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Swing dance with music by the Cornell University Lab Ensembles, March 3, 9 p.m., Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall. Tickets, sold at the door, are $3 for students and $5 for the public.
"Dance Concert 2000," March 9-11 at 8 p.m. and March 12 at 2 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre of the Center for Theatre Arts. For tickets and information call 254-ARTS. See story.exhibits
Open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Telephone: 255-6464.
* "Light Construction: Photo-Sculptures by Doug Prince," through March 5.
* "Revealing Disguise: Building Identity,"
March 4-June 18.
* "Fresh Woods and Pastures New: 17th Century Dutch Landscape Drawings From the Peck Collection," through March 26.
* "The Baroque Landscape," through March 26.
* Family Art-Full Saturday, March 4, 10 a.m.-noon. Discover how theater games and improvisation can make a painting or sculpture come alive. For kids 3 to 10 and an adult learning partner. Free to members/$5 per family for nonmembers.
* Art for Lunch: March 9 at noon, tour "The Baroque Landscape."
* An opening reception for two new exhibitions: "Andy Goldsworthy: In the Museum" and "Revealing Disguise: Building Identity," is March 9, 5-7 p.m.
(M-F, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; 255-9714)
Table designs by students of Paul Eshelman's DEA 102 course, March 5-18.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Jewish Cuban art, through March 11. See story.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., 1-5 p.m.; 255-3530)
"Wordsworth and the Romantic Imagination: A Scholar's Collection," through May 30.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
* Works by Vanessa Domico, through March 3.
* Works by Rebecca Messineo, Lisa Shenouda and Shota Ishii, March 6-10.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-10:30 p.m.)
Mixed media by Erin Bullock, through March 10.Films listed are sponsored by Cornell Cinema and held in Willard Straight Theatre, except where noted, and are open to the public. All films are $4.50 ($4 for students, kids 12 and under and seniors), except matinees, $3.50, and CTA Tuesday events, $3. films
"A Moment of Innocence" (1996), directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, with Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Mirhadi Tayebi, 7:15 p.m.
"The Insider" (1999), directed by Michael Mann, with Russell Crowe, Al Pacino and Christopher Plummer, 9 p.m.
"Man on the Moon" (1999), directed by Milos Forman, with Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito and Courtney Love, 7 p.m. See story.
"A Moment of Innocence," 7 p.m., Uris.
"The Insider," 8:50 p.m., Uris.
"Clerks" (1994), directed by Kevin Smith, with Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson and Marilyn Ghigliotti, 10:30 p.m.
"The World Is Not Enough" (1999), directed by Michael Apted, with Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau and Robert Carlyle, midnight, Uris.
"Man on the Moon," 5 p.m.
"Same Old Song" (1997), directed by Alain Resnais, with Pierre Arditi and Sabine Azema, 7:30 p.m.
"The Insider," 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"Clerks," 10 p.m.
"The World Is Not Enough," 10:45 p.m., Uris.
"The Insider," 4:30 p.m.
"The World Is Not Enough," 7:30 p.m.
"My Name Is Ivan" (1962), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with Kolya Burlayaev, 7 p.m.
"Man on the Moon," 9:15 p.m.
"Same Old Song," 7:15 p.m.
The Margaret Mead Traveling Film & Video Festival: "The Cow Jumped Over the Moon" and "Battu's Bioscope" 7:30 p.m., CTA Film Forum.
"The World Is Not Enough," 9:45 p.m.
"Minerva's Machine" (1995), directed by Karen Frenkel, 7:15 p.m.
"Dogma" (1999), directed by Kevin Smith, with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, 9:15 p.m.
"A Visitor From the Living" (1999), directed by Claude Lanzmann, with Maurice Rossel, 7:30 p.m.
"Sleepy Hollow" (1999), directed by Tim Burton, with Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci and Miranda Richardson, 9:15 p.m.graduate bulletin
* Income tax for 1999: For information on your W-2, see the Cornell payroll home page: http://www.univco.cornell.edu/pyroll/. For information on tax issues in general, see the Cornell's Tax Department home page: http://www.univco.cornel.edu/accounting/tax/.
