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Calendar of Events

Sept. 25 - Oct. 2, 2003


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exhibits

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.
* "Surrealist Drawings From the Drukier Collection," through Oct. 19.
* "Images of Women in Degas' Paris," through Oct. 19.
* "Francesca Woodman: Photographs," through Oct. 26.
* "Indian Folk Textiles," through Nov. 2.
* "Earthbound Flight: Winged Creatures in the Art of Leonard Baskin," through Nov. 2.
* Art for Lunch: Oct. 2 at noon, tour the exhibition "Earthbound Flight: Winged Creatures in the Art of Leonard Baskin," with curator Andy Weislogel.
* Lecture: Oct. 2 at 5:15 p.m., "Degas' Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: The Troubled Face of Modern Paris," Douglas Druick, Art Institute of Chicago.
Hirshland Gallery, Kroch Library
"I Will Be Heard!: Abolitionism in America," through Sept. 27.
Hartell Gallery, Sibley Dome
Cornell in Rome student exhibit, with works from the fall 2002 and spring 2003 semesters in Italy, through Oct. 3.
Experimental Studio, 102 Tjaden Hall
* "Inconvenience of Red," an exhibit by Alina Smirnova, AAP student, through Sept. 26. A reception will be held Sept. 25 at 6 p.m.
* "August to August," an exhibit by Jackie Stluka, AAP student, Sept. 28-Oct. 4. A reception will be held Sept. 28 at 5 p.m.


films

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).
Visit Cornell Cinema's Web site: http://cinema.cornell.edu.
Thursday, 9/25
"Rear Window" (1954), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with James Stewart and Grace Kelly, 4:30 p.m., $4.
"Decasia" (2002), with guest filmmaker Bill Morrison, 7:15 p.m.
"Cowboy Bebop: The Movie" (2002), directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, with Steven Blum and Beau Billingslea, 10 p.m.
Friday, 9/26
"Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), directed by David Lean, with Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif, 7 p.m., Uris.
"The Embalmer" (2002), directed by Matteo Garrone, with Ernesto Mahieux, Valerio Foglia Manzillo and Elisabetta Rocchetti, 7:15 p.m.
"Finding Nemo" (2003), directed by Andrew Stanton, with the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres and Willem Dafoe, 9:30 & 11:45 p.m.
"Cowboy Bebop: The Movie," 11:30 p.m., Uris.
Saturday, 9/27
"Respiro" (2002), directed by Emanuele Crialese, with Valeria Golino and Vincenzo Amato, 7 p.m.
"Finding Nemo," 7 p.m., Uris.
"The Mirror" (1974), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with Margarita Terekhova and Ignat Daniltsev, 9 p.m.
"Lawrence of Arabia," 9:15 p.m., Uris.
Sunday, 9/28
"Respiro," 7:30 p.m.
"The Sacrifice" (1986), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with Erland Josephson and Susan Fleetwood, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"Finding Nemo," 9:30 p.m.
Monday, 9/29
"Merrily We Go to Hell" (1932), directed by Dorothy Arzner, with Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March and Cary Grant, 7 p.m.
"Lawrence of Arabia," 8:45 p.m.
Tuesday, 9/30
"Respiro," 7:30 p.m.
"Cowboy Bebop: The Movie," 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 10/1
"Three Lives and Only One Death - SC" (1996), directed by Raoul Ruiz, with Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Galiena and Marisa Paredes, 7 p.m.
"Raising Victor Vargas" (2003), directed by Peter Sollett, with Victor Rasuk, Judy Marte and Melonie Diaz, 9:45 p.m.
Thursday, 10/2
"September 11" (2002), various directors, introduction by Eric Cheyfitz, English, 7 p.m.
"28 Days Later" (2003), directed by Danny Boyle, with Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris and Christopher Eccleston, 10:15 p.m.


