The Cornell Chronicle
Calendar of Events
November 13 - 20, 2003
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CAPE Lecture
* "Big Bard Meets Big Blue: The Study of Shakespeare in the Computer Age,"
Barry Adams, English, Nov. 13, 10:30 a.m., auditorium, Kendal.
* Fall membership meeting is Nov. 20 at 1:30 p.m. in Boyce Thompson
Institute Auditorium. President Jeffrey Lehman will speak on "Engaging
Cornell." Open to the public. For information, contact Janice McBride at
255-6608.
At the Johnson |
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| Thomas Eisner, Cornell's Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology, will give an illustrated lecture on the topic "Through My Mother's Eyes," Nov. 13 at 5:15 p.m. in the Johnson Museum. Intended as a tribute to his mother, Margarete Heil, Eisner will document the creativity and life of this artist, a product of post-World War I Berlin, and the decisive influence her paintings, sculpture and love of art had on the photography of her scientist son. The work above is Heil's "Untitled" (ca. 1950s). |
Johnson Museum of Art
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.
* "Façade Projection," through Nov. 22.
* "Stephen Hendee: Iron Skies," through Jan. 4.
* "Ithaca's Favorites," through Jan. 4.
* "Patty Chang and Janine Antoni: Two Video Works From the Museum's
Collection," through Jan. 4.
* "North and South: Renaissance Prints," through Jan. 11.
* "Art Faculty Exhibition," through Jan. 11.
* Art for Lunch: Nov. 13 at noon, explore the installation of artist
Stephen Hendee with curator Andrea Inselmann.
* Sunday Artbreak: "Part III: Collecting and Caring for Works on Paper,"
Nov. 16, 3 p.m.
Cornell Library
"Legacy of Leadership: Cornell's Eleven Presidents," on view in Olin, Kroch and
Uris libraries through the end of the semester.
Costume Collection
The Cornell Costume and Textile Collection is online at http://costume.cornell.edu:8080/.
Kroch Library
"Artifex: Leonard Baskin & the Gehenna Press," on view in the
Hirshland Gallery, level 2B of Kroch Library, through Jan. 9.
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 $6 ($5
for undergraduates and seniors; $4 for Cornell graduate students and kids 12
and under).
Thursday, 11/13
"Unknown Pleasures" (2002), directed by Jia Zhang-ke, with Zhao Tao, Zhao Wei
Wei and Wu Qiong, 7 p.m.
"Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter" (2001), directed by Lee Demarbre, with Phil
Caracas and Murielle Varhelyi, 9:35 p.m., $4.
Friday, 11/14
"THX 1138" (1970), directed by George Lucas, with Robert Duvall, Donald
Pleasence and Ian Wolfe, 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Johnny English" (2003), directed by Peter Howitt, with Rowan Atkinson, Natalie
Imbruglia and John Malkovich, 9:25 p.m., Uris.
"The American Astronaut" (2001), directed by Cory McAbee, with live performance
by The Billy Nayer Show," 9:30 p.m., $3.
"Repo Man" (1985), directed by Alex Cox, with Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean
Stanton, 11:30 p.m., Uris, $4.
Saturday, 11/15
"Snips and Snails and Animated Tales," IthaKid Film Fest, 2 p.m.
"Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator" (2001), directed by Helen Stickler, with
Mark "Gator" Rogowski, Tony Hawk and Stacy Peralta, 5 p.m.
"Unknown Pleasures," 7:15 p.m.
"Johnny English," 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"THX 1138," 9:30 p.m., Uris.
"Repo Man," 9:40 p.m., $4.
Sunday, 11/16
"Unknown Pleasures," 4:30 p.m.
"Repo Man," 7:15 p.m., $4.
"A Program of Short Films About WWII," presented by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris,
free.
Monday, 11/17
"Fox and His Friends" (1975), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with
Fassbinder, Peter Chatel and Karl-Heinz Bohm, 7 p.m.
"The Birds" (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with Rod Taylor and Tippi
Hedren, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 11/18
"Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator," 7:15 p.m.