CAUTION: International Students: Do not file your U.S. income tax return until March 18. You may receive a 1042-S form, which will be mailed to you approximately March 15. See the ISSO web site for tax information and times for the tax seminars for international students: http://www.isso.cornell.edu/.
* Commencement information packets: These will be mailed to August 1999 and January 2000 degree recipients. Candidates for May 2000 degrees: Professional Master's degree candidates may obtain packets in graduate field offices; M.A., M.S. and Ph.D. degree candidates may pick up packets at the Graduate School, Caldwell Hall.
* Career Development Office: For Ph.D. and master's students seeking nonprofessorial careers. Office hours with appointment are Tuesdays, 12:30-4 p.m. and Wednesdays, 1-4:30 p.m.; phone 255-5184 for appointment. Walk-in hours are Thursdays, 3-4:30 p.m. and Fridays, 1-2:30 p.m., 325 Caldwell Hall. See http://ww.gradschool.cornell.edu/grad/students/careers.html.lectures
"Africana Studies and Women's/Gender Studies," N'dri Assie-Lumumba, Africana studies and women's studies, March 8, noon, Hoyt Fuller Room, Africana Studies and Research Center, 310 Triphammer Road.
"QuickTime Interactive," George Cook, Apple Computer, March 6, 2 p.m., 100 Caldwell Hall.
"The Legacy of Matthew Shepard," Judy Shepard, Matthew Shepard Foundation, March 7, 8 p.m., Bailey Hall. Free tickets are available at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office, Robert Purcell Community Center and Noyes Community Center service desks and at the Clinton House, 116 N. Cayuga St. See story.
"Off the Playground of Civil Society: The Crisis of Democracy and How Our Higher Education Institutions Can Respond," Harry C. Boyte, University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, March 9, 4:30 p.m., David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
"Formal and Informal Community Structure in Post-Socialist Hungary," David Brown and Kai Schafft, rural sociology, March 6, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Sip by Sip - Restaurateur and Author Reveals Ways to Become Wine Savvy in a Restaurant or Retail Shop," Michael Bonaides, Myriad Restaurant Group, March 8, 7 p.m., 265 Statler Hall. To reserve seats e-mail msl17@cornell.edu.
"Light Construction: Photosculptures by Doug Prince," Doug Prince, guest artist, March 2, 5 p.m., Johnson Museum of Art.
Ted Parker Memorial Lecture: "A Tribute to Ted Parker," J.V. Remsen, Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, March 6, 7:30 p.m., Fuertes Room, Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road.
"Developing Intuition," Joyce Morgenroth, theater arts, March 6, 2:55 p.m., Uris Hall Auditorium.
"Robert Schumann: Cryptographer or Pictographer?" John Daverio, Boston University, March 6, 4:15 p.m., 328 White Hall.
"New York Mosque," Jerrilynn D. Dodds, March 2, 5 p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
"In the Name of Islam: Nationalism and Feminist Politics in Bangladesh," Dina Siddiqi, feminist and gender studies program, March 6, 10 a.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"The Fragmentation of Nationality," David Ludden, University of Pennsylvania, March 6, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Possessed by Foreignness: New Religions, Narcotics and the Specter of Deadly Addiction in Thailand," Rosalind Morris, Columbia University, March 2, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center for Advanced Research, 640 Stewart Avenue.
"Comparative Histories of Southeast Asia," William O'Malley, Title Office of National Assessments, Kingston, Australia, March 9, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Avenue.
"Winter Relaxation Hour," Diane Hecht, who teaches meditation and mind/body classes, March 9, noon, G01 Biotechnology Building.music
* March 3, 8 p.m., Sage Chapel: Organist Jonathan Biggers presents the second recital in a two-semester series, "Bach in Sage 2000," commemorating the 250th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach.
* March 4, 3 p.m., Barnes Hall: Soprano Rebecca Plack Ferguson and pianist Blaise Bryski present a recital with songs by Debussy, Mussorgsky, Wolf and Schoenberg.
