.

Darwin Day is an annual, international commemoration of the birthday and ideas of Charles Darwin, a British naturalist born February 12, 1809, and author of the seminal book "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection."

The panel included:

• Andrew G. Clark, professor of population genetics
• Carlos Bustamante, professor of biological statistics and computational biology & statistical sciences
• William Crepet, chair of the plant biology department

The panel was held on February 9, 2009 in the Biotech building on the Cornell University campus.

Darwin Day is an annual, international commemoration of the birthday and ideas of Charles Darwin, a British naturalist born February 12, 1809, and author of the seminal book "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection."

Marcus Rediker uses his experience as a maritime historian and his mastery of the contemporary documents to re-create all three legs of the triangle, often in the very words of the participants -- captains, seamen and slaves.

Dr. Marcus Rediker graduated with a B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1976. He went to the University of Pennsylvania for graduate study, earning an M.A. and Ph.D. in history. He taught at Georgetown University from 1982 to 1994, lived in Moscow for a year (1984-5), and is currently Professor and Chair in the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Marcus Rediker has written (or co-written) five books: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1987), Who Built America? (1989), volume one; The Many-Headed Hydra (2000), Villains of All Nations (2004) and The Slave Ship: A Human History (2007).

Crawford adds images of skin color dilution as a type of castration to the field of race and psychoanalysis. An undercurrent of light-skinned blackness as a type of castration emerges within an ongoing story about the feminizing of light skin and the masculinizing of dark skin. Crawford confronts the web of beautified and eroticized brands and scars, created by colorism, crisscrossing race, gender, and sexuality.

Crawford is an associate professor of African American Literature in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts. She received her doctorate in American Studies from Yale University. Professor Crawford is the co-editor of New Thoughts on the Black Arts Movement (2006, Rutgers University Press) and author of Dilution Anxiety and the Black Phallus (2008, Ohio State University Press).

Garson spoke April 20, 2009 in Goldwin Smith Hall's Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, laying out the topography of the health care debate, defining terms and dispelling a few myths along the way.

The lecture was the keynote address and kickoff event for Cornell's first annual Sick in America series. It also was the inaugural event for the Cornell University Presidential Speakers Series on Current Affairs, a new series sponsored by President David Skorton.

The annual Cornell Business and Medicine Symposium is sponsored by Weill Cornell Medical College and The Johnson Graduate School of Management.

The prince is a founder of the King Faisal Foundation and chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. He was appointed an adviser in the Saudi royal court in 1973. From 1977 to 2001, he served as the director general of the General Intelligence Directorate, the kingdom's main foreign intelligence service. In 2002 he was appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

His visit is part of the Einaudi Center's Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series.

Fajardo received his M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has taught at several universities including the National University in Bogota and Medellín. He has also worked as a journalist for publications such as Money Magazine.

This lecture was presented on February 19, 2009 and is part of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA) 2008-09 Colloquium Series. CIPA offers a two-year program of graduate professional study leading to a master of public administration (M.P.A.) degree.

Merewether, currently a research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, reflected on his experiences as an art historian on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The Imag(in)ing Asia and the Pacific symposium, held Feb. 20-21, 2009 at Cornell's A.D. White House, explored emerging visualities in the light of the complex, and changing socio-political and economic issues that affect countries, peoples, institutions and practice in Asia and the Pacific. The event was sponsored by the Department of the History of Art and Visual Studies.

On April 13, 2009, a delegation of Chinese government officials, led by State Councilor Liu Yandong, visited campus to begin the process of repatriating the fungi to China.

At a ceremony in Weill Hall, President David Skorton presented Liu with a letter of intent explaining Cornell's lengthy efforts to return the fungi.

Linda Nowak is an associate professor of pharmacology at the department of molecular medicine of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. She is also an avid coffee drinker. Chris Ganger is a 2008 Northeast Regional Barista Competition finalist who presides over the espresso machine at Ithaca Coffee Company.

The event was held on January 25, 2009 in Statler Hall and was part of the annual Light in Winter Festival of Science and the Arts, which some 6,000 people attended. Cornell has been one of its sponsors since the festival began six years ago.

Halpern is the co-founder of Redshift Productions and the co-producer and lyricist for Galileo and Elements. She received her B.A. in painting from Smith College in 1997. Megan has been a scenic artist for Madison Square Garden, Second Stage Theatre, the New York Shakespeare Festival, and Atlantic Scenic Studios. She has designed scenery for Stages of Learning (formerly Chekhov Theatre Ensemble), where her design for King Lear earned her an OOBR Award; and for Forbidden Broadway's Twentieth Anniversary Production.

The event was held on January 24, 2009 in Statler Hall and was part of the annual Light in Winter Festival of Science and the Arts, which some 6,000 people attended. Cornell has been one of its sponsors since the festival began six years ago.

Tisch is the owner and winemaker at Bet the Farm in Aurora, N.Y. She has worked as a medical laboratory technologist, professor of ecology and mathematics, innkeeper, and more. A native of Rhode Island, Tisch has resided in Ithaca since 1998.

The event was held on January 24, 2009 in Statler Hall and was part of the annual Light in Winter Festival of Science and the Arts, which some 6,000 people attended. Cornell has been one of its sponsors since the festival began six years ago.

Frank received his MA and Ph.D. in political science from the Johns Hopkins University, and a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Before coming to Cornell, Jason taught at Johns Hopkins, Goucher College, University of California, Santa Cruz, Duke and Northwestern. He has also held research fellowships at UCLA's Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies, Duke's Franklin Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His primary field is political theory and his research and teaching interests include democratic theory, American political thought, politics and literature, political culture, and the philosophy of political inquiry.

The Nordlander Lecture Series, sponsored by Cornell's Department of Science and Technology Studies, was established in memory of J. Eric Nordlander (Cornell A.B. 1956), a distinguished scientist and educator who died in 1986.

Salzberg spoke at Cornell on Oct. 30, as part of the fall 2008 Park Leadership Speaker Series. The event was recorded for eClips, Cornell's collection of audio and video clips of experts on entrepreneurship, business and leadership.

The Roy H. Park Leadership Speaker Series, supported directly by the Triad Foundation, brings influential "thought leaders" and corporate executives to campus to give a lecture on the theme of leadership and to interact candidly with students.

The Durland Memorial Lecture series, which brings distinguished executives from the fields of business, finance and investment management to Cornell annually, is the most prestigious invitational talk at Cornell's Johnson School.

Hesse spoke at Cornell on Oct. 2, 2008, as part of the fall 2008 Park Leadership Speaker Series.

The Roy H. Park Leadership Speaker Series, supported directly by the Triad Foundation, brings influential "thought leaders" and corporate executives to campus to give a lecture on the theme of leadership and to interact candidly with students.

Kiplinger is chairman emeritus of the Cornell Board of Trustees (1984-89) and has been a trustee since 1960. He has been a presidential councillor since 1989.

Kiplinger was his class orator, giving the class oration in June 1939 from the plinth in front of the statue of Andrew Dickson White. The bench in front of McGraw Hall looks across the quad toward that spot. It is a gift from his extended family and from David Maisel '68 and his wife, Martha.

The Awaji Puppet Theater performance at Cornell's Bailey Hall on Feb. 24, 2009 highlighted Awaji puppetry's elaborate theater sets, costumes and props, and highly refined mechanisms that manipulate the facial expressions of the puppets.

The visit was sponsored by the Cornell East Asia Program, Japan Society, Japan Foundation and Agency for Cultural Affairs.

"Lincoln at Gettysburg" by Garry Wills is the selection for the 8th New Student Reading project.

The panel is chaired by Michele Moody-Adams, professor, director/Hutchinson Professor of Ethics and Public Life, and vice-provost for undergraduate education.

She is joined by:

• Hunter Rawlings, the former president of Cornell University and currently professor of classical history
• Ed Baptist, associate professor of history, who's academic focus is the 19th-century United States, especially the U.S. South; slavery in the United States and in the New World (especially in the Caribbean); political culture; gender and racial identity
• Tad Brennan, professor of philosophy, with interests in ancient philosophy, and topical interests centering around ethics.

Guests: Kent Hubbell, Lucy Brown, Jackie Melton Scott, George Taber and Jane Marcham.

Hosted by Gary Stewart, East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities.

Jane Silverthorne, deputy director of NSF's Division of Biological Infrastructure, discussed the role of basic research in this process during her visit to Cornell's Boyce Thompson Institute on April 7, 2009.

Guests: Svante Myrick, John Schroeder, Mary Tomlan and Thys Van Cort.

Sunday Forum is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities, co-hosted by Tommy Bruce and Kara Capelli. New episodes air on WVBR 93.5 FM at 6:30 PM on the first Sunday of each month.

In this Faculty Forum, Ken and moderator Glenn Altschuler discuss the state of the nation's highways and bridges, the efficacy of inspection, and the concerns raised by the recent rush-hour collapse of the Interstate 35 bridge over the Mississippi near Minneapolis.

The private sector initiatives team seeks to create innovative and collaborative mechanisms to leverage MCC investments through private sector partnerships; increase private sector investment and trade opportunities produced by MCC investments and; generate opportunities for firms to leverage their corporate social responsibility funds.

Bauer holds an M.B.A. from Cornell University, The Johnson School of Business as a Michael Torphy scholar.

This lecture was presented on February 12, 2009 and is part of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA) 2008-09 Colloquium Series. CIPA offers a two-year program of graduate professional study leading to a master of public administration (M.P.A.) degree.