lectures

Chemistry & Chemical Biology
"Challenges for Chemists," Charles Casey, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Oct. 2, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Laboratory.
Cornell Corporate Relations
"The Networked, High-Tech Economy: New Systems Require New Thinking," James Morgan, Applied Materials Inc., Oct. 2, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
Cornell Plantations
"Around the World in 80 Plants," Duncan Goodwin, public garden management, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m., James Law Auditorium, College of Veterinary Medicine.
Cornell Theory Center
"Tools to Study and Catalyze Conversational Social Cyberspaces," Marc Smith, Microsoft Research, Sept. 26, noon, G10 Biotech Building.
East Asia Program
"Deconstructing Japanese Religion," Jun'ichi Isomae, Sept. 25, 4 p.m., 374 Rockefeller Hall.
"Current Trends of Japanese Archaeological Research," Akira Yamanaka, Sept. 26, 4 p.m., 374 Rockefeller Hall.
English
"Piers Plowman From A to Z: An Experiment in Literary History," Anne Middleton, University of California-Berkeley, Oct. 2, 4:30 p.m., HEC Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Read the story.
Law School
"Judicial Protection of Human Rights," Soli Sorabjee, attorney general of India, Oct. 2, 6 p.m., G90 Myron Taylor Hall.
Professors-at-Large
"Regulation of Reproduction in Primitive and Advanced Ant Societies," Bert Hölldobler, A.D. White professor-at-large, Sept. 25, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson-Mudd Hall.
South Asia Program
"Tackling Terror and Other Human Rights Issues," Soli Sorabjee, attorney general of India, Oct. 1, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall. Read the story.
Southeast Asia Program
"Karl Marx, William Shakespeare and the Women on Cambodia's Stage," Toni Shapiro-Phim, Philadelphia Folklore Project, Sept. 25, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Avenue.
TBA, Susan Conway, Parsons School of Design and New York University, Oct. 2, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Avenue.


music

Department of Music
* Sept. 26, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Ruth Roland, violin, and William Cowdery, piano, perform works by Bach, Mozart, Viardot, Ravel, Bauer and Ives.
* Sept. 28, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Xak Bjerken presents a solo piano recital, featuring works by Schubert, Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky.
* Oct. 2, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln: Midday Music: Judith Kellock, soprano, and Xak Bjerken, piano.
Cornell Folk Song Club Concert
Scottish band The Capercaillie will perform Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. in Kulp Auditorium, Ithaca High School. Tickets are $17 in advance, $19 at the door, and are available at Ithaca Guitar Works, Colophon Books, GreenStar, Small World Music and Bound for Glory, or online at http://www.rso.cornell.edu/folksong/order.html.
Bound for Glory
Sept. 28: Scott Alarik performs. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sundays from 8 to 11 p.m. from the Café at Anabel Taylor Hall, with live sets at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. Admission is free. Listen to Bound for Glory on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.


religion

Sage Chapel
Rev. Dr. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Ithaca College, will lead the service Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. in Sage Chapel.
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.
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
* Weekend Mass schedule: Sundays, 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: 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.
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, 10:30 a.m., at the Hector Meeting House on Perry City Road. Child care provided. For 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
For information about services during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, visit the Web site at http://www.hillel/cornell.edu.br>
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 Friday prayer, 1:15-1:45 p.m., One World Room, ATH.
Weekly Halaqa, Friday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 218 ATH.
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.


