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Hands-on instruction from library staff, Thursday, Dec. 17, Stone I computer classroom, first floor, Mann Library:
"Untangling the Web: Effective Web Search Strategies," 9-10:30 a.m. Following refreshments, a demonstration of new online services through the new Mann home page will run 11-11:30 a.m.
To register for the workshop, contact Eveline Ferretti at ef15@cornell.edu or call 254-4993. Space is limited to registrants.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.
* "Graveurs en taille douce: 17th Century French Printmakers," through Dec. 19.
* "200 Years of Lithography," through Jan. 3.
* "Bead and Baubles: Sherry Markovitz, Judy Onofrio and Tatyana Zhurkov," through Jan. 3.
* "Roads Less Traveled: American Paintings, 1833-1935," through Jan. 10.
* "Cornell Art Faculty," through Jan. 10.
* "Out of the Hat and Onto the Wall": Magician Mike Stanley helps explore how art can be magical, with activities for kids 3-12, Dec. 12, 10 a.m. to noon.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Punktbelysning: Midwinter Lighting in Sweden, a photo exhibit, Dec. 13-19. The opening, Dec. 15 at noon, will feature Swedish buns and song in celebration of St. Lucia, who promises each year at this time to return the light.
Vintage nursery and seed catalogs from the collection of the Bailey Hortorium are on display in the lobby of Mann Library through January.
(9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Art department print sale, through Dec. 11.
The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Exhibition Gallery is located on the 2b Level of the Kroch Library (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Telephone: 255-3530.
"Laura (Riding) Jackson and the Promise of Language," through Jan. 15.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 $4.50 ($4 for students, kids 12 and under and seniors). Visit the Cornell Cinema web site at http://www-cinema.slife.cornell.ed. films
"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex" (1972), directed by Woody Allen, with Allen, Lynn Redgrave and Gene Wilder, 7:30 p.m.
"Annie Hall" (1978), directed by Woody Allen, with Allen and Diane Keaton, 9:30 p.m.
"Latin Boys Go to Hell" (1997), directed by Ela Troyano, with Irwin Ossa, John Bryant Davila and Jennifer Lee Simard, 7:30 p.m.
"Love and Death" (1975), directed by Woody Allen, with Allen and Diane Keaton, 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"Sleeper" (1973), directed by Woody Allen, with Allen and Diane Keaton, 9:20 p.m.
"Reservoir Dogs" (1992), directed by Quentin Tarantino, with Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Steve Buscemi, 9:40 p.m., Uris.
"The Princess Bride" (1987), directed by Rob Reiner, with Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin, midnight, Uris.
"The Wind in the Willows" (1997), directed by Terry Jones, with John Cleese, Stephen Fry and Eric Idle, Ithakid Film Fest, 2 p.m., $2/$1.50 kids 12 and under.
"Annie Hall," 7:30 p.m.
"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex," 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"After Hours" (1985), directed by Martin Scorsese, with Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette and Linda Florentino, 9:45 p.m.
"The Princess Bride," 9:45 p.m., Uris.
"Reservoir Dogs," midnight, Uris.
"The Wind in the Willows," 4:30 p.m.
Student Films, II, 7:30 p.m.
"Sleeper," 7:30 p.m.
"The Princess Bride," 9:30 p.m.
"Love and Death," 7:30 p.m.
"Reservoir Dogs," 9:35 p.m.
"After Hours," 7:30 p.m.
"Annie Hall," 9:40 p.m. Cornell Cinema will resume screening films Jan. 20.* Payday date change for assistants: Almost all graduate students with assistantships will be paid one week early for the pay period Dec. 17 - 30; payday will be Wednesday, Dec. 23. Starting January 1999, paydays for all exempt staff and for almost all graduate assistants will be semimonthly instead of the current biweekly. There will be a 23-day gap between the Dec. 23 and Jan. 15 paychecks. Information is available on the web at http://www.univco.cornll.edu/payroll/home.html. graduate bulletin
* Thesis/Dissertation: Submission deadline for a January 1999 degree is Jan. 15, 1999.
* Spring registration: Registration is Thursday, Jan. 21, from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in 125 Caldwell Hall. New students and those continuing students with "holds" must register in person at Caldwell Hall. Continuing students with no "holds" do not need to go to Caldwell Hall for registration. To determine if you have a "hold," check Just the Facts on Bear Access (beginning Jan. 16).
* Course enrollment: Jan. 25 to Feb. 12. Forms are in graduate field offices and Caldwell Hall. Return form in person by Friday, Feb. 12, to Caldwell Hall. Students who completed electronic precourse enrollment do not need to complete a course enrollment form. For course changes, submit a course Add and Drop form to the Graduate School. Students no longer taking courses must enroll for thesis or dissertation research, either a department course or the Graduate School research numbers: Doctoral Dissertation 686-197; Master's Thesis 686-209.
* Fellowships: Applications for 1999-2000 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships are available in the World Area Program Offices, first floor, Uris Hall.