Cornell first offered creative writing courses in 1905 as part of the English department curriculum. Since then, the university has counted many literary greats among its faculty and former students, including Pynchon, Ammons, E.B. White, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Vladimir Nabokov, Lorrie Moore and Susan Choi; Pulitzer Prize winners Díaz and Alison Lurie; and Nobel laureates Toni Morrison and Pearl S. Buck.

Panelists:

• Ernesto Quinoñez, Moderator, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Cornell
• Junot Díaz, Associate Professor of Creative Writing, MIT
• Roberto Sierra, Professor and Chair of Music, Cornell
• Sofia Villenas, Professor of Education and Latino/a Studies, Cornell
• Amy Villarejo, Associate Professor and Chair of Theatre, Film & Dance, Cornell

The event was co-sponsored by the Latino Studies Program and the Cornell Council for the Arts.

Panelists: Retired senior research associate Mossaad Abdel-Ghany, Luis-Francois de Lencquesaing '09, Syed Saad Ahsan '10, political philosophy professor Richard Miller, and Cornell law student David Jacobus.

Nic van de Walle, associate dean for international studies and professor of government, moderated the event, which was sponsored by numerous campus organizations.

You can connect with nature at Cornell Plantations, which features an arboretum, botanical garden and 4300 acres of protected natural areas—all free and open to the public every day from dawn to dusk.

A veterinarian, King served as the first director of CDC's Office of Strategy and Innovation before coming to National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases. In 2006, King became a new member of the FDA Scientific Board. He was dean and professor of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, roles he took on in 1996. Before that, he dedicated 20 years of his career to the United States Department of Agriculture.

This lecture was held on Feb. 6, 2009 in Schurman Hall as part of the Zoonotic Diseases Symposium and was sponsored by the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Detlef van Vuuren is a senior researcher at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and was a lead author in the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has played a leading role in designing emissions reductions that keep global warming to low limits, providing influential background for post-Kyoto negotiations.

van Vuuren spoke on Feb. 2, 2009 in Goldwin Smith Hall as part of the Climate Change Forum. The forum is an initiative of Cornell faculty in the natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, and humanities for deeply interdisciplinary mutual learning in pursuit of an effective and just response to the challenge of global warming. It is sponsored by the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future, with support from the Colleges of Engineering and Agriculture & Life Sciences and the Institute for Computational Sustainability.

More than 60 designers will feature 200 original ensembles on 170 live models. The club members, organizers, and models involved in this year's show are all Cornell students.

The Cornell Design League was formed in 1984 to give students interested in fashion design a chance to express their creativity outside of the classroom by producing a fashion show every spring. A majority of CDL fashion designers are part of the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design in the College of Human Ecology, but the organization welcomes full-time students from all majors and schools across campus. Cornell University offers the only fashion design program in the Ivy League, and the only Ph.D. in apparel design in the United States.

The flower-like design covered more than an acre and was intended to be viewed from the air. Marcia Eames-Sheavly, Senior Extension Associate in Cornell University's Department of Horticulture, along with artist Jeff de Castro, guided the students through a rigorous semester-long creative process that led to the design and installation of the piece. They "painted" their design into the grass using mulch, straw and black plastic to temporarily turn the grass yellow in places.

The work was made possible by grant from Cornell Council for the Arts.

The event was held on January 22, 2009 at the Lost Dog Lounge and was part of the annual Light in Winter Festival of Science and the Arts, which some 6,000 people attended. Cornell has been a sponsors since the festival began six years ago.

Guests: Frank Disalvo, director of the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future; Dean Koyanagi, Cornell sustainability coordinator; Todd Cowen, Cornell professor of civil & environmental engineering; David Leib, assistant director for Public Information Transportation; Edward R. Wilson, manager, Central Utility Plants and Katherine McEachern, Cornell student activist and former leader of KyotoNOW!

Sunday Forum is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities. New episodes air on WVBR 93.5 FM at 6:30 PM on the first Sunday of each month.

Azis spoke on Jan. 23, 2009 in Goldwin Smith. The event lecture was cosponsored by the Department of City and Regional Planning and the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

November is the month of Andrew D. White's birth and death, and a fitting time to reflect on White's contributions to the University's founding and growth. Kammen, whose published works include two books on Cornell history and several works on the practice of local history, will highlight White's commitment to coeducation and nonsectarianism, and the centrality of the library and of beauty to his concept of the University.

Kammen spoke on Nov. 12, 2008 in Sage Chapel.

Not a worship service, more than a lecture, Sage Wednesdays allows for the expression of a public philosophy and public theology and consideration of the personal pursuit of meaning and purpose. The series provides an opportunity to reflect upon and discuss the important issues of our time, creating the space for scholarly exploration and spiritual meditation.

Established in 1991, the GEF helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the global environment. It is comprised of 178 members and has made grants totaling $8 billion.

This lecture is part of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA) 2008-09 Colloquium Series. CIPA offers a two-year program of graduate professional study leading to a master of public administration (M.P.A.) degree.

Verena Conley (Senior Scholar in Residence, Society for the Humanities at Cornell and Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University) has written on feminism, technologies, and the environment in post-structuralist theory and the transformations of space in contemporary French culture. Her books include "Hélène Cixous: Writing the feminine;" "Ecopolitics," "Rethinking Technologies."

Conley presented her paper on Nov. 12, 2008 in the A.D. White House.

Loneliness disrupts not only thinking ability, will power and perseverance but also key cellular processes within the human body, potentially leading to high blood pressure, decline in immune response, and dramatic increase in the corrosive effects of stress. Using sophisticated tools, including fMRI, Cacioppo has documented how social isolation, distinguished from physical isolation, profoundly affects our body and behavior, suggesting that chronic loneliness could be considered as dangerous to health as risk factors such as smoking.

Cacioppo is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor at The University of Chicago, the director of the University of Chicago Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, and the director of the Arete Initiative at the University of Chicago.

He spoke on Oct. 31, 2008 at the Cornell Bookstore.

Panelists for the Oct. 17 discussion included:

• Michael Dorf, Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
• Edward E. Baptist, Associate Professor of History, Cornell University
• Glenn C Altschuler, Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, Cornell University.

Following his remarks, Skorton addressed questions from the audience about the medical college in Qatar, Land Grant, strategic planning, retirements, layoffs and construction costs.

The forum was held March 16, 2009 in Alice Statler Auditorium.

In this lecture, Thomas Eisner, Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology, discusses the medicinal treasury of nature, and how revenue engendered from that treasury can be invested in the protection of biodiversity.

BioNB 221 is a general introduction to the field of animal behavior. Topics include evolution and behavior, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, chemical ecology, communication, orientation and navigation, and hormonal mechanisms of behavior.

Itai Cohen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Laura Harrington is an Associate Professor of Entomology and Ronald Hoy is a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior.

Ronald Hoy is the David and Dorothy Merksamer Professor in Biology and the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior.

The hope is that, by understanding the courtship of these mosquitoes, we may be able to control their population more effectively.

Harrington's research is supported by numerous grants including one from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

This presentation was held on Feb. 26, 2009 in Warren Hall as part of the Department of Applied Economics and Management's (AEM) Current Events Series, which melds hot topics with the cutting-edge research of AEM's faculty.

After a video about Cornell, members of the on-campus group discussed Cornell's colleges, the university's land-grant mission, graduate and undergraduate admission requirements, various degree programs and financial aid.

Participants from Cornell were:

• J. Ellen Gainor, associate dean of the Graduate School
• Christine Sneva, assistant director of undergraduate admissions
• Roy Ashok, a student at the Johnson School
• Wendy Schaerer, student services associate, Undergraduate Admissions

Larry P. Walker is a professor in the Department of Biological & Environmental Engineering; Anthony Hay is an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology. They spoke Oct. 18, 2008 at the Statler Hotel.

Guests: Susan Murphy, Vice President for Student and Academic Services; Tony Cashen '57, MBA '58, chair of the Fraternity and Sorority Advisory Council; Alison Ewing '10, Panhellenic Association President-elect; Eddie Rooker '10, Interfraternity Council President-Elect; Allen Miller '11, Executive Vice President-elect.

Sunday Forum is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities. New episodes air on WVBR 93.5 FM at 6:30 PM on the first Sunday of each month.

East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities.

East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities.

Moderator Francine Blau from ILR Labor Economics was joined by:

• Sean Nicholson, associate professor of policy analysis and management, College of Human Ecology
• Maureen O'Hara, Robert W. Purcell professor of management, The Johnson School
• Eswar Prasad, Tolani senior professor of trade policy, Department of Applied Economics and Management (AEM)
• Karl Shell, Thorne professor of economics, Department of Economics

This session was held on Feb. 19, 2009 at Kennedy Hall and was sponsored by the Institute for the Advancement of Economics at Cornell (IAEC).

Robert Morgan is the author of eleven books of poetry, most recently "The Strange Attractor: New and Selected Poems," and eight works of fiction, including "Gap Creek," "Brave Enemies: A Novel of the American Revolution" and "Boone: A Biography." A native of western North Carolina, Morgan has received the Southern Book Award for "Gap Creek," which was a New York Times bestseller and a selection for the Oprah Book Club, and the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Since 1971 he has taught at Cornell University, where he is Kappa Alpha Professor of English.