* March 4, 8 p.m., Bailey Hall: The Cornell University Wind Ensemble, with conductor Mark Davis Scatterday, presents a program of works by Peter Mennin, Mark Camphouse, Dana Wilson, Sally Lamb and Leonard Bernstein.
* March 5, 3 p.m., Bailey Hall: The Cornell University Symphonic Band, under the direction of conductor David Conn, presents a concert of works by Dello Joio, Chance, Grainger and Curnow.
* March 5, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: An evening of traditional Japanese koto music with guest artist Koko Matsushita.
* March 6, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Thomas Irvine and Geoffrey Govier present an evening of music for viola and fortepiano, featuring works by Mendelssohn, Hummel and Onslow.
* March 9, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Fortepianist Mathew Bengtson performs works by Haydn, Mozart and Schubert.
Venezuelan singer Irene Ferrara will perform Latin American traditional and folk music March 3 at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall Auditorium. The concert will benefit Venezuelan flood relief.
March 5: Mark Erelli will perform. Bound for Glory is broadcast live Sundays from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Anabel Taylor Hall Café. The program airs on WVBR-FM 93.5 and 105.5.reading
Novelist and poet Robert Morgan and poet and essayist Kenneth McClane will read from their works at the first Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading, March 3, 7:30 p.m. Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. See story.religion
Stanley Sears, Unitarian/Universalist Church, will lead the service March 5 at 11 a.m.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Fridays, 7:30 p.m., meet in the lobby of Willard Straight Hall, speakers, open discussion, games and service-oriented activities. Classes, speakers, prayers, celebrations at alternating locations. For more information, call 272-3037 or send e-mail to bahai@cornell.edu.
Ash Wednesday Mass: March 8, 12:20, 5:15 and 7:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium.
Weekend Mass schedule: Sunday, 10 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium.
Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sundays, 4 p.m., G-22 ATH.
Testimony meetings: Tuesday, 7 p.m., G-20 Anabel Taylor Hall. Church services: Sundays, 10:30 a.m., and Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., First Church of Christ, Scientist, 101 University Ave., Ithaca.
Wednesdays, worship and Eucharist, 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
For more information, call 255-4219 or send e-mail to eccu@cornell.edu.
Meeting for Worship, Sundays, 11 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care provided. For rides or directions, call 273-5421.
* Conservative and Reform: Fridays, 5:30 p.m., candle lighting and singing in the lobby of Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by Shabbat services. Saturdays, 9:45 a.m., Conservative services in the Founder's Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Call the Hillel office at 255-4227 for more information.
* Orthodox: Friday, Young Israel House, call 272-5810 for weekly times; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For daily service times, call 272-5810; all daily services are at the Young Israel House.
Sundays, 11 a.m., One World Room (in English), and 1 p.m., chapel (in Korean), Anabel Taylor Hall. Call 255-2250 for more information.
Cornell student branch: Sundays, 9 a.m. Call 272-4520 or 257-6835 for directions and transportation. Basketball on Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
Sunday worship at 10:45 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
St. Luke Lutheran Church, Oak Ave. at College Ave. For information, call 273-6811.
Daily congregational prayer at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Weekly Friday prayer, 1:15-1:45 p.m., One World Room, ATH.
Weekly Halaqa, Friday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 218 ATH.
Mondays at 5:15-6 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Brief instruction followed by silent sitting. For more information, call CURW at 255-4214.
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214.
Sunday service, 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. For more information, call the Protestant Cooperative Ministry at 255-4224.seminars
"Quantum Computation," Lov K. Grover, Bell Labs, March 3, 3:30 p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
"Pulsars in Globular Clusters," Fred Rasio, MIT, March 2, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"Searching for Distant Galaxies: The Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey," Steven Beckwith, STSCI, March 9, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences.