"Pretend" (2003), with director/writer Julie Talen, 7:15 p.m., Schwartz Center
Film Forum, $3.
"Johnny English," 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 11/19
"Stone Reader" (2002), directed by Mark Moskowitz, 7 p.m.
"Hope Will Win Over Fear: The World Social Forum" (2003), directed by Andreas
Hernandez, presented by LASP and CUSLAR, 8 p.m., Uris, free.
"Fox and His Friends," 9:40 p.m.
Thursday, 11/20
"The Birds," 4:45 p.m.
"Lilya 4-Ever" (2002), directed by Lukas Moodysson, with Oksana Akinshina and
Artiom Bogucharskij, 7:15 p.m.
"Masked and Anonymous" (2003), directed by Larry Charles, with Bob Dylan, Jeff
Bridges and Penélope Cruz, 9:40 p.m.
Africana Studies & Research Center
"Unacknowledged Creative Writings of W.E.B. DuBois," Kenneth McClane, English,
Nov. 19, noon, Hoyt Fuller Room, Africana Studies and Research Center, 310
Triphammer Road.
Art
Virgil Marti, a master printer at the Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia, will
lecture Nov. 13 at 5:15 p.m. in 157 Sibley Hall.
Classics
"Kommos: A Minoan Harbor on the South Coast of Crete," Aleydis Van De Moortel,
Nov. 14, 4:30 p.m., Goldwin Smith GSS.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Anthony Lecture: "Future Directions for Computer Engineering," David Patterson,
University of California-Berkeley, Nov. 20, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
English
"Narratives of the Tabletop: William James, Russel Wright, Karim Rashid,"
Thomas Otten, Yale University, Nov. 14, 4:30 p.m., 142 Goldwin Smith Hall.
Ethics & Public Life
"Political Responsibility and Structural Injustice," Iris Young, University of
Chicago, Nov. 13, 4:30 p.m., Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
European Studies, Institute for
TBA, Howard Gadlin, ombudsman for the National Institutes of Health, Nov. 17,
4:30 p.m., 115 W. Sibley Hall.
Johnson Graduate School
of Management
Durland Lecture: "Managing Scale in the Pharmaceutical Industry," Karen Katen,
Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals, Nov. 20, 5 p.m., Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy
Hall, part of the Johnson School's annual Healthcare and Biotechnology
symposium (see symposiums listing).
Johnson Museum
* "Through My Mother's Eyes," entomologist Thomas Eisner, Nov. 13, 5:15
p.m., Johnson Museum.
* Artist Janine Antoni will speak Nov. 20 at 5:15 p.m. at the Johnson
Museum.
Mann Library
"Layered Truths: Uncovering the Complex Histories of Geographic Information
Systems," John Cloud, NOAA, Nov. 19, 2 p.m., Mann Library. Read the story.
Molecular Biology & Genetics
Randy Schekman of the University of California-Berkeley will give the following
Racker Lectures: "Budding Yeast and the Brain," Nov. 13, 8 p.m., Call Alumni
Auditorium of Kennedy Hall; and "Mechanism of Membrane Protein Sorting Into
Transport Vesicles," Nov. 14, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
Professors-at-Large
"The Landscape of Comparative Genomics in Mammals," Stephen O'Brien, National
Cancer Institute amd A.D. White Professor at Large, Nov. 19, 4 p.m., 135
Emerson Hall. Read the story.
"Frontline Females: Military Women and Civilian America," Cynthia McKinney,
Rhodes Class of `56 University Professor, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., Statler
Auditorium. Free tickets are available at the ticket office in Willard Straight
Hall. Read the story.
Southeast Asia Program
"What Is Indonesia," Donald Emmerson, Stanford University, Nov. 20, 12:20 p.m.,
Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave.
Theory Center
"Atomistic Simulations of Metallic Nanowires," Ken Gall, University of
Colorado-Boulder, Nov. 20, 4:30 p.m., 366 Hollister Hall.
Department of Music
* Nov. 13, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music at Lincoln -
Nicholas Mathew, fortepiano, will perform works by Mozart.