Rampersad and Morgan spoke Nov. 19, 2008, at Goldwin Smith. The lecture was organized by the Minority, Indigenous, and Third World Studies Research Group (MITWS), and co-sponsored by the Creative Writing Program and Professor Kenneth A. McClane.

Snedeker is a toxicologist, cancer biologist and public health educator. She received her B.S. from Cornell University and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and served as a staff fellow at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) before joining the Cornell faculty in 1995. She continues her risk assessment research and extension outreach in the Sprecher Institute for Comparative Cancer Research at Cornell.

Snedeker's presentation was given as a part a Cancer and Environment Regional Forum that took place at the Wang Center of Stony Brook University on Long Island, NY on November 3, 2008. This forum, which was open to the public, was sponsored by the Cornell Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF).

Members of the Cornell University Solar Decathlon (CUSD) team, which consists of nearly 200 undergrad and graduate students from across the university, presented the design, key systems and sustainability features of their 2009 entry.

In addition, Stephanie Horowitz discussed her transition from 2005 CUSD Team Leader to co-founder and managing director of ZeroEnergy Design (ZED), a leading residential design and engineering firm.

Speakers include:

• Trustees Jill Lerner and Jeff Berg
• Dean Kent Kleinman
• 2009 Cornell Solar Decathlon Team student leaders
• Faculty advisor Matt Ulinski
• Alumni David Wax and Stephanie Horowitz

This event was held on Jan. 12, 2009 in the AAP Center in New York City and was sponsored by Cornell Entrepreneur Network (CEN) NY and the College of Architecture, Art & Planning, the College of Engineering, the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences and the Johnson Graduate School of Management.

He spoke at Cornell's Snee Hall on December 9, 2008. The event was sponsored by the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Gallagher is editor-in-chief of Living Bird magazine, an award-winning quarterly magazine sent to members of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is the world's largest natural sound and video archive of animal behavior. Since 1930, recordists of all backgrounds have contributed their recordings, which now number in the hundred thousands.

Díaz, a professor of creative writing at MIT and fiction editor of the Boston Review, read from his novel, "The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao," for which he received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

Díaz wrote most of his first collection of short stories (published as "Drown" in 1996) while in the Creative Writing Program at Cornell. "Oscar Wao," his semiautobiographical debut novel about the immigrant experience and much more, focuses on a science fiction- and fantasy-obsessed misfit living with his Dominican-American family in New Jersey. The novel also won the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.

In 1997, the Cornell Council for the Arts, in collaboration with University Council's Committee on the Arts, established the Cornell Eissner Artist of the Year Award to celebrate an alumna/us who has achieved national or international success in the arts. The award is named in recognition of Bruce and Judith Eissner's Endowment for the Arts at Cornell.

The cairn project was funded by the Program for Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large, which began in 1965 to bring distinguished scholars to Cornell to interact with students and faculty.

To find the Sapsucker Woods cairn, follow the Hoyt-Pileated Trail that begins across the road from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology entrance. The cairn, built of locally quarried stone, sits on the right, a few minutes' walk down the trail.

NestWatch teaches people about bird breeding biology and engages them in collecting and submitting nest records.

The event was part of the fall 2008 Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti (CAPE) Lecture Series. CAPE fosters a social and professional community among retired faculty and facilitates the use of their skills and knowledge with service opportunities both at Cornell and in the surrounding area.

Richard Polenberg received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1964 and has taught at Cornell since 1966. A specialist in recent American history, he has written or edited ten books, including "One Nation Divisible: Class, Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. since 1938," "Fighting Faiths: The Abrams Case, the Supreme Court, and Free Speech," which received the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award, and "The World of Benjamin Cardozo." In 1988-89 he served as Fulbright Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

This event, from CyberTower News and Reviews, was made possible by the generosity of David '91 and Cheryl '91 Einhorn and the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust.

Brann is serving his fourth term since 1989 as Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Studies. He is the author of "The Compunctious Poet: Cultural Ambiguity and Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Spain" (awarded the National Jewish Book Award in the category of Sephardic Studies) and "Power in the Portrayal: Representations of Muslims and Jews in Islamic Spain."

This event, from CyberTower News and Reviews, was made possible through the generosity of David '91 and Cheryl '91 Einhorn and the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust.

Skorton is Cornell University's 12th president, and is a seasoned administrator, board-certified cardiologist, biomedical researcher, musician and advocate for the arts and humanities.

Schwarz is the Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow. He spoke Dec. 12, 2008 at the Cornell Bookstore.

The event was part of a two-day conference celebrating Cornell University Library's acquisition of "Born in the Bronx: The Legacy and Evolution of Hip Hop," a collection that documents the early days of hip hop with recordings, photographs, posters and more. Events on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2008, included music, performances and lectures by several of hip hop's founders, and roundtable discussions led by prominent speakers from the hip hop and academic communities.

The event was part of a two-day conference celebrating Cornell University Library's acquisition of "Born in the Bronx: The Legacy and Evolution of Hip Hop," a collection that documents the early days of hip hop with recordings, photographs, posters and more. Events on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2008, included music, performances and lectures by several of hip hop's founders, and roundtable discussions led by prominent speakers from the hip hop and academic communities.

Panelists included Johan Kugelberg, collector and author of "Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop"; Gabriel Mckee, archivist of the Born in the Bronx collection; Vernon C. Mitchell, Jr., Ph.D. candidate in the department of history at Cornell University; Jennifer Stoever-Ackerman, assistant professor of English at SUNY Binghamton. The discussion took place on Nov. 1, 2008, in the Alice Statler Auditorium, as part of Cornell University Library's Born in the Bronx hip hop conference.

The two-day conference celebrated Cornell University Library's acquisition of "Born in the Bronx: The Legacy and Evolution of Hip Hop," a collection that documents the early days of hip hop with recordings, photographs, posters and more. Events on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2008, included music, performances and lectures by several of hip hop's founders, and roundtable discussions led by prominent speakers from the hip hop and academic communities.

The panel was moderated by Jeff Chang, hip hop historian and award-winning author of "Can't Stop Won't Stop: a History of the Hip-Hop Generation" and editor of the anthology "Total Chaos: The Art & Aesthetics of Hip-Hop," and Johan Kugelberg, collector and author of "Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop." Bronx photographer Joe Conzo, Jr. also showed projected images of his historic photographs of hip hop in the 1970s and 1980s.

The panel was part of a two-day conference celebrating Cornell University Library's acquisition of "Born in the Bronx: The Legacy and Evolution of Hip Hop," a collection that documents the early days of hip hop with recordings, photographs, posters and more. Events on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2008, included music, performances and lectures by several of hip hop's founders, and roundtable discussions led by prominent speakers from the hip hop and academic communities.

Other speakers at the dedication included: Reverend Kenneth I. Clarke, Sr., director of Cornell United Religious Work; Anne R. Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian; Johan Kugelberg, collector and author of "Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop"; and Sean Eversley Bradwell, assistant professor at the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity at Ithaca College.

Cornell's Born in the Bronx collection documents the early days of hip hop with recordings, photographs, posters and more. Events on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2008 included music, performances and lectures by several of hip hop's founders, and roundtable discussions led by prominent speakers from the hip hop and academic communities.

Panelists:

• Roald Hoffmann, chemist, poet and Nobel laureate, Cornell University;
• Jeff Nesbit, director of legislative and public affairs at the National Science Foundation; and
• Gaspar Taroncher-Oldenburg, executive editor of SciBX: Science-Business eXchange, Nature Publishing Group.

Sponsored by the Cornell Center for Life Science Enterprise, a NYSTAR Center for Advanced Technology, in collaboration with University Communications, the Office of the Vice Provost of Research and the Department of Communication at Cornell University.

Sponsored by the Cornell Center for Life Science Enterprise, a NYSTAR Center for Advanced Technology, in collaboration with University Communications, the Office of the Vice Provost of Research and the Department of Communication at Cornell University.

The focus of his current research is on synthetic biology, and the intersection between genomics and environmental and energy policy.

Venter delivered a public lecture at Cornell on November 17, 2008 in Kennedy Hall's Call Auditorium.

The site, which offers college students downloadable coupons for discounts at local businesses, was the winning idea in Entrepreneurship@Cornell's "The Big Idea" undergraduate business competition.

There's no substitute for experiencing CAU first hand. Get in on the next forty years by planning to join the summer 2009 sessions or by signing up for one or more of the many study tours, domestic and abroad. You can visitwww.cau.cornell.edufor full descriptions of the programs. Do come aboard!

Sunday Forum is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities. New episodes air on WVBR 93.5 FM at 6:30 PM on the first Sunday of each month.

She was joined by panelists Stephen Ceci, Cornell professor of developmental psychology, and Norbert Schwarz, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan.

East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities.

Ferry has won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, the Bingham Poetry Prize from Boston Book Review, the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry and was a finalist for The New Yorker Book Award and the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award.

Ferry read from his work on Nov. 20, 2008, in Cornell's AD White House. The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's fall 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

Baker is a Cornell alumnus who served as the Undersecretary of Commerce/Administrator of NOAA during the Clinton Administration and presently serves as Director of the Clinton Foundation's Global Carbon Measurement Program.

This seminar is the third in a series of seminars attempting to shed light on sustainability, environmental science, and policy. The series is co-sponsored by Cornell's Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Center for a Sustainable Future, and Shoals Marine Laboratory.

Baker spoke Nov. 18, 2008 at Kennedy Hall.