"Genetics and Biochemical Analysis of Mismatch Repair Proteins in DNA Repair and in Genetic Recombination," Eric Alani, molecular biology and genetics, March 3, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Biosensors: Application of Biological and Engineering Principles," Antje Baeumner, ABEN, March 2, 3:35 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
"Transitions From Fundamental Particle Engineering to Gene Therapeutics," Kostas Kostarelos, Weill Medical College of Cornell, March 9, 3:35 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
"Mapping and Sequencing a Human Chromosome: How and Why," Eric Green, National Institutes of Health, March 2, 11 a.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Cardiac Remodeling in the Mouse: Role of the Renin-Angiotensin System," Karen Vikstrom, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, March 7, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, College of Veterinary Medicine.
"Optical Coherence Tomography: Technology and Applications," James Fujimoto, MIT, March 8, 4:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
"Disability and Work: An Event History Analysis," Richard Burkhauser, policy analysis and management, March 7, noon, Faculty Commons, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Plants and Human Health: The Emerging Role of Biotechnology in Food Engineering," Charles Arntzen, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, March 3, 1:30 p.m., B-01 Sage Hall.
"Ventures Into Polymer Synthesis: New Solvents and Mechanisms," Zhibin Guan, DuPont Central Research Experimental Station, March 6, 4 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
"Is Chaos Relevant to Reaction Dynamics?" Laurent Wiesenfeld, California Institute of Technology, March 2, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Uranium Metallocenes: Synthesis and Reactions of Uranium to Element Multiple Bonds," Richard Andersen, University of California at Berkeley, March 9, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Higher Education and Distance Learning in Africa: Deja Vu Mirage or New Opportunity. Does It Matter in the Year 2000?" N'dri Assie-Lumumba, March 3, 1:30 p.m., 211 Kennedy Hall.
"Land and Water Management Extension Program: Current Projects," Deborah Grantham, crop and soil sciences, March 7, 3:30 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Functional Integration and the Evolution of Phenotypic Stability," Kurt Schwenk, University of Connecticut, March 6, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Can We Stop Fatal Heart Rhythms With an Equation? Using Ionic Models to Unravel the Secrets of the Heart," Mark Riccio and Robert Gilmour, biomedical sciences, March 7, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
"An Evolutionary, Phylogenetic and Bottom-Up View of the Role of Predation in Plant-Herbivore Systems," Peter Price, Arizona State University, March 6, 4 p.m., A106 Corson-Mudd Hall.
"National R&D Strategy: An Underappreciated Determinant of Competition," Susan Offutt, U.S. Department of Agriculture, March 9, 1 p.m., 145 Warren Hall.
"Designing Foods to Deliver Pharmaceuticals: A Case Study of Edible Vaccines," Charles Arntzen, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, March 7, 4 p.m., 125 Riley-Robb Hall.
"Fate and Function of Seminal Fluid Proteins in the Mated Drosophila Female," Oliver Lung, March 8, 12:20 p.m., G1 Biotechnology Building.
"Inferences About Hurricanes and Climate From Theory, Modeling and Paleotempestology," Kerry Emmenual, MIT, March 7, 4:30 p.m., 1120 Snee Hall.
"Gardening and the Spirit of Civic Renewal," Scott Peters, education, March 2, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science.
"Use of the World Wide Web and Indian Culture to Teach Students About Ethnobotany," Bindu Ratilal Bhakta, graduate student, March 9, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science.
"How Accurate Is the Self-Targeting Feature of Food for Work?" Christopher Barrett, agricultural, resource and managerial economics, March 2, 12:20 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"Planning Challenges in Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre, Brazil," William Goldsmith, Barbara Lynch and Kenneth Reardon, city and regional planning, March 3, 12:15 p.m., 157 Sibley Hall.
"Globalizacion Cultural: Signos de Utopia y Signos de Alienacion," Martin Hopenhayn, Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean, March 2, 4:30 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Holistic Yield Learning Methodology," Andrzej J. Strowjas, Carnegie Mellon University and PDF Solutions Inc., March 2, 3:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.
