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On July 27, Turkish dances will be taught; on Aug. 3 and 10, international folk dancing favorites will be taught. Teaching begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by open dancing from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Dancing is at the Vet College atrium. For more information, contact Marguerite at 539-7335 or David at 564-3613, e-mail dhr1@cornell.edu.
Thursdays, 8 to 10 p.m., at Maplewood Community Center.emeritus/retired
Emeritus faculty are needed to staff information outposts to provide guidance and a friendly welcome when entering freshmen and their families arrive on campus Friday, Aug. 22. Outposts are located at five major entry points surrounding the campus. Volunteers are asked to work two-and-a-half-hour shifts between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. For information, call Ken or Jean Robinson at 273-3526 or send e-mail to jrr8@cornell.edu.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.
* "The Book and the Block: Work by Phyllis Cohen," through Aug. 17.
* "Water, Water Everywhere: Marine Etchings From the Permanent Collection," through Aug. 17.
* "Playthings," June 21 through Aug. 17.
* "The Collector's Eye: Gifts From an Anonymous Donor," through Aug. 24.
* "Uncommon Quilts: Treasures of the New York State Historical Association," through Aug. 24.
Cornell Plantations, the university's botanical garden, arboretum and natural areas, is open free of charge seven days a week from sunrise to sunset. Limited parking is available at the Lewis Headquarters Building at One Plantations Road. Telephone: 255-3020.
* The Robison York State Herb Garden is in its summer glory. See and smell more than 500 varieties of herbs for cooking, medicine, household or industrial use or others valued for their spiritual and cultural associations. The Herb Garden is adjacent to Plantations' headquarters building.
* The Martha Howell Young Garden, adjacent to the Herb Garden, features plants popular for cutting, as well as sources of inspiration in decoration, art and architecture.
"I Take This Pen in Hand: Letters Home From Everyday People" is on display at the Carl A. Kroch Library through Sept. 30. The letters are drawn primarily from Cornell Library's regional history collection and span 160 years of American history. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.Films listed are sponsored by Cornell Cinema unless otherwise noted and are open to the public. All films are $4.50 ($4 for students, kids 12 and under and seniors) and are held in Willard Straight Theatre except where noted. Check out the Cornell Cinema Web site at http://www-cinema.slife.cornell.ed. films
"Flamenco" (1995), directed by Carlos Saura, with Paco de Lucia, Manolo Sanlucar and Joaquin Cortes, 7:30 p.m.
"Le Samouraï" (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, with Alain Delon and Nathalie Delon, 9:45 p.m.
"Le Samouraï," 7:30 p.m.
"The Day Trippers" (1997), directed by Greg Mottola, with Hope Davis, Stanley Tucci and Ann Meara, 10 p.m.
"Flamenco," 7:30 p.m.
"Superman" (1978), directed by Richard Donner, with Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman, 9:45 p.m.
"The Day Trippers," 9 p.m.
"Key Largo" (1948), directed by John Huston, with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Edward G. Robinson, 7:15 p.m.
"The Day Trippers," 9:30 p.m.
"Flamenco," 7:30 p.m.
"Superman," 9:45 p.m.
"The Earrings of Madame De . . ." (1954), directed by Max Ophuls, with Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer and Vittorio De Sica, 7:30 p.m.
"Lost Highway" (1997), directed by David Lynch, with Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman, 9:45 p.m.
"Project Grizzly" (1997), with guest filmmaker Peter Lynch, 7:15 p.m.
"The Earrings of Madame De . . .," 9:45 p.m.
"Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day" (1996), directed by Christopher Münch, with Peter Alexander and Michael Stipe, 7:30 p.m.
"Lost Highway," 9:30 p.m.
"The English Patient" (1996), directed by Anthony Minghella, with Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas and Juliette Binoche, 7:15 p.m.
"The Exorcist" (1974), directed by William Friedkin, with Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn and Max Von Sydow, 10:30 p.m.
"Lost Highway," 9:45 p.m.
"Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948), directed by John Huston, with Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston, 7:15 p.m.
"The Exorcist," 9:50 p.m.
"Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day," 7:30 p.m.
"The English Patient," 9:30 p.m.
"Gray's Anatomy," directed by Steven Soderbergh, with Spaulding Gray, 7:30 p.m.