Dr. Hunter Rawlings III has built an impressive record as a professor of classics and administrator at the University of Colorado, Iowa University and, most recently, at Cornell. As the 10th President of Cornell University, and interim President from 2005-2006, he strengthened the school's commitment to academic excellence and shaped Cornell into much of what we know and love today.

The Last Lecture series is sponsored by the Mortar Board National Honor Society chapter at Cornell.

Byfield received her PhD in 1993 from Columbia University where she focused on African and Caribbean histories and cultures. Her first book, "The Bluest Hands: A Social and Economic History of Women Indigo Dyers in Western Nigeria, 1890-1940," examined the indigo dyeing industry in Abeokuta, a Yoruba town in western Nigeria.

The panelists were:

• Paul Morris, vice president of sustainable planning and development, Cherokee
• Michael Dean, vice president and chief sustainability officer, Turner Construction Company
• Dick Booth, professor, city and regional planning department, Cornell University
• Jack Elliot, association professor, design and environmental analysis department, Cornell University

The panel was part of the Defining Sustainable Development: Land Use, Climate Change, and Water Resources conference on Nov. 7, 2008 in the Mancuso Ampitheater.

Martella, a Cornell alumnus, served as the general counsel of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, concluding 10 years of litigating and handling complex environmental and natural resource matters at the Department of Justice and EPA. He is currently a partner in the Environmental Practice Group at Sidley Austin LLP.

Martella spoke at the Defining Sustainable Development: Land Use, Climate Change, and Water Resources conference on Nov. 7, 2008 in the Mancuso Ampitheater.

Poticha spoke at the Defining Sustainable Development: Land Use, Climate Change, and Water Resources conference on Nov. 7, 2008 in the Mancuso Ampitheater.

Cornell professors David Feldshuh and Steven Stucky discussed these and other questions Oct. 18, 2008 at the Statler Hotel Amphitheater.

Antonio Bento uses this quote to start his examination of the pressing needs for fossil fuels and the costs and environmental consequences of federal and state ethanol subsidies.

Bento is an associate professor in Cornell's Department of Applied Economics and Management. Most of his research lies at the boundaries of environmental, energy, urban, and public economics, and uses state-of-the-art econometric and computable general equilibrium methods, as well as geographical information (GIS) tools.

Bento graduated from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, with a B.A. in economics in 1996 and earned a Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of Maryland in 2000. Prior to joining Cornell, he was a faculty member at the Donald Bren School of Environmental Sciences and Management and the Department of Economics at the University of California-Santa Barbara and, more recently, at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. He has also been a consultant to the research division of the World Bank.

Speakers:

• Leon V. Kochian, Director, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health
• Stephen Kresovich, Vice Provost for Life Sciences, Cornell University
• Antoinette A. Betschart, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Research Service
• Gale Buchanan, Undersecretary of Research, Education and Economics, USDA
• Congressman Maurice Hinchey, 22nd District of New York (Keynote Address)

Holley was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1968 for unraveling the genetic code of ribonucleic acid (RNA). His legacy and vision will be further supported by a new $40 million building. When completed, the building will serve as the home to Agricultural Research Service scientists and a center for cutting-edge research studies and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Schutt received his Ph.D. in Zoology from Cornell in 1995. He read from his book and answered questions about mites, ticks and bats on Nov. 14, 2008 at The Cornell Store.

Not a worship service, more than a lecture, Sage Wednesdays allows for the expression of a public philosophy and public theology and consideration of the personal pursuit of meaning and purpose. The series provides an opportunity to reflect upon and discuss the important issues of our time, creating the space for scholarly exploration and spiritual meditation.

Dr. Dwight N. Hopkins is professor of theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School and has authored numerous books on race and black theology. Hopkins is a Communications Coordinator for the International Association of Black Religions and Spiritualities, a Ford Foundation sponsored project that unites delegates from 14 countries. He is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

Hopkins spoke on Oct. 29, 2008 in Sage Chapel as part of the Sage Wednesday series.

Not a worship service, more than a lecture, Sage Wednesdays allows for the expression of a public philosophy and public theology and consideration of the personal pursuit of meaning and purpose. The series provides an opportunity to reflect upon and discuss the important issues of our time, creating the space for scholarly exploration and spiritual meditation.

Panelists:

• Robert C. Andolina, visiting senior lecturer of finance and former managing director at Lehman Brothers
• David Easley, Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Sciences
• Elizabeth Sanders, professor of government

The event was organized by the Cornell International Affairs Review.

Hayes read from his work on Oct. 30, 2008, in Cornell's Goldwin Smith Hall. The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's fall 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

During her Oct. 24, 2008 visit to Cornell, Cohen-Solal invited debate about Sartre's complex relationship with the U.S., his role in the 1965 Cornell Conference and his relevance today in the context of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign.

The event was co-sponsored by the Cornell French Society and the Cornell International Affairs Review.

So said planetary scientist Jeff Taylor, astronomy professor at the University of Hawaii and the 2008 recipient of the Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science, during his public lecture "Lunar Settlements, Lunar Science," Oct. 12. He was speaking to a Bailey Hall audience of local space enthusiasts and scientists visiting Ithaca for the 40th Division of Planetary Science Meeting.

Introduction by "science guy" Bill Nye '77.

The conference was held December 9, 2008 in Kennedy Hall. Speakers included:

• Dr. Loren

  Tauer, chair, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

• Dr. Steven Kyle, associate professor, Applied

  Economics and Management, Cornell University

• Todd Schmit, associate professor, Applied

  Economics and Management, Cornell University

• Sam Simon, president, Hudson Valley Fresh
• Patrick Hooker, New York Commissioner of Agriculture

This video was produced by eClips.

The conference was held December 9, 2008 in Kennedy Hall. Speakers included:

• Dr. Loren

  Tauer, chair, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

• Dr. Steven Kyle, associate professor, Applied

  Economics and Management, Cornell University

• Todd Schmit, associate professor, Applied

  Economics and Management, Cornell University

• Sam Simon, president, Hudson Valley Fresh
• Patrick Hooker, New York Commissioner of Agriculture

This video was produced by eClips.

The conference was held December 9, 2008 in Kennedy Hall. Speakers included:

• Dr. Loren

  Tauer, chair, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

• Dr. Steven Kyle, associate professor, Applied

  Economics and Management, Cornell University

• Todd Schmit, associate professor, Applied

  Economics and Management, Cornell University

• Sam Simon, president, Hudson Valley Fresh
• Patrick Hooker, New York Commissioner of Agriculture

This video was produced by eClips.

In the College of Human Ecology, more than one third of undergraduates conduct research, either independently under the guidance of faculty mentors, or directly on faculty research teams. And the number of students conducting research continues to grow, because Human Ecology is committed to the integration of research methods, principles and outcomes into the delivery of its academic mission.

In the College of Human Ecology, more than one third of undergraduates conduct research, either independently under the guidance of faculty mentors, or directly on faculty research teams. And the number of students conducting research continues to grow, because Human Ecology is committed to the integration of research methods, principles and outcomes into the delivery of its academic mission.

Pinstrup-Andersen's Sept. 10, 2008 lecture in Emerson Hall was cosponsored by the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD), the Program in International Nutrition, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences.

The new graduates will head into a global job market that is very different from previous ones, said Skorton in his address to the graduates. But the skills and attributes they have learned at Cornell, he said -- particularly the abilities to think critically, to be creative, and to respect other cultures and views -- will serve them well wherever they go.

The event was sponsored by Cornell's Office of Workforce Diversity, Equity and Life Quality and the Department of Military Science at Cornell.

In the College of Human Ecology, more than one third of undergraduates conduct research, either independently under the guidance of faculty mentors, or directly on faculty research teams. And the number of students conducting research continues to grow, because Human Ecology is committed to the integration of research methods, principles and outcomes into the delivery of its academic mission.

In the College of Human Ecology, more than one third of undergraduates conduct research, either independently under the guidance of faculty mentors, or directly on faculty research teams. And the number of students conducting research continues to grow, because Human Ecology is committed to the integration of research methods, principles and outcomes into the delivery of its academic mission.

East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities.

Ms. Arbour was the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2004 to 2008 and serves on the Boards of the International Crisis Group and of the Human Rights Watch. Shie is known as a principled and outspoken champion for human rights. Ms. Arbour, a former Supreme Court judge in Canada, was the chief prosecutor of the United Nations tribunals for war crimes in Yugoslavia and Rwanda from 1996 to 1999.

Ms. Arbour is the 2008 Bartels World Affairs Fellow.

Hamilton spoke on Oct. 1, 2008 in Sage Chapel as part of the Sage Wednesday series. Music performed by the Cornell University Chamber Singers.

Not a worship service, more than a lecture, Sage Wednesdays allows for the expression of a public philosophy and public theology and consideration of the personal pursuit of meaning and purpose. The series provides an opportunity to reflect upon and discuss the important issues of our time, creating the space for scholarly exploration and spiritual meditation.

Taking part in the Nov. 10 debate in Kennedy Hall were:

• Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate professor of history at the University of Michigan
• Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution
• Lakhdar Brahimi, A.D. White Professor-at-Large and former special adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Ra'id Juhi Hamadi Al-Saiedi, former chief investigative judge of the Iraqi High Tribunal and the Cornell Law School's first Clarke Middle East fellow
• Moderated by Fredrik Logevall, Cornell University

This event is part of the Lund Critical Debate series and organized by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

In this lecture, Sheila Danko, professor of design and environmental analysis in the College of Human Ecology, uses case studies to examine the design process, including the inclusive, participatory methods employed by The Adams Group in their design of First Ward Elementary School in North Carolina.

