Bill Nye, a.k.a. "The Science Guy," is coming to Cornell as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor, Oct. 12-18. During his stay, Nye will give a free public lecture, "Living on a Speck," Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Statler Auditorium.
Tickets are required for the lecture and will be available beginning today, Oct. 11, on campus at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office, the service centers at Noyes Community Center and the Robert Purcell Community Center and off campus at the Sciencenter, 601 First St., Ithaca.
Other highlights of Nye's visit will include: the opening address at the first universitywide conference on K-12 science, math, engineering and technology outreach, Oct, 13; an address to about 100 alumni on the Mars Surveyor mission with Jim Bell, assistant professor of astronomy, Oct. 13; participation in the community build at Ithaca's Sciencenter (he's on the Sciencenter's board), Oct. 14. He also is scheduled to meet with first-year engineering students; the staffs of the National Science Digital Library and the Center for Materials Research; and classes in mechanical and aerospace engineering, astronomy, design and environmental analysis, and education.
Nye, who will be a Rhodes Class of '56 Professor until 2004, is a 1977 graduate of Cornell's Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He is best known for his weekly, half-hour, Emmy Award-winning shows, "Bill Nye, The Science Guy," which aired on PBS from 1992 to 1998 and are currently being rerun on the Disney Channel.
Recently, Nye has been working on a new book, Bill Nye the Science Guy's Dinosaur Dig, and serving as a consultant with the environmental vehicle division of General Motors Co.
The Rhodes Class of '56 professorships are awarded for a period of one to five years, and appointees are considered full members of the Cornell faculty. The Rhodes professorship program is overseen by the Cornell A.D. White Professors-at-Large Program.
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