The Cornell Chronicle
Calendar of Events
November 4 - 11, 2004
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South Asia Program
An Evening of Indian Classical Dance: Amrita Lahiri performs Kuchipudi
style from Andra Pradhesh, Nov. 4, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall Auditorium. Free.
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: Asta Gröting's `Parking,'" through Nov.
4.
* "Frank Lloyd Wright Art Glass From the Darwin D. Martin House," through
Nov. 13.
* "Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony," through Dec. 5.
* "For the Love of Beauty: British Arts and Crafts at the Turn of the
Century," through Dec. 19.
* "Tears of Stone: World War I Remembered," through Jan. 2.
* "E.V. Day," through Jan. 9.
* "Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image," through May 15.
* Art for Lunch: Nov. 4 from noon to 1 p.m., learn more about the museum's
permanent collection with a member of the education staff.
* Art-Full Family Saturday: On Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon, John Simon
will match songs to the art in the museum, then families can create their own
art. Free for museum members, $5 per family for nonmembers. Seating is limited
and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
* For students: The Thursday Night Performance Series continues Nov. 11
from 7 to 9 p.m. The evening's theme is dance.
Hartell Gallery, Sibley Hall
"Mori on Wright: Designs for Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House Visitors'
Center," through Nov. 5.
Hirshland Gallery, Kroch Library
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 1-5 p.m.)
"Get Out the Vote! Campaigning for the U.S. Presidency," through Jan. 21.
Mann Library
"Majesty Sublime: Alexander Wilson's Epic 1804 Walk From Philadelphia to
Niagara," through Nov. 30.
Olive Tjaden Gallery
"Dance for the Earth," drawings and prints by Karen Kucharski, Nov. 1-5, 8
a.m.-4:30 p.m. A reception will be held Nov. 4, 5-7:30 p.m.
Willard Straight Hall Art Gallery
The Leo Frank Collection from the Breman Museum in Atlanta, through Nov. 5.
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
($4.75 for undergraduates and seniors; $4 for Cornell graduate students and
kids 12 and under). Visit the Cornell Cinema Web site at http://cinema.cornell.edu.
Thursday, 11/4
"Crimson Gold" (2003), directed by Jafar Panahi, with Hossain Emadeddin and
Kamyar Sheisi, 7:15 p.m.
"The Manchurian Candidate" (2004), directed by Jonathan Demme, with Liev
Schreiber, Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington, 9:20 p.m.
Friday, 11/5
"About Baghdad" (2004), from InCounter Productions, with guest co-director
Sinan Antoon, 7 p.m., Uris, $2.
"A Multimedia Performance by Thereminist Eric Ross and Video Artist Mary Ross,"
7:15 p.m.
"The Manchurian Candidate," 9:30 p.m., Uris.
"Riding Giants" (2004), directed by Stacy Peralta, with Jeff Clark, Greg Noll
and Laird John Hamilton, 9:45 p.m.
"Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut" (2001), directed by Richard Kelly, with
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone and Noah Wyle, midnight, Uris.
Saturday, 11/6
"The Red Pony" (1949), directed by Lewis Milestone, with Myrna Loy, Robert
Mitchum and Margaret Hamilton, 2 p.m.
"Crimson Gold," 5 p.m.
"Nina Simone: Love Sorceress" (1998), directed by Rene Letzgus, 7:15 p.m.
"The Manchurian Candidate," 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Riding Giants," 9 p.m.
"Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut," 9:45 p.m., Uris.
Sunday, 11/7
"The Manchurian Candidate," 5 p.m.
"Paragraph 175" (2000), directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, presented
by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"Riding Giants," 7:45 p.m.
Monday, 11/8
"Burn!" (1968), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, with Marlon Brando, 7 p.m.
"Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut," 9:45 p.m.
Tuesday, 11/9
"Crimson Gold," 7:15 p.m.
"NextFrame Film Festival: Animation and Experimental Work," 7:30 p.m., Schwartz
Center Film Forum.
"Burn!" 9:20 p.m.
Wednesday, 11/10
"Rubicon" (2004), with filmmaker Simon Tarr, Ithaca College film professor,
7:15 p.m.
"The Bourne Supremacy" (2004), directed by Paul Greengrass, with Matt Damon,
Franka Potente and Joan Allen, 9:45 p.m.
Thursday, 11/11
"Under the Skin of the City" (2001), directed by Rakhshan Bani Etemad, with
Golab Adineh and Mohammad Reza Forutan, 7:15 p.m.
"Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut," 9:20 p.m.