DEA 1110 focuses on issues of leadership, creative problem-solving, and risk-taking through case study examination of leaders in business, education, medicine, human development, science, and other areas who have made a difference using design as a tool for positive social change.

Lenovo Group recently sponsored computing equipment for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and made headlines around the world in 2004 when it acquired the much-larger IBM Personal Computer Division for $1.25 billion.

The event was sponsored by the ILR School's Program on Globalization and the Workplace.

This lecture is part of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA) 2008-09 Colloquium Series. CIPA offers a two-year program of graduate professional study leading to a master of public administration (M.P.A.) degree.

Not a worship service, more than a lecture, Sage Wednesdays allows for the expression of a public philosophy and public theology and consideration of the personal pursuit of meaning and purpose. The series provides an opportunity to reflect upon and discuss the important issues of our time, creating the space for scholarly exploration, spiritual meditation.

This lecture is part of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA) 2008-09 Colloquium Series.

Wildt was the keynote speaker at "Wildlife Conservation Research at Cornell -- From A to Z (The Arctic to Zambia)," a one-day symposium hosted by the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future.

Cornell Professor David Just discussed these topics along with Jennifer Noble of the Applied Economics & Management Dept. on Oct. 15, 2008 in Ives Hall.

Behrends spoke to Professor Robert Summer's students on Oct. 6, 2008 in Myron Taylor Hall.

Hagglund read from his work during The Cornell Store's book launch on Oct. 2, 2008.

Simic read from his work on October 2, 2008 in Cornell's Goldwin Smith Hall. The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's fall 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

Speakers:

• Opening remarks by Susan Henry, Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University
• Hunter Rawlings, President Emeritus, Cornell University: "Remembering Ray Wu"
• Dr. Ajay Garg, Cornell University: "Feeding the hungry -- Transgenic rice plants tolerant of drought and salt"
• Dr. Junying Yuan, professor of cell biology, Harvard Medical School: "A quest to understand the mechanisms of neurodegeneration"
• Dr. Guoliang Yu, chairman, president and CEO, Epitomics, Inc.: "Discovery and development of monoclonal antibody drugs using RabMAb technology"
• Dr. Ning Wei, principle investigator, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University: "The COP9 Signalosome: A regulator of protein degradation and gene expression in plants and animals"

The concert coincided with the 40th annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS), held on the Cornell University campus.

From the nation's economic crisis and its bloated budget deficit to the crises in health care and foreign policy, four Cornell professors agreed that Obama's reform agenda faces daunting challenges. The problems also include working with wounded Republicans, frustrations from the inherent complexities of the nation's woes and the glacial pace of Congress.

Taking part in the post-election panel discussion Nov. 5 in Goldwin Smith Hall, were:

• Richard Booth, professor of city and regional planning
• Ted Lowi, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions
• M. Elizabeth Sanders, professor of government
• Joel Silbey, the President White Professor of History Emeritus

The event was presented by Cornell in Washington.

Krasner's lecture is part of the Einaudi Center's Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series.

Litvin specializes in modern Arabic drama and political culture. Her book manuscript,Hamlet's Arab Journey, examines the many reworkings of Shakespeare's Hamlet in postcolonial Egypt, Syria, and Iraq. Her articles and reviews have appeared inCritical Survey, theJournal of Arabic Literature, andShakespeare Bulletin.

Introduction by Shawkat M. Toorawa, associate professor of Arabic literature and Islamic studies at Cornell.

Somerville read from his work on Sept. 18, 2008, in Cornell's Goldwin Smith Hall. The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's fall 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

Eldredge is an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist, who, along with Stephen Jay Gould, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972. Eldredge has devoted his career to examining evolutionary theory through the fossil record, specializing in the evolution of trilobites—a group of extinct arthropods that lived between 535 and 245 million years ago.

Panelists:

• Ryan Lavin '09
• Kat McEachern '09
• Jessica Prue '09
• Nate Schorr '12
• Shane Wax '10

Sunday Forum is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities, co-hosted by Tommy Bruce, vice president for university communications at Cornell, and WVBR news writer Kara Capelli. New episodes air on WVBR 93.5 FM at 6:30 PM on the first Sunday of each month.

Sponsored by Cornell's Center for Teaching Excellence.

East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities.

Although Skorton noted the progress the university has made in its sustainability initiatives and the many tributes Cornell has received in recognition of being a progressive employer, he focused much of his talk on the state of the economy and its impact on Cornell.

HADM 4431 focuses on the pairing and creative marketing of wine and food. Students develop an understanding of regional and varietal wine styles, how food flavors can change a wine's flavor, and the promotion of wine and food.

The concert was made possible by a grant from the David R. and Patricia D. Atkinson Forum in American Studies at Cornell, a program that seeks to bring to campus the best that America has to offer in the arts.

Strauss was joined by Cornell government professors Matthew Evangelista and Peter Katzenstein. The discussion, which was chaired by government professor Jonathan Kirshner, director of the Peace Studies Program, was part of the program's Brown Bag Luncheon Seminar series.

The September 10, 2008 event, held in Cornell's A.D. White House, was hosted by the Cornell International Affairs Review.

Seliy read from her work on September 11, 2008 in Cornell's Goldwin Smith Hall. The event was part of the Creative Writing Program's fall 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

Kakabadze read from his work on September 4, 2008 in Cornell's Goldwin Smith Hall. The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's fall 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

The robot was developed by a team of students working with Andy Ruina, Cornell professor of theoretical and applied mechanics. Unlike other walking robots that use motors to control every movement, the Ranger emulates human walking, using gravity to help swing its legs forward. The goal of the research is not only to advance robotics but also to learn more about the mechanics of walking. The information could be applied to rehabilitation and prosthetics for humans and even to improving athletic performance.

Sharon Dittman is associate director for community relations and the health promotion coordinator at Gannett Health Services. Peggy Matta is director of Cornell's Office of Emergency Planning and Recovery, and Linda Grace-Kobas is senior director for strategic communications in the Division of University Communications.

Guests:

• Peter Saltonstall, owner of King Ferry Winery and maker of Treleaven wines
• Evan Earle, co-curator of an exhibit on the history of wine at Carl A. Kroch Library
• Hans Walter Peterson, head of Cornell Cooperative Extension's Finger Lakes Grape Program

Sunday Forum is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities, co-hosted by Tommy Bruce, vice president for university communications at Cornell, and WVBR news writer Kara Capelli. New episodes air on WVBR 93.5 FM at 6:30 PM on the first Sunday of each month.

Guests:

• Jennifer Dotson, executive director of Ithaca Carshare
• Fernando de Aragón, executive director of the Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council
• David Lieb, Cornell Transportation and Mail Services

East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities.

Guests:

• George Zheng, Code Red Robotics president
• Roger Simpson, Borg-Warner mentor
• Shu Song, Cornell mentor
• Antal Spector-Zabusky, Code Red Robotics member

East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities, hosted by Gary Stewart, assistant director of Government and Community Relations at Cornell.

Guests:

• Judy Pastel, Ithaca City School District superintendent
• Cal Walker, Cornell's outreach liaison to the district
• David Harris, Cornell deputy provost
• Jean McPheeters, Chamber of Commerce president

East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities, hosted by Gary Stewart, assistant director of Government and Community Relations at Cornell.

Guests:

• Gail Holst-Warhaft, director of the Mediterranean Initiative at Cornell's Institute for European Studies
• Ithaca alderman David Cogan
• Amy Samuels, a Cornell Cooperative Extension associate who specializes in watershed issues

Sunday Forum is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities, co-hosted by Tommy Bruce, vice president for university communications at Cornell, and WVBR news writer Kara Capelli. New episodes air on WVBR 93.5 FM at 6:30 PM on the first Sunday of each month.

Not a worship service, more than a lecture, Sage Wednesdays allows for the expression of a public philosophy and public theology and consideration of the personal pursuit of meaning and purpose. The series provides an opportunity to reflect upon and discuss the important issues of our time, creating the space for scholarly exploration and spiritual meditation.

• Tea Obreht
• Jared Harel
• Estella Gonzalez
• Michaela Essl
• Meredith Ramirez Talusan
• Will Cordeiro
• Alexi Zentner
• Justin Robert Souza

Guests:

• Per Pinstrup-Anderson, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy and 2001 World Food Prize laureate
• Ronnie Coffman, professor of plant breeding and genetics, and lead researcher for Cornell's $26 M grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to combat stem rust in wheat
• Ramsey Brous, co-owner of the Ithaca Bakery, where a surcharge has been added to wheat products due to increasing prices and demand around the world
• Jessica Prue, Cornell Senior studying development economics, who is traveling to Bangladesh this summer to work with Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunis at Grameen Bank
• Kathleen M. Dischner, Cornell Cooperative Extension team coordinator of nutrition, health and food safety in Onondaga County, New York

Sunday Forum is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities, co-hosted by Tommy Bruce, vice president for university communications at Cornell, and WVBR news writer Kara Capelli. New episodes air on WVBR 93.5 FM at 6:30 PM on the first Sunday of each month.