seminars

African Development, Institute for
"Oil and Development in Sao Tome and Principe," Steve Kyle, applied economics and management, Sept. 25, 12:20 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
Biogeochemistry & Environmental Biocomplexity
"Global Change and the Biogeochemistry of Northern Peatlands," Rein Arts, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands, Sept. 26, 4 p.m., Morison Room, Corson Hall.
Biomedical Sciences
"The Pathology of Delivering Drugs Directly to the Central Nervous System," Mark Butt, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Sept. 30, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
Center for the Study of Economy & Society
"The Intergovernmental Network of World Trade," Paul Ingram, Columbia University, Sept. 25, 4:30 p.m., 302 Uris Hall.
"Welfare-Maximizing Norms," Robert Ellickson, Yale University, Sept. 29, 4:30 p.m., 302 Uris Hall.
Chemical Engineering
"Linking Microbial Genomics to Global Carbon Fixation," Grant Heffelfinger, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 29, 4 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
"Development of Transition-Metal Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Coupling Reactions," Jim Morken, University of North Carolina, Sept. 25, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Laboratory.
"Applications of Catalytic Asymmetric C-H Activation in Organic Synthesis," Huw Davies, University of Buffalo, Sept. 29, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Laboratory.
Civil & Environmental Engineering
"Water Resources Scarcity Associated With Groundwater Quality Deterioration," Hillel Rubin, Israel Institute of Technology, Sept. 25, 4:30 p.m., 366 Hollister Hall.
Computer Science
"The Eyes Have It: User Interfaces for Information Visualization," Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland, Sept. 25, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
Crop & Soil Sciences
"Experiential Learning: Lessons From an Agroecosystems Analysis Course in the Midwest," Gary Fick, Thomaz Rein, Karma Lhendup and Christian Peters, crop and soil sciences, Sept. 30, 4 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
"Resolving the Paradox of Diversity: Data-Model Connections," James Clark, Duke University, Sept. 29, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
"High Energy Density Physics: An Expanding Research Area," Meyehofer, University of Rochester, Sept. 30, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
Entomology
"A Tale With a Sting! Scorpion Systematics in Southern Africa," Lorenzo Prendini, American Museum of Natural History, Sept. 29, 3 p.m., Corson-Mudd Auditorium.
European Studies
"Religious Nationalism and Transnationalism in the New Europe," Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California-Santa Barbara, Sept. 25, 4:30 p.m., 201 A.D. White House.
Food Science
"Diet, Lifestyles and Breast Cancer Risks," Barbour Warren, Sept. 30, 4 p.m., 204 Stocking Hall.
Horticulture
"Identification, Characterization and Transfer of Verticillium Wilt Resistance to Eggplant (Solanum melongena)," Yanxin Gao, horticulture, Sept. 25, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Best Management Practices for Turf to Minimize Environmental Impacts," Marty Petrovic, horticulture, Oct. 2, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
Latin American Studies
"'Traditional' Botanical Knowledge of the Tarahumara in Mexico," Michael Casaus, plant biology, Sept. 30, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
Materials Science & Engineering
"High Performance Organic Bistable and Memory Device," Yang Yang, University of California-Los Angeles, Sept. 25, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
TBA, Kristin Bennett, U.S. Department of Energy, Oct. 2, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
Microbiology & Immunology
"Antibiotic Resistant Enterococci: New Therapeutic Approaches Based on Pathogenesis Studies," Michael Gilmore, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Sept. 26, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium.
Molecular Biology & Genetics
"Epigenetic Regulation of the Mouse Rasgrf1 Locus," Paul Soloway, nutritional sciences, Sept. 26, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
Molecular Medicine
"Live Cell Imaging of Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion," David Piston, Vanderbilt University, Sept. 29, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
Nanobiotechnology Center
"Foraminifera: Ancient Fabricators," Sam Bowser, Wadsworth Center, Sept. 30, noon, G01 Biotechnology Building.
Nutrition
"Function of Heparin Sulfate Proteoglycans in Adipocyte Lipid Metabolism," Andre' Bensadoun, nutritional sciences, Sept. 29, 4 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
Peace Studies Program
"Let's Get a Second Opinion: Allies, the U.N. and U.S. Public Support for War," Joseph Grieco, Duke University, Sept. 25, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Nuclear Proliferation in the Post-Soviet World," David Hafemeister, California Polytechnic State University, Sept. 30, 4:30 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
Physics
"Optical Atomic Clocks: Science and Metrology on the Femtosecond Time Scale," Scott Diddams, National Institute of Standards, Sept. 29, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
Plant Breeding
"Genomics of Grapevine Improvement," Chris Owens, Plant Genetics Resources Unit (PGRU), Sept. 30, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
Plant Pathology
"Fungal Mating Systems and Their Relevance to Epidemiology," Michael Milgroom, Oct. 1, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
Science & Technology Studies
"Risk, Rhetoric and Reason in Technological Society," Stefan Senders, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Sept. 29, 4:30 p.m., 374 Rockefeller Hall.
Statistical Science
"The Accelerated Gap Times Model," Rob Strawderman, biological statistics and computational biology, Oct. 1, 4 p.m., 406 Malott Hall.
Textiles & Apparel
"Digital Library Resources for Textile and Apparel Studies," Peter Hirtle and Kornelia Tanchevo, Sept. 25, noon, Mann Library.
"The Effect of [[beta]]-sheet Conformation in Protein-based Hydrogel; Characterization of Thermal and Rheological Properties," Sam Hudson, North Carolina State University, Oct. 2, noon, 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
"Adhesion of Micro-Cantilevers Subjected to Mechanical Point Loading: Modeling and Experiments," Kevin Murphy, University of Connecticut, Sept. 26, 2:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.
Wellness
Open Mind Lunch Series: "Trekking with COE," Todd Miner, Cornell Outdoor Education, Sept. 25, noon, G10 Biotechnology Building.