* Graduate Community Assistant (GCA): Graduate and professional student housing information sessions for GCA positions for 1999-2000. Attendance required for application; sessions: Jan. 28 at 7 pm and Feb. 2 at 5 p.m. at Big Red Barn; Jan. 27 at 6 p.m., Hasbrouck Community Center. Live-in position in graduate resident housing for full-time graduate students; requires 10-20 hours per week; may not be combined with another assistantship. For information, phone 255-7290.
* Interdisciplinary non-linear fellowships: Two-year fellowships for graduate students in first years of Ph.D. program. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals or permanent residents. Information is at http://www.chaos.cornell.edu/IERT.html. For application, contact Dolores Pendell at dap7@cornell.edu; due early January 1999.
* University holiday: The Graduate School offices will be closed during the official University winter holiday, Friday, Dec. 25, 1998 through Friday, Jan. 1, 1999.
* Einaudi Center grants: Michele Sicca Summer Research Grants support graduate students doing European-based predissertation research in modern European government, history, economics and the humanities. Deadline: Feb. 5.
Manon Michels Einaudi Summer Research Grant support graduate students doing European-based predissertation research in modern European art and architecture, art history, philosophy and culture. Deadline: Feb. 5.
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for 1999-2000 and summer 1999 support intensive language study for graduate students. Deadline: Jan. 25.
For information on any of the above offerings from the Einaudi Center or to apply, contact the Institute for European Studies, 120 Uris Hall, 255-7592, or view the web site http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/Europe.music
Bound for Glory is broadcast Sundays from 8 to 11 p.m. on WVBR-FM 93.5 and 105.5.religion
Janet Shortall, assistant director of Cornell United Religious Work, will give the sermon Dec. 13 at 11 a.m.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Fridays, 7:30 p.m., International Room, Willard Straight Hall, speakers, open discussion and refreshments. Sunday morning prayers and breakfast, 7 a.m., at alternating locations. For more information, call 272-5320.
Weekend Masses: Sundays, 10 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium.
Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sundays at 4 p.m. in G-21 Anabel Taylor Hall; Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. in 219 ATH.
Testimony meetings (Christian Science College Organization at Cornell): Thursdays, 7 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Church services: 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, 11 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care provided. For information, call 273-5421.
Conservative and Reform: Call 255-4227 for information.
Orthodox: Friday, Young Israel House, call 272-5810 for information; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
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.
Sunday worship at 10:45 a.m. and 5 p.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. Saturday Halaqa gathering for all, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., One World Room.
Wednesdays, 5:15 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Instructional techniques from various cultures. Some gentle movement and discussion included. For more information, call CURW at 255-4214.
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214.
Sunday service, 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. For more information, call the Protestant Cooperative Ministry at 255-4224.seminars
"Cartilage-Specific Fibronectin Isoform," James MacLeod, biomedical sciences, Dec. 10, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall II, College of Veterinary Medicine.
Research in Biomedical Sciences: Group 4: "Reading a Horse's Mind," Katherine Houpt; "Cellular Defects in Immunoglobulin Synthesis Induced by Polychlorinated Biphenyls," Fred Quimby; "Blood Flow and Metabolism," David Robertshaw; and "Regulation of Sperm Transport in the Mammalian Oviduct," Susan Suarez, Dec. 17, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall II, College of Veterinary Medicine.
"Ab initio Molecular Dynamics Studies of Photoinduced cis-trans Isomerization," Mical Ben-Nun, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dec. 11, 10:30 a.m., 219 Baker Lab.
TBA, Peter Belshaw, Harvard Medical School, Dec. 14, 11:15 a.m., 119 Baker Lab.
TBA, Mary Cloninger, University of California at Irvine, Dec. 17, 11:15 a.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"The Colonization of Agricultural Windbreaks by Forest Trees: Implications for Forest Regeneration," Celia Harvey, doctoral dissertation seminar, Dec. 11, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Polymeric and Organic Transistors for `Plastic Electronics,'" Andrew Lovinger, National Science Foundation, Dec. 10, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Cloning and Expression of I. multifillis Genes for Vaccine Development," Ted Clark, microbiology and immunology, Dec. 11, noon, Boyce Thompson Auditorium.
"Communicative Styles and Sex: Who's Talking, Who's Listening and Who's Judging," Sally McConnell-Ginet, linguistics, Dec. 10, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
TBA, John Bower, Dec. 16, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
TBA, Susan Kain, Dec. 17, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
Cayuga Bird Club Meeting: "BirdSource and the Interactive Christmas Bird Count Web Site," Steve Kelling, Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m., Fuertes Room, Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road.symposiums
The annual Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference will be held Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There is no charge for the Cornell community, but preregistration is requested. For information or to request a registration form, call Carol Peters at 255-1602.sports
Dec. 12, Marist, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 12, at Skidmore
Dec. 11, Yale, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 12, Yale, 8:15 p.m.