* Nov. 13, 8 p.m., Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall: The
Cornell Steel Bands will feature music from the islands.
* Nov. 15, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Malcolm Bilson will present sonatas
by Schubert, Haydn and Beethoven.
* Nov. 16, 3 p.m., Barnes Hall: The Cornell University Percussion
Ensemble and the Cornell World Drum and Dance Ensemble will present the
premiere of Orb Weaver by director James Armstrong, as well as
traditional West African and Afro-Cuban drumming and dancing.
* Nov. 16, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: The Cornell Contemporary Chamber
Players opens its season with a concert composed by five Cornell doctoral
students: Diego Vega, Stephen Gorbos, Tom Schneller, Mandy Fang and Xi Wang.
* Nov. 20, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music at Lincoln -
Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players.
Cornell Concert Series
Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra perform Nov. 14 at 8
p.m. at the State Theater in Ithaca. Tickets are $25-$39 for adults and $15-23
for students and are available at the Willard Straight ticket office and the
ticket center at Clinton House.
Institute for European Studies
The Cornell Middle-Eastern Ensemble will present an evening of Greek, Turkish,
Arabic and Persian sounds, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m., Big Red Barn.
Bound for Glory
Ken Whiteley performs Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. in the Café at Anabel Taylor
Hall. Admission is free.
American Studies Program
John Updike will read from his fiction Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. in Statler Auditorium.
Read the story.
Sage Chapel
The Rev. Eric Clay, First Congregational Church, Ithaca, will lead the service
Nov. 16 at 11 a.m.
African-American
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Baha'i Faith
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.
Baptist Campus Ministry
Weekly Bible study meets Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in 314 Anabel Taylor Hall. For
information contact Keith Bowman at kcb29@cornell.edu or 277-2283.
Buddhist
* Meditations: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 12:15-1 p.m., Founders
Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
* Zen Meditation practice is Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.,
Founders Room, ATH. For information, call Anne Marie at 266-7256.
Catholic
* Sunday Mass schedule: 10 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 5:15 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.
* Evening Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-6:30
p.m., ATH Chapel.
Christian Science
Testimony meetings: Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Founders Room, 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.
Cornell Christian Fellowship
The InterVarsity chapter meets Fridays at 7:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell
Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. For information visit the Web site at http://www.ccfiv.org.
Episcopal (Anglican)
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.
Friends (Quakers)
Meeting for worship, Sunday, 11 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child
care provided. For rides or directions, call 273-5421.
Grace Christian Fellowship
The InterVarsity chapter meets Fridays at 7 p.m., B11 Kimball Hall. For more
information visit the Web site at http://www.curw.cornell.edu/gcf.
Hindu
Weekly religious service is Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Edwards Room, Anabel
Taylor Hall, followed by a Gita reading at 5 p.m.
Jewish
* 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 Founders Room, ATH. Call the Hillel office at
255-4227 for more information.
* Orthodox: Friday, Center for Jewish Living, call 272-5810 for weekly
times; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, ATH. For daily services, call
272-5810.
Korean Church
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.
Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
Cornell student branch: Sundays, 11 a.m. Call 272-1564 or 255-2928 for
information.
Lutheran
Campus ministry at St. Luke Church, 109 Oak Ave., in Collegetown, Sundays,
10:45 a.m. and 5 p.m. Bible study Tuesday, 7 p.m. For more information call
273-6811 or e-mail rlb8@cornell.edu.
Muslim
Daily congregational prayer at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Weekly Halaqa, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ATH.
Weekly coffee hour Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m., Tower Café, Uris Library. For
more information the web site at http://www.meca-online.org/.
Pagan
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious
Work at 255-4214.
Protestant Cooperative Ministry
Sunday service at 11 a.m. in Anabel Taylor Chapel.