Architecture, Art & Planning
Dean's Series: "Asymptote: Form Finding," Hani Rashid, Asymptote and Columbia
University, Nov. 9, 6:30 p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith
Hall.
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Baker Lecture: JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will give
the following lectures, all at 11:15 a.m. in 119 Baker Lab: "Regulation, the
Importance of Analysis in vivo," Nov. 4; "Antitumor Agents That Mediate
Radical Based DNA Cleavage: Unraveling Mechanism Using Physical Organic
Methods," Nov. 9; and "Structures of Bleomycin and the Resulting Model for
Double-Stranded DNA Cleavage," Nov. 11.
City & Regional Planning
"Inner Suburban Challenges 3: Vacant and Abandoned Property," Don Chen, Smart
Growth America, Nov. 5, 12:20 p.m., 135 Baker Hall.
Cornell Plantations
"Plant Medicine Hunt: The Search for Cures," Chris Kilham, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Statler Auditorium.
History
Becker Lectures: Leon Litwack, University of California-Berkeley, will give the
following lectures on the topic "Stormy Monday: Black Southerners in the 20th
Century," all at 4:30 p.m. in 165 McGraw Hall: "High Water Everywhere: The Age
of Jim Crow," Nov. 9; "Pearl Harbor Blues: World War II and the Black South,"
Nov. 10; and "Fight the Power: The Legacy of the Civil Rights `Revolution,'"
Nov. 11. Read the story.
"The Rise of China," Mark Kirk, Illinois congressman, Nov. 8, 2 p.m., Alice
Statler Auditorium.
Industrial & Labor Relations
"Towards a Gendered Labor History: Possibilities and Problems," Alice
Kessler-Harris, Columbia University, Nov. 4, 4:30 p.m., 423 ILR Conference
Center.
Law School
* "The Reform of the Legal Education System," Takashi Uchida, University
of Tokyo, Nov. 4, 4:30 p.m., 276 Myron Taylor Hall.
* Clarke Lecture: "Rule of Law Lessons: For China, From Japan, Through an
American Lens," Frank Upham, New York University, Nov. 8, 4:30 p.m., A.D. White
House. Read the story.
* "Technology Wars: The Failure of Democratic Discourse," Gregory Mandel,
Albany Law School, Nov. 10, 4:30 p.m., 290 Myron Taylor Hall.
Molecular Biology & Genetics
Ef Racker Lectures: Paul Nurse, Rockefeller University, will give the following
lectures: "The Great Ideas of Biology," Nov. 4, 8 p.m., Call Alumni Auditorium,
Kennedy Hall; and "Cell Cycle Control," Nov. 5, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology
Building.
Near Eastern Studies
"The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Post-Election Reassessment," Ziad Asali,
president and founder of the American Task Force on Palestine, Nov. 4, 4:30
p.m., McGraw Hall Auditorium.
Rhodes Professorship
"Impact of the Presidential Election on Violence Against Women in the United
States," Janet Reno, former U.S. Attorney General, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., Bache
Auditorium of Malott Hall. Read the story.
Southeast Asia Program
"Beyond Uniqueness: Theory, Difference and Hegemony in Thai Studies," Peter
Jackson, Australian National University, Nov. 4, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center, 640
Stewart Ave.
"Dangerous Spaces: Vietnamese Depictions of 1920s Colonial Chinese
Concessions," Lorraine Paterson, Asian studies, Nov. 11, 12:20 p.m., Kahin
Center, 640 Stewart Ave.
Student Activities Fund
"Reflections on Tiananmen Square and the Future of China," Wang Dan, a student
activist during the 1989 Tiananmen Square movement, Nov. 4, 5 p.m., Uris Hall
Auditorium.
White Professors-at-Large
"Documenting Andy Goldsworthy's Early Ephemeral Work: An Interview With Andy
Goldsworthy," with Andy Goldsworthy, A.D. White Professor-at-Large, and Tina
Fiske, University of Glasgow, Nov. 4, 4:30 p.m., Alice Statler Auditorium. Free
tickets (two per person) are available at the Willard Straight Hall ticket
office.
Department of Music
Emily Green |
James Hall |
* Nov. 4, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln: Midday Music at Lincoln: Gonzalo
Gallardo, guitar. Features works by Legnani, deFalla and Turina, as well as
Roberto Sierra's Concierto Barroco.
* Nov. 5, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Kia-Hui Tan, violin, and Blaise Bryski,
piano. Features European music by Szymanowski and Enesco.
* Nov. 7, 4:30 p.m., Barnes Hall: Cornell Collegium will perform.
