Notables

The new PBS television series, "Evolution: A Journey Into Where We're From and Where We're Going," includes a segment on the work of Cornell's Stephen T. Emlen. The J.G. Schurman professor of neurobiology and behavior speaks in the series' fifth episode, "Why Sex?" about fidelity and infidelity in socially monogamous birds, as well as the paradox of sexual selection in reverse, using footage of his research with jacana birds in Panama. The seven-part series begins Sept. 24 on local PBS stations, including WCNY in Syracuse and WSKG in Binghamton. The episode with Emlen's research, together with another episode, "The Evolutionary Arms Race," are scheduled for broadcast on WCNY Sept. 26 beginning at 8 p.m., and repeating Sept 27 at 1 and 4 p.m.

Syed S.H. Rizvi, Cornell professor of food science, has received the 2001 International Dairy Foods Association Research Award in dairy foods processing. He accepted the award in July at the 96th American Dairy Science annual meeting in Indianapolis. Rizvi was recognized for his research on bio-separation processes, extrusion and the physical and engineering properties of milk. He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and his work on membrane processing of milk has set new directions in cheese manufacture and whey protein recovery, said the dairy association. The International Dairy Foods Association is a trade organization based in Washington, D.C.