African Development, Institute for
"Women, Globalization and Development," Penelope Andrews, City University of
New York, Nov. 13, 12:20 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
Applied Mathematics
"The Dynamics of Spatially Extended Populations: Spatial Synchrony and Spatial
Correlation Functions," Ottar Bjornstad, Penn State University, Nov. 14, 3:45
p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
Biogeochemistry & Environmental Biocomplexity
"Decadal Scale Fates of 15N Tracer Additions to Temperate Forests: Implications
for Carbon Sequestratio," Knute Nadelhoffer, Kellogg Biological Field Station,
Nov. 14, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
Biomedical Sciences
"Multiple Faces of p53 in Cancer Treatment," Andrei Gudkov, the Cleveland
Clinic Foundation, Nov. 18, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research
Tower.
Center for the Study of Economy & Society
"Understanding Network Emergence," Brian Uzzi, Northwestern University, Nov.
13, 4:30 p.m., 302 Uris Hall.
"Institutional Design and Its Discontent," Sigi Lindenberg, University of
Groningen, Nov. 20, 4:30 p.m., 302 Uris Hall.
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
"Strong C-X Bond Cleavage Reactions Using Homogeneous Transition Metal
Complexes," William Jones, University of Rochester, Nov. 13, 4:40 p.m., 119
Baker Laboratory.
"Challenges in Metal-Based Transformations. From Single Bond Activation to
Catalysis and Unusual Structures," David Milstein, Weizmann Institute, Nov. 17,
4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
TBA, Michael Mazourek and Molly Jahn, Nov. 19, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
Computer Science
"An Algebraic Theory of Polymorphic Temporal Media," Paul Hudak, Yale
University, Nov. 13, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
"Phylogenetic Conflict: Remedial Clues From Empirical Data," Derek Taylor,
University at Buffalo, Nov. 17, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
TBA, André DeHon, California Institute of Technology, Nov. 18, 4:30
p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
Entomology
"Genetically Modified Symbiotic Bacteria for Control of Chagas Disease
Transmission by Insects," Ben Beard, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Nov. 17, 4 p.m., Corson-Mudd Auditorium.
European Studies, Institute for
"Tracing the Nation: Monuments and Nationalism in 18th Century Europe," Dietmar
Schirmer, Free University, Berlin, Nov. 17, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Muslim Migrants in Europe: Between Euro-Islam and Ghettoization," Bassam Tibi,
University of Goettingen, Germany, Nov. 18, 4:30 p.m., 201 A.D. White House.
Food Science
"The Effect of Temperature and L-cysteine on the Stress Relation Behavior of
Gluten," Hong Quan Liang, graduate student, and "Surface Modification of
Poly(ethylene) Packaging Films by Attachment of Bioactive Peptides," Matt
Stevens, graduate student, Nov. 18, 4 p.m., 204 Stocking Hall.
Horticulture
TBA, Ann Toren Seigies, graduate student, Nov. 13, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science
Building.
TBA, Rose Ogutu, graduate student, Nov. 20, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science
Building.
Infection & Immunity
"Progress in the Development of a Vaccine Against Human Hookworm Infection,"
Peter Hotez, George Washington University, Nov. 14, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson
Institute Auditorium.
Integrated Nutrient Management
CU-Wisconsin Video Seminar Series: "Soil Nutrient Application Program (SNAP)
and the Wisconsin Phosphous Index," Bill Pearson and Larry Bundy from
University of Wisconsin; Greg Albrecht from Cornell; and Doug Marshall from
MATC, Nov. 18, 1:30 p.m., 164 Morrison Hall.
Latin American Studies Program
"The Representation of Mexican Antiquity in 19th Century Mexican Architecture,"
Maria Fernandez, history of art, Nov. 18, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
Materials Science & Engineering
"Combinatorial Methods for Investigations of Polymer Films and Coatings," Eric
Amis, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Nov. 13, 4:30 p.m., 140
Bard Hall.
Natural Resources
"The Finicky Filter: Effects of Hydrologic Regime on Phosphorus Retention in
Wetlands," Oliver Pierson, natural resources, Nov. 18, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow
Hall.
Nutrition
"Regulation of Copper-Dependent Enzymes-Superoxide Dismutase," Joseph Prohaska,
University of Minnesota, Nov. 17, 4 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
Peace Studies Program
"What Is Going on in Chechnya?" a round-table discussion with Catherine Osgood,
Harvard University, and Matthew Evangelista, government, Nov. 13, 12:15 p.m.,
G08 Uris Hall.