* Nov. 8, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Emily Green, piano, with guest James Hall,
flute. Works by Copland, Bach, Fauré, Piazzolla and more.
* Nov. 9, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Senior recital: Soprano Jennifer Bellor,
with tenor Jevon Bindman.
* Nov. 11, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln: Midday Music at Lincoln: Soprano Freda
Ready and pianist Beth Karp perform "Burning Bright: Blake in the Sixties and
Today."
Cornell Folk Song Club
Broadside Electric will perform Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell
Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door.
They are available at Ithaca Guitar Works, GreenStar Market, Colophon Books,
Small World Music and online at http://www.rso.cornell.edu/folksong.
`Bound for Glory'
Nov. 7: Jeffrey Foucault will perform. "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; kids are welcome. Listen to "Bound
for Glory" on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.
English
Lorrie Moore, MFA '82, will give a reading Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Hollis E.
Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Read the story.
Theatre, Film & Dance
The premiere reading of Yokastas, a play about Oedipus' wife and mother,
co-written by Professor-at-Large Richard Schechner and Romanian playwright
Saviana Stanescu, will be presented Nov. 4 at 4:30 p.m. in the Film Forum of
the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Free.
Sage Chapel
Professor Locksley Edmondson of Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center,
will lead the service Nov. 7 at 11 a.m.
African-American
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Baha'i Faith
Weekly prayer circle open to all faiths, sponsored by the Baha'i Club, held
Sundays at 11 a.m. at 630 Stewart Ave. All are welcome.
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. Instruction is required before attending. For information,
call Anne Marie at 273-4906.
Campus Crusade for Christ
Weekly large group meets Fridays at 7:30 p.m. in B14 Hollister Hall.
Catholic
Sunday Mass schedule: 10 a.m. and 5:15 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium;
9:30 p.m., Sage Chapel.
Daily Masses: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel;
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:15 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, send e-mail
to eccu@cornell.edu.
Friends (Quakers)
Meeting for worship, Sunday, 11 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For
information visit http://www.quaker.org/ithaca/
or 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: Fridays, 6:15 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall;
Saturdays, 9:45 a.m., Founders Room, ATH.
* Reform: Fridays, 6:15 p.m., Chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall.
* Orthodox: Friday, Center for Jewish Living, call 272-5810 for weekly times;
Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, ATH.
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 at 9 a.m. Call 257-7313 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 Juma'a Prayer, Friday, 1:20 p.m., One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Weekly coffee hour Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m., Tower Café, Uris Library. For
more information visit the Web site: 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
"Constraints to Growth and Employment in South Africa: Evidence From Firm
Surveys," Balakanapathy Rajaratnam, Ph.D. candidate, statistics; economist,
World Bank, Nov. 4, 12:20 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Economic Growth and the Private Sector in Africa: Lessons Learned From Firm
Survey Data," Vijaya Ramachandran, Georgetown University and the World Bank,
Nov. 11, 12:20 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
Applied Mathematics
"Algorithms for Turbulent Combustion," Stephen Pope, mechanical and aerospace
engineering, Nov. 5, 3:45 p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
Astronomy & Space Sciences
"A New Window on Magnetic Fields and Turbulence in the Inner Galactic Plane,"
Marijke Haverkorn, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Nov. 4, 4:30
p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
Biogeochemistry & Environmental Biocomplexity
"Tracking Environmental Change in the High Arctic: Contrasting the Impacts of
Climate Change to Local Human Impact," Marianne Douglas, University of Toronto,
Nov. 5, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
CALS International Programs
"Does Food Aid Really Have Disincentive Effects? New Evidence From Sub-Saharan
Africa," Chris Barrett, applied economics and management, Nov. 10, 12:20 p.m.,
135 Emerson Hall.
"Recommendations of the U.N. Millennium Project Hunger Task Force to Achieve
the Millennium Development Goal," Pedro Sanchez, Columbia University, Nov. 11,
3:30 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building. Read the story.
CEAA Enterprise Engineering
"Innovation and Intrapreneurship in Large Corporations," Sophie Vandebroek,
Xerox Engineering Center, Nov. 4, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
"Case Study: IT-enabled Product Development Improvement at a Communications
Equipment Company," Jeff Berg and Patrick Gordon, Nov. 11, 4:30 p.m., 101
Phillips Hall.
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
"Chemistry in Living Systems: New Tools for Glycobiology," Carolyn Bertozzi,
University of California-Berkeley, Nov. 4, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
Computer Science
"The Open Verifier Framework for Constructing Code Verifiers," George Necula,
University of California-Berkeley, Nov. 4, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"Toward Privacy in Public Databases," Cynthia Dwork, Microsoft Research, Nov.
11, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"What Happened Next," Cynthia Dwork, Microsoft Research, Nov. 11, 7 p.m.,
Statler Hotel Ballroom B.
Crop & Soil Sciences
"Soil Fertility as an Ecosystem Concept," Cheryl Palm, Nov. 11, 12:20 p.m., 135
Emerson Hall.
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
"Energetic Base of the San Francisco Estuary's Foodweb: Implications for
Landscape-Level Restoration Plans," William Sobczak, College of the Holy Cross,
Nov. 8, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
Engineering
"Bioterrorism," Kathleen Vogel, science and technology studies, Nov. 10, 12:15
p.m., 310 Rhodes Hall.
Fluid Dynamics
"Electro-kinetically Triggered Capillary Switches," Mike Vogel, chemical and
biomolecular engineering, Nov. 9, 12:15 p.m., 178 Rhodes Hall.
Food Science
"Vegetarian Nutrition," Colin Campbell, nutritional sciences, Nov. 9, 4 p.m.,
204 Stocking Hall.
Horticulture
"Recent Advances in Turfgrass Stress Physiology," Bingru Huang, Rutgers
University, Nov. 8, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
International Nutrition
"Impact of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative on Breastfeeding and Infant
Health Outcomes: Evidence From Developed and Developing Countries," Rafael
Perez-Escamilla, University of Connecticut, Nov. 11, 12:20 p.m., 100 Savage
Hall.
Materials Science & Engineering
"Materials Science of Novel Semiconductors and High-k Dielectrics for
Nano-Scale Transistors," Paul McIntyre, Stanford University, Nov. 4, 4:30 p.m.,
140 Bard Hall.
"Bio-Inspired Supramolecular Control of Inorganic Crystal Growth," Lara
Estroff, Harvard University, Nov. 18, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
"Current Topics in Guidance, Control and Dynamics at Boeing Space and
Intelligence Systems," Naveed Hussain, Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems,
Nov. 9, 4:30 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
Microbiology
"Evolution and Function of a Pheromone-Inducible Conjugative Plasmid," Gary
Dunny, University of Minnesota, Nov. 4, 4:30 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb Hall.
Molecular Medicine
"Orienting Mitotic Spindles: Pars, Pins and G-Proteins," Ian Macara, University
of Virginia, Nov. 8, 4 p.m., G3 Veterinary Research Tower.
Music
"The Aesthetics of Textural Ambiguity: Brahms and the Changing Piano," Augustus
Arnone, Cornell; and "The Orchestra Machine, Timbre and the New Listener in the
18th Century," Emily Dolan, Cornell, Nov. 8, 4:15 p.m., 220 Lincoln Hall.
Natural Resources
"Dangers of Panaceas and Quick Fixes for Solving Ecological Problems," Elinor
Ostrom, Indiana University, Nov. 4, 3:30 p.m., 401 Warren Hall.
"Deer Management in the Northeast: An Issue of Scale," Paul Curtis, natural
resources, Nov. 9, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
Neurobiology & Behavior
"Neuroendocrine Control of Insect Ecdysis Behavior," John Ewer, entomology,
Nov. 4, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
Nutrition
"Vitamin A and Urogenital Development," Cathy Mendelsohn, Columbia University
Medical Center, Nov. 8, 4 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
Peace Studies Program
"Current Events Roundtable on the U.S. Presidential Election as Viewed From
Abroad," Milagros Álvarez, Tsveta Petrova and Tai Wei Lim, Nov. 4, 12:15
p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Policy Dimensions of Offensive Information Warfare," Herb Lin, National
Research Council of the National Academies, Nov. 11, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris
Hall.
Physics
"First Results From CLEO-c and CESR-c," Roy Briere, Carnegie Mellon University,
Nov. 8, 4 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
Plant Biology
"Vernalization and the Epigenetic Memory of Winter," Richard Amasino,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nov. 5, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science
Building.
Plant Breeding & Genetics
"Vip3A Cotton: A Fledgling Idea That Turned Into an International Business
Opportunity," Frank Shotkoski, Syngenta Plant Science, Nov. 8, 11:15 a.m., 401
Warren Hall.
