Cornell Chronicle Calendar 5/16/96

The Cornell Chronicle
Calendar of Events

May 16 - 23, 1996


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exhibits

Johnson Art Museum
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.
* "Still Time: Photographs by Sally Mann," through May 26.
* "A Life Well Lived: Fantasy Coffins of Ghana by Kane Quaye," through June 16.
* "The Gertrude Tucker '30 and David Tucker Collection of American Painting," May 18 through Aug. 11.
* "Methods and Media: 20th Century Sculpture From the Collection," May 18 through Aug. 11.
* Art for Lunch: Thursday Noontime Gallery Talks: On May 16, museum staff will offer a tour of "A Life Well Lived: Fantasy Coffins of Ghana by Kane Quaye," starting at noon.
* Sunday Afternoon Artbreaks: Kathy Taylor, senior docent, will present "Chinese Ceramics" May 19 at 2 p.m.
Hartell Gallery (M-F 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Sculpture by Stacy Latt, through May 18.
Kroch Library Exhibition Room 2B
"Invention and Enterprise: Ezra Cornell, a 19th-Century Life," curated by Elaine Engst, university archivist, through June 9.
Tjaden Gallery (M-F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
B.F.A. Thesis Shows, through May 24.
Veterinary Medical Center
Paintings by Corinne T. Kenney, DVM '62, are on display in the center's gallery through June 9.


films

Films listed are sponsored by Cornell Cinema unless otherwise noted and are open to the public. All films are $4.50 ($4 for students and children under 12), except for Tuesday night Cinema Off-Center at the Center for Theatre Arts ($2) and Saturday or Sunday matinees ($3.50). Films are held in Willard Straight Theatre except where noted.
Thursday, 5/16
"Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business" (1995), directed by Helena Solberg, with Cynthia Adler, Eirck Barreto and Lerticia Monte, 7:15 p.m.
"A Better Tomorrow I" (1986), directed by John Woo, with Chow Yun Fat, Leslie Cheung and Ti Lung, 9:15 p.m.
Friday, 5/17
"Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business," 7:30 p.m.
"Heat" (1995), directed by Michael Mann, with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, 5/18
"Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business," 7:30 p.m.
"St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), directed by Joel Schumacher, with Rob Lowe and Demi Moore, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, 5/19
"Heat," 8 p.m.
Monday, 5/20
"Andrei Roublev" (1969), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, 7 p.m.
"St. Elmo's Fire," 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 5/21
"Reality Bites" (1994), directed by Ben Stiller, with Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Ben Stiller, 7:30 p.m.
"The Breakfast Club" (1985), directed by John Hughes, with Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson, 9:45 p.m.
Wednesday, 5/22
"A Better Tomorrow II" (1987), directed by John Woo, with Chow Yun Fat, Leslie Cheung and Ti Lung, 7:15 p.m.
"Reality Bites," 9:45 p.m.
Thursday, 5/23
"The Breakfast Club," 7:15 p.m.
"A Better Tomorrow II," 9:30 p.m.


graduate bulletin

* Move to Caldwell: The Graduate School offices have moved from Sage Hall to Caldwell Hall.
May degree: All requirements for a May degree must be completed by May 17.
Commencement: Commencement is on Sunday, May 26. Commencement information packets have been mailed to all recipients of August 1995 and January 1996 degrees. Candidates for May 1996 degrees: Professional Master's degree candidates may obtain packets in graduate field offices; M.A., M.S. and Ph.D. degree candidates may pick up packets at the Graduate School information desk, first floor, Caldwell Hall.
Diploma distribution: Diplomas will be available for May 1996 degree recipients who completed requirements by mid-March. Many fields and/or colleges will be distributing diplomas at ceremonies after commencement. Diplomas will be mailed to other recipients .
* Ph.D. recognition event: The ceremony to honor Ph.D. recipients will be held in Barton Hall at 5 p.m., Saturday, May 25. Family, friends and faculty advisers are invited; reception will follow. Candidates who participate must wear a cap and gown and must register in Barton Hall between 3:45 and 4:15 p.m. before the ceremony.
Faculty: Graduate faculty meeting will be held on Friday, May 24, at 4 p.m. in Caldwell Hall. The meeting is solely for the purpose of voting on May degrees.
* August degrees: Friday, Aug. 23, is the deadline for completing all requirements for an August degree, including submitting the thesis/dissertation to the Graduate School.
Big Red Barn BBQ: Friday, May 17, all grads are invited for a free barbecue supper, 4:30 p.m. until food is gone; bring grad ID card.
* Summer hours, Big Red Barn: The Big Red Barn Grad Center will close after May 17 and will reopen again on Saturday, Aug. 24, for Graduate Student Activities Week. Cornell Dining Service will continue throughout the summer in the BRB Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (closed May 27-June 9).
* Student manager position: Applications are available for Big Red Barn student manager for fall. Contact 254-GRAD for information.


music

Department of Music
On Sunday, May 19, at 4:15 p.m. in Barnes Hall, concertgoers will have the opportunity to hear the music of four 20th-century composers in a program organized by composer Sally Lamb. The recital features works by Mel Powell, Anton Webern and Edgar Varese, interspersed with four of her own works.
Prior to the concert, Lamb will present a lecture in the hall at 3:30 p.m.
Bound for Glory
May 19: Albums from the studio. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sundays from 8 to 11 p.m. on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.