"Pink Flamingos" (1972), directed by John Waters, with Divine, Edith Massey and Danny Mills, 9:30 p.m.
"The English Patient," 7:15 p.m.
"Reefer Madness" (1936), directed by Louis Gasnier, with Dave O'Brien and Dorothy Short, 10:30 p.m.
"Gray's Anatomy," 7:30 p.m.
"Pink Flamingos," 9:30 p.m.
"The English Patient," 7:15 p.m.
"Reefer Madness," 10:30 p.m.
Cornell Cinema will be closed Aug. 10-24.* August degree deadline: Friday, Aug. 22, is the deadline for completing all requirements for an August degree, including submitting the thesis/dissertation to the Graduate School. graduate bulletin
* Fall '97 registration: Registration is in the Field House, Monday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for new students and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. for continuing students with "holds." All new students and continuing students with "holds" must register in person. Continuing students with no "holds" do not need to go to the Field House. Students should check "Just the Facts" after Aug. 18 to determine if they have a "hold."
* Study abroad: Applications for Fulbright grants for study abroad for the 1998-99 academic year are available at the Einaudi Center for International Studies. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Applicants should meet with the Fulbright adviser, Milton Esman, starting Aug. 25. For an appointment, contact the Einaudi Center, 170 Uris Hall, phone 255-6370. Completed applications are due Oct. 1.
* Thesis, dissertation templates: Templates for creating theses and dissertations are available on the Web at http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/grad/students/thesis/templates/citpubs.html.
* New student reception: Dean of the Graduate School Walter Cohen welcomes new students on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 4 p.m., with a reception at the Big Red Barn Grad Center.
* Orientation: Graduate student orientation programs begin Saturday, Aug. 23, with an open house at the Big Red Barn from noon to 4 p.m., free refreshments; brochures in field offices, the Big Red Barn Grad Center and the Graduate School in Caldwell Hall.
* Fellowship: A partial tuition fellowship for self-supporting doctoral students is being offered. Since reduced tuition has ended, doctoral students who are self supporting are eligible for partial tuition fellowships if they entered the doctoral program in spring 1995 or earlier, have six semesters registered in the Graduate School and have passed the A-Exam. Completed applications are due at the Graduate Fellowship Office, 155 Caldwell Hall, by Aug. 29 for the fall semester.
* English test: The English Placement Test will be held in Room D, Goldwin Smith Hall, Monday, Aug. 25, 9:30 a.m. Entering international students who satisfied the language requirement with a TOEFL score below 600 must take this examination.lectures
"Syntactic Chains and Quantifier Scope," Mamoru Saito, Nanzan University, July 29, 7:30 p.m., 200 Baker Hall.
"Language, Information and the Media: Sticking Up for Substance in the Land of Soundbites," Jody Hassett, senior international news producer in CNN's Washington bureau, July 30, 7:30 p.m., Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.music
Outdoor concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. on the Arts Quad; rain location is Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall:
* Miché Fambro plays acoustic jazz and Brazilian music on guitar and sings July 25.
* The Sheryl Skye Band performs contemporary folk-rock Aug. 1.
* The New Nile Orchestra plays world beat and Eastern African rhythms Aug. 8.
Classical concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre, Center for Theatre Arts:
* Liisa Ambegaokar Grigorov, flutist, Belinda Reuning Burge, violist, and Barbara Dechario, harpist, will perform works by Debussy, J.S. Bach and Takemitsu July 29.
* Siora will perform Brazilian jazz Aug. 5.
On July 27, Annie Hills will perform; on Aug. 3, Michael Johnathon. The show runs Sunday nights from 8 to 11, with live sets at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. in the Cafe at Anabel Taylor Hall. All three sets are different. Admission is free and open to the public. Bound for Glory is broadcast on WVBR-FM 93.5 and 101.5. In much of August, Bound for Glory will present albums from the studio. Give Phil a call at 273-2121.religion
The Rev. Geoffrey Howson, pastor of the Church of the Epiphany in Trumansburg, will give the sermon July 27 at 11 a.m.
On Aug. 3 the speaker will be the Rev. Robert Johnson, director of Cornell United Religious Work.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Union.