"The SOL Project: Sequencing the Tomato Genome as a Reference to Study the
Solanaceae as a Model for Diversity," Lukas Mueller, plant breeding and
genetics, Nov. 9, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
Plant Pathology
"A Novel Arabidopsis thaliana Cysteine-Rich Protein Specifically
Enhances AtNSI Acetyltransferase Activity and Is Important for Geminivirus
Infection," Yoshimi Barron, plant pathology, Nov. 10, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant
Science Building.
Polson Institute
"Wild Horses in a European Wilderness: Imagining Sustainable Development in the
Post-Soviet Countryside," Katrina Schwartz, University of Florida, Nov. 5, 2:30
p.m., 401 Warren Hall.
Psychology
"From Brain Reading to Mind Reading: fMRI Studies of Subjective Perceptual
Experience," Frank Tong, Vanderbilt, Nov. 5, 3:30 p.m., 202 Uris Hall.
South Asia Program
"Science and Hindu Nationalism: How Postmodernism Aids Hindu Nationalism,"
Meera Nanda, John Templeton Foundation, Nov. 8, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
Textiles & Apparel
"A Systems Approach to Organic Synthesis," Tyler McQuade, chemistry and
chemical biology, Nov. 4, noon, 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. "Fashionology,"
Yuniya Kawamura, Fashion Institute of Technology, Nov. 11, noon, 317 MVR
Hall.
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
"Control-Moment Gyroscopes for Joint Actuation: A New Paradigm in Space
Robotics," Mason Peck, mechanical and aerospace engineering, Nov. 10, 4:30
p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.
Classics
A symposium, "Cornell Archaeology in East Lokris," will be held Nov. 5 at 4:30
p.m. in G24 Goldwin Smith Hall.
History of Art/Near Eastern Studies
"Interrogating Iberian Frontiers: A Cross-Disciplinary Research Symposium on
Mudejar History, Religion, Art and Literature" will be held Nov. 11-14. For
more information, contact Gina Miller at gm96@cornell.edu.
Office of Workshop Diversity, Equity & Life Quality
A panel discussion, "Achieving Diversity: What Do You Know About Affirmative
Action at Cornell?" will be held Nov. 4 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Robert Purcell
Community Center Auditorium. Shanta Driver, national spokesperson for the
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights, will
speak on "The Role of Student Activism in the Grutter Victory and the Fight to
Continue the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education." Doris Davis, associate
provost for admissions and enrollment at Cornell, will speak on "Affirmative
Action in Admissions at Cornell."
Peace Studies Program
A workshop on "Definitions, Myths and Realities of Cyber Terrorism" will be
held Nov. 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. in G08 Uris Hall. Speaking will be Herb Lin,
senior scientist at the National Research Council of the National Academies;
Seymour Goodman, professor of international affairs and computing at Georgia
Tech; and Fred Schneider, professor of computer science and director of the
Information Assurance Institute at Cornell.
Risley Theatre
Risley Theatre and Classics/Comp.Lit. 345 present Oedipus Rex, Nov. 5
and 6 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. in the Risley Theatre. Admission is $5.
For advance tickets, call 255-3354 or stop by 120 Goldwin Smith Hall.
Center for Jewish Living
On Nov. 10 at 104 West (Kosher Dining Hall), Denise Phillips, author and
cookery columnist for the Jewish Press in New York, will give a
demonstration of modern stylish Jewish recipes. Dairy recipes will be
demonstrated at 6 p.m. and meat recipes at 8:30 p.m. Seating is limited; call
257-2368 for a reservation.
Men's Hvwt. Crew
Nov. 6, at Belly of the Carnegie, Princeton, N.J.
Women's Crew
Nov. 6, at Belly of the Carnegie, Princeton, N.J.
Equestrian
Nov. 7, Cornell Tournament
Fencing
Nov. 6, at Temple Open
Field Hockey
Nov. 7, Dartmouth, noon
Football
Nov. 6, Dartmouth, 1 p.m.
Men's Ice Hockey
Nov. 5, Harvard, 7 p.m.
Nov. 6, Brown, 7 p.m.
Women's Ice Hockey
Nov. 5, at Brown, 7 p.m.
Nov. 6, at Harvard, 4 p.m.
Men's Polo
Nov. 5, at Skidmore, 7 p.m.
Women's Polo
Nov. 5, at Skidmore, 5 p.m.
Men's Soccer
Nov. 6, Dartmouth, 4 p.m.
Women's Soccer
Nov. 6, Dartmouth, 11 a.m.
Men's Squash
Nov. 6-7, at Ivy Scrimmages, New Haven, Conn.
Volleyball
Nov. 5, at Penn, 7 p.m.
Nov. 6, at Princeton, 4 p.m.