religion

Sage Chapel
No service May 19.
African-American
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Union.
Baha'i Faith
Fridays, 7 p.m., firesides with speakers, open discussion and refreshments. Meet at the Balch Archway; held in Unit 4 lounge at Balch Hall. Sunday morning prayers and breakfast, 7 a.m.
Catholic
Weekend Masses: Saturday, 5 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m., Anabel Taylor Auditorium. Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. Sacrament of Reconciliation, Saturday, 3:30 p.m., G-22 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Ascension Mass: May 16, 12:20 p.m., Chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall; 7 p.m., Chapel (French Mass).
Christian Science
Testimony meetings sharing healing through prayer and discussion every Thursday at 7 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information see http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~bretz/cso.html.
Episcopal (Anglican)
Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Friends (Quakers)
Sundays, 11 a.m., meeting for worship in the Edwards Room of Anabel Taylor Hall. Discussions most weeks at 9:50 a.m., 314 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Jewish
Morning Minyan at Young Israel, 106 West Ave., call 272-5810.
Friday Services: Conservative: 6 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall; Reform: 6 p.m., ATH Chapel; Orthodox: call for time, 272-5810, Young Israel.
Saturday Services: Orthodox: 9:15 a.m., One World Room, ATH.
Korean Church
Sundays, 1 p.m., chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Sunday services: Cornell Student Branch, 9 a.m., Ithaca ward, 1 p.m. For directions or transportation, call 272-4520, 257-6835 or 257-1334.
Muslim
Friday Juma' prayer, 1:15 p.m., One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Daily Zuhr, Asr, Maghreb and Isha' prayers at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Orthodox Christian (Eastern Orthodox)
Sundays, Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m., St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church, 120 W. Seneca St., 273-6884.
Protestant Cooperative Ministry
Sundays, 11 a.m., chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Sri Satya Sai Baba
Sundays, 10:30 a.m., 319 N. Tioga St. For details call 273-4261 or 533-7172.
Zen Buddhist
Tuesdays, 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 6:45 p.m., chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall.


seminars

Advanced Computing Research Institute
"PDESolve: A Framework for PDE Simulation," Gal Berkooz, president, BEAM Technologies Inc., May 20, 12:15 p.m., 708 Rhodes Hall.
Biochemistry
"Saccharomyces Telomeres: Maintaining the End," Virginia Zaikian, Princeton University, May 17, 4 p.m., large seminar room, Biotechnology Building.
Chemistry
The Aggarwal Lectures in Polymer Science will be given by Helmut Ringsdorf of the University of Mainz, Germany: "What Do Multienzyme Complexes and Photoconductive Discotic Liquid Crystals Have in Common?" May 20, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker; "Tailoring of Bioreactive Surfaces," May 21, 9 a.m., 700 Clark Hall; and "Function Based on Self-Organization and Molecular Recognition," May 22, 1:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
Genetics & Development
"Comparative Genomics," J. Craig Venter, president, The Institute for Genomic Research, May 20, 4 p.m., large seminar room, Biotechnology Building.
"Labeling of Plant Mitochondria With Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) Permits the Study of Shape and Movement of Plant Mitochondria in vivo," Rainer Kohler, May 22, 12:20 p.m., small seminar room, Biotechnology Building.
Immunology
"Dietary Protein and Immune Function in Aging Rats," Richard Ha, microbiology and immunology, May 17, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.
Plant Biology
"Indole-3-Butyric Acid (IBA) in Plants: Occurrence, Synthesis and Metabolism," Ephraim Epstein, Volcani Institute, Israel, May 17, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.


miscellany

Alcoholics Anonymous
Meetings are open to the public and will be held Monday through Friday at 12:15 p.m. and Saturday evenings at 5 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information call 273-1541.
Clothing Drive
Ecology House is collecting clothing to be distributed to local agencies. Donations are being sought from faculty, staff and students. Specially marked collection boxes are in the lobbies of residence halls, the Big Red Barn, Willard Straight Hall, Noyes Community Center, Robert Purcell Community Center and Humphreys Service Building through May 18. For more information, call Amber O'Reilly, chair of the clothing recovery drive, at 253-1283.
Emotions Anonymous
This 12-step group that helps people deal with emotional problems meets for a discussion meeting on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and a step meeting on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at the St. Luke Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Ave., Collegetown. For more information call 387-0587.
Lunchtime Meditation
For beginner through experienced meditators, health educator Nanci Rose will give instruction in various techniques Wednesdays from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in the North Room of Willard Straight Hall. Open to all faculty and staff and sponsored by the ALERT Peer Education Program. For information, call Gannett at 255-4782.


sports

Men's Hvwt. Crew
May 19, EARC at Worcester, Mass.
Men's Ltwt. Crew
May 19, EARC at Worcester, Mass.
Men's Outdoor Track
May 18-19, IC4A Champs. at George Mason
Women's Outdoor Track
May 18-19, ECAC Champs. at George Mason