Panelists:

• Mark V. Pauly, Bendheim Professor in the Department of Health Care Systems at the Wharton School of Management, University of Pennsylvania
• Kathy Swartz, Associate Professor of Health Economics in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard Medical School
• Alejandro Portes, Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology at Princeton University
• Michael Piore, David W. Skinner Professor of Political Economy at MIT
• John L. Palmer, University Professor, Maxwell School of Public Policy at Syracuse University

Moderator: David Harris, Interim Provost and Vice Provost for Social Sciences at Cornell University

Nanotechnology has been enabling the information revolution with the development of even faster and more powerful devices for manipulation, storing, and transmitting information. In ENGRI 1110, a hands-on course, students learn how to design and manipulate materials to build devices and structures in applications ranging from computers to telecommunications to biotechnology.

Guests:

• Rebecca Sparrow, director of Cornell Career Services
• David Patel, Middle Eastern politics expert and professor of government at Cornell University
• Helene Dillard, director of Cornell Cooperative Extension

Sunday Forum is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities, co-hosted by Tommy Bruce, vice president for university communications at Cornell, and WVBR news writer Kara Capelli. New episodes air on WVBR 93.5 FM at 6:30 PM on the first Sunday of each month.

AEM 2400 is a broad introduction to the fundamentals of marketing in which the components of an organization's strategic marketing program -- including how to price, promote, and distribute goods and services -- are explored.

The lecture was the first event to highlight Cornell's 2008-09 New Student Reading Project, through which first-year students will read and discuss Garry Wills' "Lincoln at Gettysburg."

Guests: Ithaca Deputy Police Lieutenant Timothy Williams, Cornell University Police Captain Kathy Zoner, Cornell Assistant Dean of Students Jennifer Davis, and Senior Week co-chairs Jason Beekman and Linda Yu

East Hill Notes is a monthly talk show on topics of interest to the Cornell and Ithaca communities.

ILRCB 1100 is an introductory survey covering the major changes in the nature of work, the workforce, and the institutions involved in industrial relations from the late 19th century to the present.

Foster is an internationally renowned critic and author of books on post-modernism in art.

The event was sponsored by the School of Criticism and Theory.

Bernstein studies critical theory, modernism in art and philosophy, idealism and embodiment, and ethics.

The event was sponsored by the School of Criticism and Theory.

For Skorton, the most startling statistic that has emerged over the past few years is the demand for a Cornell education among prospective students -- some 33,000 high-school students vied for 3,000 freshman seats this year, a 17 percent increase from two years ago. He attributed this increase not only to Cornell's distinguished faculty, innovative curriculum, teaching excellence, research and socioeconomic diversity, but also to student word-of-mouth and the work of Cornell's communications staff in promoting the university's accomplishments and strengths.

"Now that we have the world's attention, what do we do with it?" Skorton asked. ...more atChronicle Online

Boland read from her work on April 25, 2008, in Cornell's Rockefeller Hall. The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's spring 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

Donna Freitas, assistant professor of religion at Boston University, explores this question from a research perspective. Sponsored by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions.

Now best known as the pioneering biophysicist behind fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and multiphoton microscopy (MPM) -- revolutionary imaging techniques invented in his laboratory -- Watt W. Webb, professor of applied physics and the Samuel B. Eckert Professor in Engineering was joined by colleagues and friends from around the world at a June 16 symposium marking his 80th birthday.

Speakers:

• Daniel R. Larson: Modulation and Measurement of Transcription of Light
• Watt Webb: Tentanda Via Est
• John Silcox: Introduction to Kavli lecture
• Roderick MacKinnon: Ion Channels and Cell Membranes

The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's spring 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's spring 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

Panelists for the Aug. 24 discussion in Barton Hall included:

• Cornell President Emeritus Hunter R. Rawlings III, professor of classics and history, who recently developed a seminar on the classical influences on American constitutional history;
• Ed Baptist, associate professor of history, specializing in the history of slavery, the American South and 19th-century America; and
• Tad Brennan, professor of philosophy, specializing in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy.

Goldsworthy's last message to his students: "You're all in my work. It might not be readily apparent in the surface, but if you look deep enough, you're all in there."

A former specialist on the Middle East and Europe for the U.S. Department of State, Fukuyama called "hard power" -- using traditional military might against other states -- impossible in the Middle East, where few governments are strong enough to control nonstate groups within their own borders. Facing this new reality in many regions of the world, American leaders must focus not only on winning military confrontations, but also on developing the support of populations abroad, Fukuyama said. ...more at Chronicle Online

An April 23 lecture capped the three-year theme project, "Getting Connected: Social Science in the Age of Networks," sponsored by the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell. Faculty members representing the 10-person, interdisciplinary research team described their activities, including new educational initiatives and research directions.

Speakers:

• David Easley (Economics)
• Jon Kleinberg (Computer Science)
• Kathleen O'Connor (Management)
• Michael Macy (Sociology)
• Dan Huttenlocher (Computer Science and Management)

Panelists:

• Nicolas van de Walle, John S. Knight Professor of International Studies
• David Patel, Assistant Professor of Government
• Peter Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International Studies

"Poems, like all art forms, have a physical medium -- a material body that conveys the nonphysical," said Abrams, the Class of 1916 Professor of English Literature Emeritus, to the large audience. "A poem comes into a small physical being only briefly while reading it aloud."

He discussed seven examples of the art of poetry, from Emily Dickinson and W.H. Auden to the late Cornell professor A.R. Ammons. ...more at Chronicle Online

Monosson's book, "Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory," is a collection of personal stories by female scientists and researchers who recall their struggles to juggle family life with their careers.

About half of the undergraduate and roughly 40 percent of graduate degree recipients in science and engineering are women. As increasing numbers of these women pursue research careers in science, many who choose to have children discover the unique difficulties of balancing a professional life in these highly competitive (and often male-dominated) fields with the demands of motherhood. Although this issue directly affects the career advancement of women scientists, it is rarely discussed as a professional concern, leaving individuals to face the dilemma on their own.

To address this obvious but unacknowledged crisis – the elephant in the laboratory, according to one scientist - Monosson, an independent toxicologist, brought together 34 women scientists from overlapping generations and several fields of research – including physics, chemistry, geography, paleontology, and ecology, among others – to share their experiences.

The founding father's words are on display in the Cornell Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections' newest exhibition, "Song of the Vine: A History of Wine." To mark the exhibit's opening, author Thomas Pinney lectured Cornell alumni on the history of wine in America June 5 in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium.

Pinney, author of the two-volume "A History of Wine in America," took his audience through the turbulent journey of the American viticulture industry. "The story of wine in America has a very simple theme," he said. "You might call it overcoming difficulties." ...more at Chronicle Online

"There's only a handful of really solid college humor magazines publishing, mostly from the Ivies," Green said. "Because of the Internet and TV and movies and DVDs, print is kind of dying. And because of a lot of things happening like shootings on campuses, it's clear that a lot more humor is needed." ...more at Chronicle Online

The reason? A sharp falloff in advertising in print media. In response, the NSF is "trying lots of new things," said Nesbit, speaking at the second annual Public Engagement and Science Communication Symposium at Cornell, May 13. His goal is to fill the science media gaps using creative approaches on the Internet, radio and television.

By mapping the developing brain cells in newly hatched midshipman fish larvae and comparing them to other species, Andrew H. Bass, Cornell professor of neurobiology and behavior, with colleagues Edwin Gilland of Howard University and Robert Baker of New York University, found that the neural network behind sound production in vertebrates can be traced back through evolutionary time to an era long before the first animals ventured onto dry land.

Bass spoke to the media at a press conference, July 17. The research is published in the July 18 issue of the journal Science.

"Dr. Shi is one of China's most influential and visionary individuals," said Professor Annelise Riles, Clarke Program director. "He is at the forefront of imagining what China's capitalist future should become. His ideas about how market reforms can coexist with, and even foster social justice, have wide relevance beyond China to other developing nations, and even to developed nations such as our own."

Shi's lecture served as the keynote presentation for the two-day Clarke International Consortium on Law and Social Justice in Emerging Markets.

Skorton encouraged audience members to consider that tiny differences often separate the powerful from the powerless, stressing what he called the "non-linearity" or unpredictability of life. ...more at Chronicle Online

"The global temperature is currently three-quarters of a degree higher than it was during pre-industrial times," said Lovejoy, a conservation biologist presenting the talk, "Climate Change: Prospects for Nature," as part of the museum's Earth Day celebrations. However, with the current concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, we are already committed to an equal amount of temperature increase -- even if we stop increasing greenhouse gases today."

Lovejoy is credited with putting the plight of rain forests on the world's radar in the early 1980s and for coining the term "biological diversity." He founded the PBS series "Nature" and has advised the World Bank and United Nations on biodiversity issues. He also directed the World Wildlife Fund from 1987 to 1998.

A one-and-a-half degree increase in global temperature will be enough to cause significant negative effects on a variety of plant and animal species, said Lovejoy, now the president of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.

Cornell's Project BudBreak, created by David Weinstein, a Cornell senior research associate in natural resources, uses the power of citizen scientists to gather wide-ranging data about the timing of flower, leaf and fruit development and leaf drop, among other measurements, in common native trees and herbaceous plants in central New York.