Fridays, 7:30 p.m., Balch Hall Unit 4 Lounge, speakers, open discussion and refreshments. Sunday morning prayers and breakfast, 7 a.m., at alternating locations. For more information, call 272-5320.
Summer Mass schedule: Sundays, 10 a.m., Anabel Taylor Auditorium.
Call the Catholic Office at 255-4228 for the daily Mass schedule or for an appointment for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Thursdays, 7 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Everyone on campus is welcome. Room G-20 Anabel Taylor Hall is open daily for prayer and study.
Also, Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., First Church of Christ, Scientist, 101 University Ave., Ithaca.
Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Meeting for worship, Sundays, 10:30 a.m., at the Hector Meeting House on Perry City Road. Child care provided. For rides or directions, call 273-4324.
There will be no Conservative and Reform services this summer. Orthodox services will continue on Saturday mornings at 9:15 a.m. in the Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Call 255-4227 for more information.
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. For geneology resources, call Jeremy at 257-7187.
Summer schedule: Through Aug. 17, services will be held Sundays at 9:30 a.m. St. Luke Lutheran Church, Oak Ave. at College Ave. For information, call 273-6811.
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.
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214.seminars
"The Communication of 3-Dimensional Food Location by a Stingless Bee, Melipona panamica: Sound, Dance and Scent," James Nieh, neurobiology and behavior, July 29, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Ecology and Epidemiology of Whitefly-Transmitted Closteroviruses," Gail Wisler, USDA-ARS, Salinas, Calif., Aug. 14, 3 p.m., Barton Laboratory, Geneva.symposium
A symposium, "Microscopy at Cornell," will be held Friday, Aug. 8, beginning at 9 a.m. in 458 Olin Hall. For more information, contact Tom McCarrick at 255-2372. A list of topics follows:
"The Case for Polarized Light Microscopy," Walter McCrone, McCrone Research Institute; "Observations of Samples While Under Pressure and at High Temperature in the Diamond Anvil Cell," William Bassett, geology; "Shear Birefringence Patterns in Single Fiber Composites," Anil Netravali, textiles and apparel; "Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy," Edward Brown and Watt Webb, applied and engineering physics; "Low Temperature Scanning Electron Microscopy of Biological Specimens," M.V. Parthasarathy and Carole Daugherty, plant biology and Cornell Integrated Microscopy Center; and "Mapping of Chemically Accessible Regions in Semicrystalline Polymers," Narayan Sundararajan and S. Kay Obendorf, textiles and apparel.
Beginning at 1:30 p.m.: "Visualizing Electronic and Atomic Structure on a Near Atomic Spatial Scale," John Silcox, Materials Science Center; "In Search of Perfection: STM Studies of Silicon Etching in Solution," M.A. Hines, Y.-C. Huang, J. Flidr and T.A. Newton, chemistry; "Microcontact Printed Surfaces for Directed Neural Cell Adhesion and Growth," Robert Davis, Conrad James, Harold Craighead and Michael Isaacson, applied and engineering physics; "The Use of Computers and Microscopes to Supplement an Innovative Curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell," David Frank and Katherine Edmonson, Vet College; and "Teaching Light and Video Microscopy at Cornell," Randy Wayne, plant biology.miscellany
Meetings are open to the public and will be held Monday through Friday at 12:15 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information, call 273-1541.
Also, meetings will be held Fridays at 5 p.m. in the Moore Library at Gannett Health Center.
Cornell Outdoor Education will offer an open house paddling day Aug. 10 from 2:30 to 6 p.m. on Beebe Lake. The event is free and open to Cornell faculty, staff and the Ithaca community. There will be 14 flat-water canoes, five white-water canoes, 12 white-water kayaks and four sea kayaks available. Several paddling instructors will be on hand to give beginner instruction. Walk-ins only. Rain date is Aug. 17 from 2:30 to 6 p.m. For more information, call 255-1807.
For registration information about the following classes or for a free brochure of classes, call Cornell Plantations at 255-2407.
On Wednesday evenings throughout the summer, Cornell Plantations is offering free guided tours starting at 7 p.m. in front of the gift shop. The tour July 30 is "A Host of Hostas: The Deans' Garden"; on Aug. 6, "Changing Tastes: The Pounder Vegetable Garden"; and on Aug. 13, "Gorgeous Grasses: The Family Gramineae."