"Faceting and Wetting Transitions at Grain Boundaries and Interfaces," John Blendell, NIST, March 9, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Challenges in Bringing New Medical Devices From Inception to Market," David Fischell, Neuropace Inc., March 2, 4:30 p.m., B14 Hollister Hall.
TBA, John Burns, Virginia Tech, March 7, 4:30 p.m., 111 Upson Hall.
"Adherence and Caspase-Medicated Killing of the Host by the Parasite Entamoeba histolytica," William Petri, University of Virginia Health System, March 3, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium.
"Neonatal Hyperinsulinism: From Gene Defects to Clinical Disease," Mark Dunne, Sheffield University, March 6, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Communications for Ecosystem Management: Overcoming Smoky Bear," Susan Jacobson, University of Florida, March 7, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
"`Human Nationalism' or `Inhuman Globalization': Elections, Democracy and the Fading Nation-State in the Middle East," Mark LeVine, Society for the Humanities, March 2, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Single Electron Transfer in Tunnel Junction Circuits," Michel Devoret, Yale University, March 6, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
"Molecular Genetics of Nutrition-Related Traits in Rice," Ping Wu, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, March 7, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Cryptic Species in Fungi," David Geiser, Pennsylvania State University, March 8, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Apple Decays and the Decline of U.S. Agriculture," Dave Rosenberger, Hudson Valley Research Laboratory, March 7, 3:30 p.m., A133 Barton Lab, Geneva.
"Analogy-Making as Perception," Melanie Mitchell, Los Alamos National Lab, March 3, 3:30 p.m., 202 Uris Hall.
"Lessons From Spiders on Silk," David Zax, chemistry and chemical biology, March 9, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.theater
"Points of Arrival," a play about Jean Donovan, one of four church women killed in El Salvador in 1980, March 9, 7 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium. Donations are suggested.miscellany
On March 12, Jean Marie Lacroix, executive chef of the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia, is the featured chef. Dinner is $75 per person, including tax and gratuity. Wine service is an additional $15. All guest chef meals are open to the public and are served at 6 p.m. in the Statler Hotel's Banfi's Restaurant. Call 254-2606 for reservations.
Free training courses in disaster services are offered by the Tompkins County chapter of the American Red Cross. Preregistration is required. To register contact Mike Raffe at the Red Cross at 273-1900, ext. 11, or tompkins@crossnet.org. The classes are at the Tompkins County Red Cross building, 201 W. Clinton St.
* March 5 - Shelter Operations, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
* March 5 - Shelter Simulation, 1:30-5:30 p.m.
* March 11 - Emergency Assistance to Families I, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
* March 23 - Damage Assessment, 6-10 p.m.
* 178 Rockefeller Hall: Sunday, 2-8 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 3:30-5:30 and 7-10 p.m.
* 222 Robert Purcell: Sunday-Thursday,
7-10 p.m.
* 320 Noyes Center: Sunday-Thursday,
7-10 p.m.sports
March 4, at Bucknell (2), noon
March 5, at Bucknell (2), noon
March 3, Dartmouth, 7:30 p.m.
March 4, Harvard, 7:30 p.m.
March 3, at Dartmouth, 7 p.m.
March 4, at Harvard, 6 p.m.
March 4, at Morrisville
March 5, Cornell
March 4-5, IFA Champs at Yale
March 4, Rutgers, Eastern Michigan, Cortland, 1 p.m.
March 3, Yale, 7 p.m.
March 4, Princeton, 7 p.m.
March 4, at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
March 5, at Maine 3 p.m.
March 4, Fairfield, 2 p.m.
March 7, at Colgate, 3:30 p.m.
March 4, Skaneateles, 8:15 p.m.
March 3, Maryland, 7:30 p.m.
March 3-5, ISA Individuals at Williams
March 4-6, USWISRA Individuals at Williams
March 2-4, EISL Champs. at Long Island
March 4, West Virginia 9 a.m.
March 4, Binghamton, 2 p.m.
March 4-5, IC4A Champs. at Boston
March 4-5, ECAC Champs. at Boston
March 3-4, EIWA Champs at Navy