symposiums

German Cultural Studies, Institute for
The Institute for German Cultural Studies announces an international symposium titled "Heiner Müller in Performance," to be held Sept. 26-27 at the A.D. White House. The symposium will feature the works of German avant-garde dramatist Heiner Müller (1929-1995).
Leading scholars from Germany and the United States will explore the Müller opus, focusing on its possibilities in performance. A reading of Müller's play Landscape with Argonauts will be performed Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. in the Film Forum of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. The professional and student actors in the staged reading will be directed by Holger Teschke, an accomplished Müller director and the former dramaturge at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany.
The symposium and staged reading are free and open to the public. For more information, contact David Bathrick at 254-2748.
Science & Technology Studies
The Department of Science and Technology Studies is hosting a conference, "Connecting S&TS: The Academy, the Polity and the World," to be held Sept. 25-28. This meeting will be the first of a triennial Cardiff, Cornell and Harvard conference series superceding the old Bath quinquennial series. For more information visit the Web site at http://wwwcs.cornell.edu/people/sengers/connections03/.


theater

Theatre, Film & Dance
The Department of Theatre, Film and Dance stages Sophocles' Antigone at 8 p.m. in the Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Evening performances run Sept. 25-27. One afternoon matinee will be offered, Sept. 27 at 2 p.m. Tickets in advance are $8 for seniors/students and $10 for the general public. Call or visit the Schwartz Center box office, 430 College Ave., weekdays, 12:30-5:30 p.m.; or call 254-ARTS.


sports

Men's Cross Country (0-1)
Sept. 27, at Iona Meet of Champions
Women's Cross Country (1-0)
Sept. 27, at Iona Meet of Champions
Field Hockey (2-4)
Sept. 27, at Yale, noon
Sept. 28, at Rhode Island, 3 p.m.
Football (1-0)
Sept. 27, at Yale, 1 p.m.
Men's Golf
Sept. 27-28, Cornell Invitational
Men's Soccer (1-3)
Sept. 27, at American, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 30, Colgate, 7 p.m.
Women's Soccer (4-1-1)
Sept. 27, Columbia, 11 a.m.
Sprint Football (0-1)
Sept. 26, at Princeton, 7 p.m.
Men's Tennis
Sept. 27-28, at Yale Invitational
Women's Tennis
Sept. 26-28, at Maryland Invitational
Women's Volleyball (6-1)
Sept. 26, at Canisius, 7 p.m.
Sept. 27, Dickinson, noon, and Niagara, 7 p.m., Lewiston, N.Y.