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"The World of Students: What's on Their Minds and Where Do They Live?" Jean Reese, student and academic services, a tour of North Campus residential complex, March 28, 10:35 a.m. Meet at the Community Commons North Star dining room.exhibits
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, on the corner of University and Central avenues, is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Telephone: 255-6464.
* "Art From the Islamic World," through April 7.
* "Reality Reimagined: Photography Since 1950," March 30 through July 14.
* Art for Lunch: April 4 at noon, take in-depth look at Islamic art with Ellen Avril, curator of Asian art.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 1-5 p.m.)
"English Women in the Literary Marketplace1800-1900," through May.
A display of AIDS posters, March 28, noon. Courtesy of Cornell University Health Services.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). Saturday and Sunday matinees are $3.50. films
"ABC Africa" (2001), directed by Abbas Kiarostami, with introduction by Councilor Grace Wanyeki, chair, Kenya AIDS support organization, 7:15 p.m.
"Strange Days" (1995), directed by Kathryn Bigelow, with Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett and Juliette Lewis, 9:30 p.m.
"Life and Debt" (2001), directed by Stephanie Black, with filmmaker Stephanie Black, 7 p.m., Uris.
"Escape of Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story" (2000), directed by Andrea Weiss and Wieland Speck, 7:15 p.m.
"Gaea Girls" (2000), directed by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, 9:15 p.m.
"Ocean's Eleven" (2001), directed by Steven Soderbergh, with George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, 9:45 p.m. and midnight, Uris.
"Gaea Girls," 5 p.m.
"ABC Africa," 7:15 p.m.
"Ocean's Eleven," 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"The Season of Men" (2001), directed by Moufida Tlatli, with Rabia Ben Abdallah and Sabah Bouzouita, 9:15 p.m.
"Strange Days," 9:45 p.m., Uris.
"The Portrait of a Lady" (1996), directed by Jane Campion, with Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich and Barbara Hershey, 2 p.m.
"Life and Debt," 4:30 p.m.
"Ocean's Eleven," 7:30 p.m.
"Calendar" (1993), directed by Atom Egoyan, with Atom Egoyan, Arsinée Khanjian and Ashot Adamyan, 7:30 p.m.
"The Portrait of a Lady," 9:25 p.m.
"Escape of Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story," 7:15 p.m.
"Mulholland Drive" (2001), directed by David Lynch, with Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring and Justin Theroux, 9:15 p.m.
"What Time Is it There?" (2001), directed by Tsai Ming-Liang, with Lee Kang-Sheng and Chen Shiang-Chyi, 7 p.m.
"Vanilla Sky" (2001), directed by Cameron Crowe, with Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz and Cameron Diaz, 9:30 p.m.
"Faat Kiné" (2000), directed by Ousmane Sembene, with Venus Seye, Mame Ndoumbé and Ndiagne Dia, 7 p.m.
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001), directed by Chris Columbus, with Daniel Radcliffe, Richard Harris and Maggie Smith, 9:30 p.m.lectures
The Debye Lectures will be given by Stephen Buchwald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at 4:40 p.m. in 119 Baker Lab: "Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Heteroatom Bond-Forming Reactions," April 2; "Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions," April 3; and "Development of a Practical Process for the Asymmetric Conjugate Reduction of a,b-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds," April 4.
"An Evening With Artist Tony Cokes," Tony Cokes, Brown University, April 2, 7:30 p.m., Schwartz Center Film Forum. Co-sponsored with Cornell Cinema. Read the story.
"Pink Triangles, Black Legends: Fascism and Gay Desire in Spanish and German Literature/Culture," Dieter Ingenshay, Humboldt University, March 28, 4:30 p.m., Guerlac Room, A.D. White House.
"The War of the Models: Egalitarian Europe vs. Unequal U.S.," Richard Freeman, Harvard University, April 4, 4:30 p.m., Guerlac Room, A.D. White House.
"Recent Research on the Agora at Aphrodisias, Turkey," Christopher Ratté, New York University, March 28, 8 p.m., 22 Goldwin Smith Hall.
"Mummies of the Chinese Turkestan," Elizabeth Barber, Occidental College, April 2, 5 p.m., Bache Auditorium, Malott Hall.