The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's spring 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

While Cornell continues to be a world-renowned "powerhouse in science and in technology and in engineering," the university "also excels and is a model of the centrality of the humanities and the arts in a research university," he said. ...more at Chronicle Online

In his April 22 talk, "Counter Terror with Justice: The Dispatches of Terror and the Axis of Evil," at the Cornell Law School," Zia-Zarifi discussed his experience as an international lawyer and human rights activist working in Iraq and Afghanistan, both shortly after Sept. 11, 2001 and after the invasion of Iraq.

Presenting images of mass graves and looted buildings in Iraq as well as unexploded ammunition and cluster bombs in Afghanistan, Zia-Zarifi discussed the insufficiency of "state-centric" international law and human rights law in holding non-state actors accountable for human rights violation.

Additional gallery space in the museum will put more of the Johnson's collection on display, and offices located in the current building will move to the new wing, freeing up still more space, said Ira Drukier '66, M.Eng. '67, chair of the museum's advisory council and a noted art collector.. He characterized the museum as a sanctuary. "It's a place to come and just look at great works of art in an environment that is itself a great work."

Cornell President David Skorton said the addition is in line with architect I.M. Pei's original vision for the museum. Galleries and other facilities will be located largely underground and extend north from the original structure, "thus complementing and completing the original structure," Skorton said.

The roots of the current crisis in Kenya go deeper than the disputed election, in which the incumbent president was declared the winner over the top opposition leader, despite widespread evidence of vote rigging, forum panelists noted. Increased distrust in the government has only escalated ethnic tensions.

In an attempt to stop violence, Kenyan lawmakers approved a power-sharing deal agreement between the country's two main political parties. However, it remains uncertain how well the parties themselves will cooperate in a coalition government.

Kenyan panelist Philip Rodi Otieno said he does not see the new power coalition as enough to encourage Kenyans to return home. Otieno, who has chaired several panel discussions on Kenyan issues at Cornell, said that a strong push toward ethnic co-existence in Kenya is essential.

Sears graduated from Cornell in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in human development and family studies, and went on to get a law degree from Emory University and a master's degree in the appellate judicial process from the University of Virginia. She was elected to the Superior Court of Fulton County in 1988 and became the first woman and youngest person ever to serve on the Georgia Supreme Court when she was appointed to the seat in 1992. She is also the first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Court

Attendees of the event were welcomed by alumnus David Abrahams HE '76, MS '01, PhD '04, who develops programs at the Integrated Life Center in Atlanta, a non-profit behavioral health care organization. Charles J. Brainerd, Professor of Human Development and Coordinator of the Law, Psychology, and Human Development Program, introduced Chief Justice Sears.

Zinni, a former commander in chief of U.S. Central Command, gave his first public talk, billed as "The New World Order," as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of 1956 Professor in Kennedy Hall's Call Auditorium April 15.

In a swift and personalized summation of recent history, from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the final year of the Bush administration, Zinni discussed globalization, the emergence of non-state entities and movements -- both good and bad -- the rise of the information age, climate change, global diasporas and the advent of failed states in a hostile environment. This 12-minute tour de force brought him to the meat of his presentation -- making sense of the comprehensive change the world has undergone since 1989. The post-Cold War "peace dividend" never panned out, said Zinni, and "the new world order" is emerging as complex and volatile, requiring a nuanced understanding.

Skorton addressed the Class of 2008 -- and their friends, families, teachers and mentors -- in Schoellkopf Stadium on a postcard-perfect Commencement morning Sunday, May 25.

A sometime poet, Skorton began his speech -- perhaps with a nod to Convocation speaker writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou -- with verse describing the "University" as "a way to future … A chance for courage … A call to action."

Expanding on this theme, he noted that Cornell has long recognized the importance of both theoretical and applied learning, but equally vital is the university's ability to instill and cultivate a sense of social responsibility in students, faculty and staff.

Produced by Vishnu Ravi, Arts and Sciences '08 and Hekmat Alrouh, WCMC-Q '10.

The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's spring 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's spring 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's spring 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's spring 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

This Cornell Cinema event was made possible with the generous support of the Atkinson Forum in American Studies.

His allegiance is to Liverpool Football Club (L.F.C.)—with 18 league championships and five European Cup titles, the most successful club in English football history. Wearing an L.F.C.-worthy red shirt, Farred—a professor of English and Africana studies who joined the Cornell faculty last fall—shared his lifelong love of his team at the Cornell Store March 28, reading from his recent memoir, "Long Distance Love: A Passion for Football" (Temple University Press). ... more fromChronicle Online

This lecture was recorded as part of the Provost's Series, which offers the Cornell community the chance to watch videos of lectures by renowned authors, professors and public figures throughout the academic year.

Richardson is the Floyd R. Newman Professor of Physics, senior science advisor to the President and Provost, and director of the Kavli Institute at Cornell. His collaborative research with David M. Lee and Douglas D. Osheroff led in 1971 to the discovery that helium-3, a rare isotope of helium, can be made a superfluid, that is, flow without resistance at temperatures close to absolute zero. The importance of this discovery, which has transformed research in low-temperature physics, was recognized in 1976 with the awarding of the Sir Francis Simon Memorial Prize in Low-Temperature Physics by Britain's Institute of Physics, and in 1981 with the Oliver E. Buckley Solid State Physics Prize from the American Physical Society. In 1996 Richardson, Lee, and Osheroff shared the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Richardson's 30 years of teaching college physics culminated in his co-authoring of College Physics with Alan Giambattista and Betty Richardson (McGraw-Hill, 2003).

In an Earth Day speech in Ithaca High School's Kulp Auditorium to members of local service-based organizations such as the Kiwanis Club and Lions Club, Skorton outlined some of the university's efforts to become a more sustainable and open institution. ... more fromThe Ithaca Journal

She was speaking on a panel of five Cornell professors and administrators on "American's Original Sin: Obama, Race, Religion and Politics" before several hundred people in Sage Chapel, March 27. ... more fromChronicle Online

Robert Duke, professor of music and human learning at University of Texas-Austin, explains how learning theory can be leveraged to design more effective instruction and motivate students.

Introduction by Carl D. Hopkins of Cornell's Department of Neurobiology and Behavior.

The University Lecture fund was first endowed at the beginning of the twentieth century by Goldwin Smith, a distinguished historian of English birth who, in Nathaniel Hawthorne's phrase, wanted to "open an intercourse with the world."

"Someone has told me Cornell is just a little left of center, for the most part, so I know the Q and A is going to be a whole lot of fun," quipped the former governor of Arkansas during his April 15 visit.

He was right. Huckabee's casual, self-effacing demeanor brought levity to a near-capacity audience of 1,200 in Bailey Hall, for a talk titled "In God We Trust: The Role of Faith in Politics." ... more fromChronicle Online

The CCC comprises representatives from Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins-Cortland Community College and meets regularly to discuss shared interests and challenges.

"Anyone who talks a lot will make a mistake," said Al-Sa'edi, now Cornell Law School's first Clarke Middle East Fellow, at his first public lecture, given March 24 in the law school. ... more fromChronicle Online

Brunetto Latino (1220-1295) was a Florentine politician and diplomat who sided with the democratically inclined Guelph faction against the Ghibellines. He is famous for his brief poem Tesoretto (of which Cornell University Library possesses a fifteenth-century manuscript copy) and Li Livres dou Tresor, a philosophical compendium under considerable influence from Antiquity, written during his exile in France between 1260 and 1266.

Both the Tesoretto and Li Livres dou Tresor (translated into Italian) were significant influences on Dante Alighieri in his composition of the Commedia, and scholars view the older writer as an important mentor of the great poet. Nonetheless, Dante encounters Brunetto in the fifteenth canto of the Inferno.

Speaking in the Statler Auditorium, Queen used humor, anecdotes and reminiscences of her childhood and parenting experiences to bring her message home: "You are good stuff."

Queen is known throughout the United States, Canada and Australia as a dynamic lecturer who has developed many innovative programs in the areas of stress reduction, humor, children's wellness and self-esteem. This was her second appearance at Cornell's Humor Day; she first spoke here 15 years ago.

In a candid interview with USA Today reporter David Lieberman, Chenault shared thoughts on success, leadership and business strategies with a capacity audience in Statler Auditorium during the USA Today CEO Forum, hosted jointly by the Johnson School and the School of Hotel Administration. ... more fromChronicle Online

In this segment:

1. Poverty Reduction as a Tool to Achieve improved Health and Freedom from Hunger in SSA

   Christopher Barrett

2. The Impact of Poor Health and Nutrition on Labor Productivity, Poverty and Economic Growth in SSA
   

   David Sahn

3. The Interaction between HIV/AIDS and the Food System in SSA

   Stuart Gillespie

McGrath describes himself as an ordinary person effecting significant change. But, he noted in a lecture in Goldwin Smith Hall March 12, it is now cluster bombs, not landmines, that are killing civilians indiscriminately.

Speaking about civil society's role in prohibiting indiscriminate weapons, McGrath said that cluster ordnance can be dropped from planes or delivered by artillery shells or missiles and that they often fail to explode upon impact, posing the same threat to civilians as landmines. In fact, landmines have been used less and less since the Mines Advisory Group and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which McGrath founded, successfully pressured many governments to ban them. But cluster munitions can be worse, McGrath said, because they are usually fired with little precision, spreading ordnance over a wide area.

McGrath said that it is the duty of "civil society" to force governments to end the use of cluster munitions as well. The term, he said, refers to all of the citizens of a democracy, politically engaged or not, who bear the privilege and responsibility of influencing their government's policy.