Physics
"Granular Chains: Knots, Random Walks and Statistical Mechanics," Robert Ecke,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nov. 17, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium,
Rockefeller Hall.
Plant Breeding
"The Alfalfa Genome Begins to Yield Its Secrets," Edwin Bingham, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Nov. 18, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
Plant Pathology
"Evolutionary and Functional Genomics of Host Specificity in Pseudomonas
syringae," David Guttman, Nov. 19, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science
Building.
Psychology
"Somatosensory and Motor Dysfunction: Pursuing Endophenotypes for Schizophrenia
Liability," Mark Lenzenweger, Binghamton University and Weill Cornell Medical
College, Nov. 14, 3:30 p.m., 202 Uris Hall.
South Asia Program
"The New Enlightenment: Women, Gays and the Quest for Freedom and Equality
Within Religion and Culture, Not Just Without Them," Madhavi Sundar, University
of California-Davis, Nov. 17, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
Textiles & Apparel
"Flexible Materials for Water Transport Bag," Dana Eagles, Albany
International, Nov. 13, noon, 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Wearable Computing: Design for Interaction," Francine Gemperle, Carnegie
Mellon University, Nov. 20, noon, 317 MVR Hall.
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
"Transport Inside and Outside Microchannels," Abraham Stroock, chemical
engineering, Nov. 14, 2:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.
Toxicology
"Regulation of DNA Synthesis by S-phase Checkpoint," Cyrus Vaziri, Boston
University School of Medicine, Nov. 14, 12:20 p.m., 300 Rice Hall.
English
English Department Roundtable: "Myung Mi Kim's Commons and Poetics," Ryan
Canlas, Nov. 21, 2:30 p.m., English Department lounge.
Iftaar Banquet
The Muslim community of Cornell extends an invitation to celebrate the Breaking
of the Fast, Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. in Trillium, Kennedy Hall. Tickets are $12 for
students, $20 for others, and are available at the Willard Straight Hall ticket
office through today, Nov. 13, or through iftaar_banquet@yahoo.com.
The program:
4:30 p.m. - Welcome
4:42 p.m. - Iftaar Breaking of Fast, prayers
5 p.m. - "Controlling the Ego in the Islamic Tradition," by Bekir Aksoy;
"Controlling the Ego in the Buddhist Tradition," by Tenzin Lodoe.
5:30 p.m. - Dinner
6:20 p.m. - Keynote address by Ali Mazrui, "A Tale of Two Civilizations:
Islamic Culture and Euro-American Values."
Industrial & Labor Relations
"Women and Unions: Still the Most Difficult Revolution?" an international
conference of labor scholars and activists honoring the late Alice Cook, will
be Nov. 21-22. Most events are in 105 Ives Hall.Read the story. For more information, visit
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/AiceCook100th.
Johnson Graduate School
of Management
Second annual Healthcare and Biotechnology Symposium, "Strategic Alliance in
the Healthcare and Biotechnology Industry," Nov. 21, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Most
events are in B09 Sage Hall. Co-sponsored by the Center for Advanced
Technologies (also see Johnson School Durland lecture listing). Fee of $5
charged. To register see http://www.HBCsymposium.com.
SHRLOE
The graduate student group SHRLOE (Strategic HR, Leadership and Organizational
Effectiveness) of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the Johnson
Graduate School of Management will host a symposium, "Leveraging Human Capital
for Business Success," Nov. 14. For details, visit http://www.rso.cornell.edu/shrloe.
Theatre, Film & Dance
* The Male Animal will be staged as part of the Black Box Series at
the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Read
the story.
* William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors will open Nov. 20 at 8
p.m. in the Kiplinger Theatre of the Schwartz Center. Performances continue
Nov. 21-22 and Dec. 4-6 at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are $8 for students/seniors
and $10 for the public. For information call the box office at 254-ARTS.
CUSLAR Book Sale
A book sale to benefit the Committee on U.S./Latin American Relations will be
Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Memorial Room of Willard Straight Hall.