"MLK Jr. Memorial Design Competition Entry," Sheila Danko, design, April 1, 2:55 p.m., 155 Olin Hall.
"Ecology and Equity: From Rio 1992 to Johannesburg 2002," Wolfgang Sachs, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, March 28, 5:30 p.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
"Diseases of Animals and Humans Caused by Transmissible Proteins: The Prion and Mad Cow Disease," Edward Scolnick, Merck Research Laboratories, April 3, 7:30 p.m., 200 Baker Lab.
"The Dream of the Gesture: Todd Haynes' Films and the Body of/in Cinema," Marcia Landy, University of Pittsburgh, March 29, 4 p.m., Guerlac Room, A.D. White House. Read the story.music
* March 28, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Cornell's newly acquired 1868 Érard piano will be inaugurated in a concert featuring pianist Xak Bjerken, clarinetist Richard Faria and the Kaleidos Ensemble from Amsterdam. Read the story.
* March 29, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Shashank presents a South Asian Indian flute concert, with B.U. Ganesh Prasad, violin, P. Satish Kumar, mridangam and khanjira, Tripunitura Radhakrishnan, ghatam, and M. Gururaj, moorsing.
* March 30, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: The Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players presents a concert of music composed by four first-year Cornell doctoral students.
* March 31, 3 p.m., Barnes Hall: Classical Indian double bill: Manoranjan Pradhan, Odissi dancer, and Deepak Kumar, North Indian light classical vocalist.
* April 1, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Senior recital: Dee-Pong Lu, piano, presents works by Chopin, Poulenc, Ligeti and Barber.
The Late Nights @ Cornell Spring 2002 series presents "Eclectic Café," March 30, from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., Robert Purcell Community Center, free.
March 31: Heidi Muller will perform. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sunday nights from 8 to 11 from the Café at Anabel Taylor Hall, with live sets at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30. Admission is free; kids are welcome. Listen to Bound for Glory on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.religion
Rev. Dr. Jane Adams Spahr, from That All May Freely Serve, will lead the Easter Sunday service March 31 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.
* Tibetan Buddhist Class, instructed by Ven. Tenzin Gephel, Mondays, 5:30 p.m., 314 Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information contact tg47@cornell.edu or call 255-4214.
* Meditations: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 12:15-1 p.m., Founders Room, ATH.
* Zen Meditation practice is Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Founders Room, ATH.
Masses for Easter Weekend, March 28-31:
* Holy Thursday, March 28, 6 to 11 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Chapel, and 7:30 p.m., ATH Auditorium.
* Good Friday: March 29, 2 to 7 p.m., ATH Auditorium.
* Easter Vigil: March 30, 2 to 7 p.m., ATH Auditorium.
* Easter Sunday: March 31, brunch at 9 a.m., Mass at 11 a.m., Bailey Hall.
Testimony meetings: Tuesday, 7:15 p.m., 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.
Meets every Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Wednesdays, worship and Eucharist, 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., ATH Chapel.
For more information, call 255-4219 or send e-mail to eccu@cornell.edu.
Meeting for Worship, Sunday, 11 a.m., in the Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care provided. For information call 273-5421.
Hindu discussion every Friday at 5 p.m., in 183 Rockefeller Hall.
Weekly religious service is Saturdays at 4 p.m. in the Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by a Gita reading at 5 p.m.
* Conservative and Reform: Fridays, 5:15 p.m., Welcoming in Shabbat with song, in the lobby of Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by a community Shabbat dinner at 6:45 p.m. in the Kosher Dining Hall. Saturdays, 9:45 a.m., Conservative services in the Founder's Room, ATH. 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, ATH. 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.
Campus ministry at St. Luke Church, 109 Oak Ave., in Collegetown, Sundays, 10:45 a.m. and 5 p.m. Midweek Lenten services are Wednesday, 6 p.m. For more information call 273-6811 or e-mail skd5@cornell.edu or rlb8@cornell.edu.
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.
Father Stephen Lilley will lead Vespers followed by discussion, every Monday at 5 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Chapel.
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214.