Despite sincere relief efforts from the United Nations, the World Bank and other global organizations, more than 2 billion people continue to live on less than $2 a day. Through educational outreach, American universities can have a positive impact on these global issues, Skorton said.

The Global University Initiative, a concept of university-inspired global outreach, goes beyond study abroad programs to establish international research programs, inter-institutional collaborations and university branches abroad.

"Universities are among the most important assets, if not the most important asset, worldwide for improving personal, institutional and societal capacity and thereby permitting innovation and change," Skorton said.

With peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians now suspended, he sees the future of the Palestinians as dependent on U.S. and other foreign intervention. "I believe that the two-state solution is the way out," he said. ... more fromChronicle Online

The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's spring 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

They were praised by civil rights leader Vincent Harding, who, following their overviews of their work, delivered the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture. The students' example, he said, made him hopeful about the nation's future. ...more fromChronicle Online

This raucous celebration before Lent brings together the many different samba schools who compete in a fierce competition of music, costume, and theater with thousands of participants.

The samba school that chose a science theme was an unusual and successful entry. Among the players were: Einstein, played by popular actor Carlos Palma, who drove a fabulous float of clock-faces; androids doing the samba down the avenida; and Hoffmann, posing as Santos Dumont, Brazil's father of aviation who conquered the air with dirigible balloons.

Cinematographer, Steadicam operator, Editor: Bob Stuart

Music Credits: "Sugar We're Goin' Down," Fall Out Boy; "The Woman on the Screen," Boris

Restrepo, the first Latin American woman writer appointed as a Cornell A.D. White Professor-at-Large, discussed "Authors in Search of the Child They Were: On Memory and Origin" in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium. The author of seven novels, including "Delirium" in 2004, Restrepo discussed the memory of childhood as an important experience that offers us some hidden information about our lives. She described writing about children as an experience of diving into time, life and words and rhythm.

• Laura Restrepo
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In this segment:

1. Introduction by Muna Ndulo and Per Pinstrup-Andersen
2. The Nutritional Situation in SSA and Progress towards Achieving MDG 1 for Hunger Alleviation by Derrill Watson
3. Major Disease Burdens for SSA and their Interaction with the Food Systems by Onesmo Ole-Moi-Yoi
4. Strengthening the Role of Women in the Food Systems in SSA to Achieve Nutrition and Health Goals by Speciosa Wandira

Darwin Day is an annual international commemoration of the birthday and ideas of Charles Darwin, a British naturalist born Feb. 12, 1809, and author of the seminal book "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection."

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Their faculty leader, Monroe Weber-Shirk, accompanies a group of AguaClara students to the Central American country every year to tour existing and potential water plant sites, as well as interact with the people they are working with.

This year's AguaClara team visited Honduras during the end of winter break, Jan. 4-20. On the second week of the trip, Cornell Chronicle writer Anne Ju and University Photographer Lindsay France joined the group in Honduras to document their travels.

• Cornell NanoScale Facility
• Craighead Research Group

• PhysicsCentral nanobowl contest

On Feb. 22, 2007, Skorton signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (PCC) following heavy lobbying by the student environmental group Kyoto Now!

At the panel discussion held Feb. 13 in the A.D. White House, an overflow audience listened to Peter Katzenstein and Hubert Zimmerman, both Cornell professors of government and members of CIAR's board of advisers, discuss "Global Politics: Will Regions Count in the 21st Century?"

"This is a critical moment for international affairs," said Luis-François de Lencquesaing '10, vice president of CIAR, who introduced the two professors. Both addressed the international power of Europe as a region and the individual nation-states constituting the European Union.

... more fromChronicle Online

• Cornell International Affairs Review

This relationship was brought to life Feb. 11 in Cornell's Uris Auditorium, in "Re:Design," a dramatization of those letters. The event was the kickoff to a weeklong series of events at Cornell and in Ithaca to celebrate Darwin Day, a commemoration of the scientist's birthday, Feb. 12, 1809, and his ideas. ... more fromChronicle Online

• Darwin Days

Despite the keenly expressed opinions and the good-humored rhetorical clashes, Peter Katzenstein, professor of international studies, declared, "Even with the fighting among us, what unites us is the good fight."

Panelists:

• Peter Katzenstein, international studies
• Daniel Huttenlocher, computer science
• Fredrik Logevall, history
• Susan McCouch, plant breeding and genetics
• Ralph Nachman, associate dean of clinical research at Weill Cornell Medical College
• Maureen O'Hara, management
• Eswar Prasad, applied economics and management

Cornell Provost Carolyn "Biddy" Martin moderated the discussion among the participants.

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At the Dec. 18 Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference hosted by Cornell's Department of Applied Economics and Management, Thomas Maloney, Cornell senior extension associate in applied economics and management, detailed the effect that illegal workers have on the U.S. economy. Focusing on agriculture in New York state, Maloney said the contributions that migrant workers make in the agriculture industry are significant.

At the Dec. 18 Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference hosted by Cornell's Department of Applied Economics and Management, Craig Regelbrugge, vice president of government relations and research for the American Nursery and Landscape Association, detailed the importance of the immigration issue for agriculture.

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Artist Jeni Wightman, M.S. '02, brought the worlds of art and science together with her exhibit, "Visualizing Meaning" which inaugurated the new Mann Library gallery on Sept. 9, 2007. The installation focuses on creating domestic sculptures from scientific data and theories. Using feedback from 1,943 Cornell faculty members, Wightman converted scientific graphs, maps and diagrams into household items such as blankets and rocking chairs to allow visitors to change their perceptions of science from a separate and detached experience to one they can touch and feel. The project, which was on display in Mann Gallery from Sept. 9 to Oct. 1, was funded in part by a grant from the Cornell Council for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts and a generous gift made to the library by Nellie E. Corson.

Take our video tour of campus to find out what makes the Cornell experience unique and learn more about the admissions process.

On Nov. 7, 2007, Cornell Professor of Science Communication Bruce Lewenstein presented a talk entitled "Imagination in Science," which

examined the work of three classic popularizers -- Jacques Cousteau, Jacob Bronowski and Carl Sagan -- to explore the variety of how imagination in science has been presented to the public.

Excerpts of remarks by Cornell President David Skorton, Provost Carolyn (Biddy) Martin and current Senior Class President Vincent Hartman '08 with interviews of graduates.

"Technology and Engineering Strategy" in Philips Hall on Nov. 28. The talk, sponsored by the Cornell Engineering Alumni Association, was

part of their Enterprise Engineering Colloquium, a series of talks open to the public that bring distinguished lecturers to discuss

engineers' involvement in the work of business and other enterprises.

Related information:
• Ray Johnson Bio(PDF)
• Cornell Enterprise Engineering Colloquium information and schedule

Gingerich, professor emeritus of astronomy and the history of science at Harvard, is renowned in his field as a leading authority on the 17th-century German astronomer Johannes Kepler and the 16th-century cosmologist Nicholas Copernicus. Gingerich's work includes the book "God's Universe" and such essays as "Is the Cosmos All There Is?"

The Beggs Lecture is sponsored by Cornell United Religious Work (CURW), the Department of Science and Technology Studies, the Religious Studies Program and Chesterton House, a Christian studies center affiliated with CURW.

Building on the success of its Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series, the Critical Debates in Foreign Policy Series is meant to bring together experts in the field of international studies for scholarly debate around current global issues.

InThe Far Traveler, Nancy Marie Brown employs her remarkable narrative skill to reconstruct the life of the Icelandic

Gudrid (Gurur orbjarnardttir), who gave birth to the first known European child in North America 1000 years ago and later, widowed,

went on pilgrimage to Rome before retiring to a contemplative life in northern Iceland. The book also weaves archaeology, economics, ecology and saga literature into an engaging tapestry of the Norse world in

which women, no less than men, could be important and sometimes

unusual characters.

the Paleontological Research Institution, the talk detailed not only

the effects of rising temperatures on plant growth and ecosystems, but

steps to reduce the buildup of heat-trapping gases.

Dr. Johnson discussed improved energy policy, agricultural practice

and their impact on climate change—topics that he deals with as both

an author and lecturer.

Moses founded the Algebra Project, a program to build math literacy for African-American and other minority students, and is a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor.

The Dec. 2 videoconference drew on his extensive research on sleep. For the first time, Maas was able to see the remote audience and interact with them during a question and answer session following the lecture. With an 8-hour time difference, Qatar students saw the lecture at 5 p.m. their time.

"This multi-media play appeals to all Cornell students who may someday be working in a corporate environment," said Director Magda Romanska, a theatre arts graduate student. Park Doing, author of the play and postdoctoral associate in the Bovay Program for History and Ethics of Engineering, agrees: "Anyone who wants to consider the interaction of science and technology with the social worlds we live in will find this play engaging."

This years' crowd of 1,300 (up from just 500 two years ago) spent their Saturday at over 60 locations in Ithaca and surrounding communities to contribute their labor to help schools, community centers and nonprofit organizations.

As director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, which focuses on the psychology behind what people eat and how often they eat it, Wansink and his team help companies develop "win-win" ways in which they can help people eat more nutritiously and to better control how much they eat. The lab's work has won national and international awards for its relevance to consumers. His research has been widely featured on 20/20, BBC News, The Learning Channel, all news networks, and has appeared multiple times on the front pages of the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

This lecture is part of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions summer events series.

Speakers:

• Andrew G. Clark, Jacob Gould Schurm