Sunday service at 11 a.m. in Anabel Taylor Chapel.seminars
"The Role of Tidal Interactions in Star Formation," Richard Larson, Yale University, March 28, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies: Laboratories for Galaxy Evolution Studies," Trinh Thuan, University of Virginia, April 4, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"Nitrogen Pollution in Coastal Ecosystems of the United States: Historical Patterns, Future Trends and Possible Solutions," Robert Howarth, ecology and evolutionary biology, March 29, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Ovarian Cancer Models: The Present and Future," Thomas Hamilton, Fox Chase Cancer Center, April 2, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"National School Board Certification of Teachers: Who Applies and What Determines Success?" Dan Goldhaber, the Urban Institute, Seattle, March 28, 4:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall.
"Impact of Globalization in Third World Economics: Focus on Latin America," Miguel Bonangelino, IMF, Washington, April 4, 4:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall.
"Highlights of 30-Year History in Classical Biological Weed Control," Neal Spencer, USDA/ARS, April 2, 3:30 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"The Late Ordovican Glaciation and Mass Extinction: A New Look at an Old Biospheric Crisis," Mark Patzkowsky, Penn State University, April 2, 4 p.m., 2146 Snee Hall.
"Phenotypic Plasticity in Tadpoles: Trait Changes, Community Consequences and Synergistic Impacts With Pesticides," Rick Relyea, University of Pittsburgh, April 1, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Defects and Mass Transport in Glasses," J.M. Blakely, materials science and engineering; S. Sen, Corning Inc.; S. Mayr, University of Illinois; and C. Umbach, materials science and engineering, March 29, 2:20-4:25 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Morphology and Systematics of Tortoise Beetles (Cassidinae) and Leaf Miners (Hispinae) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)," Caroline Chaboo, entomology, April 1, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Global Tokyo: Youth Culture, Hip Hop and Political Protest," Ian Condry, Harvard University, March 29, 12:15 p.m., 157 Sibley Hall.
TBA, Charles Onwulata, USDA Eastern Regional Laboratory, April 2, 4 p.m., 204 Stocking Hall.
"Trick or Treat? Competitive and Mitigating Effects of Lana Vetch/Winter Rye Intercropped Into Organic Pumpkins," Steve Vanek, horticulture, March 28, 4 p.m., G10 Biotech Building.
"Compost for Nutrient and Disease Management in Vegetable Production," Kamyar Aram, horticulture, April 4, 4 p.m., G10 Biotech Building.
"Global Tokyo: Youth Culture, Hip Hop and Political Protest," Ian Condry, Harvard University, March 29, 12:15 p.m., 157 Sibley Hall.
"Anthropology on Trial: The Yanomami Controversy," Terence Turner, anthropology, April 2, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall. Read the story.
"Starting a New Business with Cornell Technology," Jack Henion, Advion Biosciences, March 28, 4:30 p.m., B14 Hollister Hall.
"Microstructures in Nature: Hagfish Slime, Adenovirus Spikes and Wasp Ovipositors," KennCorwin Gardner, Dupont CR&D, March 28, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"The Pleasure and Pain of Working With Insulators," Donald Baer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, April 4, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"A Fluid/Solid Model for Predicting Slender Body Deflection in a Moving Fluid," Joseph Mollendorf, University of New York, April 2, 4:30 p.m., B11 Kimball Hall.
"SoxR Protein: Controller of an Intersection Between Oxidative Stress and Antibiotic Resistance," Bruce Demple, Harvard University, April 4, 4 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb Hall.
"Phosphoinositide Metabolism and Synaptic Vesicle Recycling," Markus Wenk, Yale University, April 1, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Neuroprosthetics: How to Make Brain Replacement Parts Work," Bill Shain, Wadsworth Center, April 2, noon, G01 Biotechnology Building.
TBA, Amanda Vincent, McGill University, March 28, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Understanding Collective Honeybee Foraging Using Individual-Oriented Modeling," Koos Biesmeijer, neurobiology and behavior, April 4, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"The Many Faces of CLA: A Molecule With Multiple Personalities," Dale Bauman, animal science, April 1, 4 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," Stephen Van Evera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 28, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Life, the Universe and Nothing: The Future of Life in an Expanding Universe," Lawrence Krauss, Case Western Reserve University, April 1, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
"Molecular Characterization of Zn/Cd Hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi Caerulescens," Nicole Pence, plant pathology, March 29, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Intellectual Property Strategies Revisited: What's in it for Plant Breeders Anyway," Anatole Krattiger, Strategic World Initiative for Technology Transfer, April 2, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"The Replant Problem and Its Management," Michael McKenry, University of California, April 3, 123:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Practical and Theoretical Concerns in a (Partially) Visual Ethnography of a Dairy Farm Community," Douglas Harper, Duquesne University, March 29, 3 p.m., 32 Warren Hall.
"New Technologies and Area Studies: The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library and the Study of Culture," David Germano, University Virginia, March 29, 3:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall.
"Introduction to Fragrance Science," Michael Incorvia, International Flavors and Fragrances, April 3, 12:20 p.m., 114 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Transition to Flapping `Flight' In Antarctic Pteropods," Stephen Childress, New York University, March 29, 2:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.symposiums
"HIV/AIDS: Global Problem, Shared Responsibility" will be held March 29-30 in 700 Clark Hall. Read the story.
"Indians' Indians: Presistence and Politics of Display" is the title of a symposium to be held at Cornell April 5 and 6 at the Society fir the Humanities in the A.D. White House. Read the story.
"Innovative Approaches to Outsourcing Explored," April 8-9, is designed for those responsible for campus service enterprises. This professional program offers participants the opportunity to explore innovative approaches to ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of campus services. For more information and to register, contact Strategic Alliances, B20 Day Hall, call 255-7259, e-mail cusp@cornell.edu or visit the web site at http://www.sce.cornell.edu/exec.
The College of Engineering and the Engineering Graduate Student Association (EGSA) are hosting the Second Annual Engineering Graduate Research Symposium on March 29 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Statler Ballroom and Ballroom Foyer. For more information visit the web site at http://www.engr.cornell.edu/sympsium.
A conference titled "The Way They Live Now: The Victorians in the 21st Century" will be held April 4-6:
* April 4: "Rossetti's Goblin Marketing: Sweet to Tongue and Sound to Eye," Herbert Tucker, University of Virginia, 4:30 p.m., Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Read the story.
* April 5, Victorian Panel 1: "Sentimental Misfires: Mary Barton and the Management of Affect," Alison Case, Williams College; "George Eliot's Touch," Ann Cvetkovich, University of Texas; and "Eros and Isolation: The Anti-Social George Eliot," Jeff Nunokawa, Princeton University, 2:30 p.m., Kroch Library.
* April 6, Victorian Panel 2: "Bloody Beginnings," Matthew Rowlinson, Dartmouth College; "On Eating Well," Laurie Langbauer, University of North Carolina; and "The Way We Argue Now," Amanda Anderson, Johns Hopkins University, 10 a.m., 258 Goldwin Smith. A roundtable discussion will follow on the future of Victorian studies.
Lou Ekus, president of AirTyme Corp. will hold a workshop April 4 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Statler Hotel's J. Willard Marriott Executive Education Center. The workshop is on gaining the skills and confidence for presentation in any venue. Ekus visits Cornell on behalf of the Hotel School's Guest Chef Series. The workshop is free, but seating is limited. To reserve your seat, contact the Guest Chef Series at guestchefs@sha.cornell.edutheater
Gateway Theatre and Risley Theatre present Joseph Kesseling's Arsenic and Old Lace, opening March 28 at 8 p.m. in Risley Theatre. Performances continue March 29 and 30 at 8 p.m., with a matinee March 30 at 3 p.m. All performances are free and open to the public. For more information contact Amy Lee Bennett at 257-8030 or alb15@cornell.edu or visit the web site at http://ayelle.net/plays/arsenic.hml.sports
March 30, Ithaca College, noon
April 2, at Penn State, 1 p.m.
March 30, Michigan, 9 a.m.
March 30, George Washington, Georgetown
March 30, Regionals at Skidmore
March 30-31, at Towson Invitational
March 30, at Penn, 2 p.m.
March 30, at Princeton
March 30, Boston, 8:15 p.m.
April 1-6, National Championship at Fort Worth
March 29, Maryland, 7:30 p.m.
April 1-6, National Championship at Fort Worth
March 28, Fairfield
April 3, at Siena, 3 p.m.
March 30, Columbia
March 29, at Columbia, 2 p.m.
March 30, at Army
March 30-31, April Fools Decathlon