The Cornell Chronicle
Calendar of Events

December 17 - January 21


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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.
* "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.
Hartell Gallery, Sibley Hall
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Punktbelysning: Midwinter Lighting in Sweden, a photo exhibit, through Dec. 19.
Mann Library
Vintage nursery and seed catalogs from the collection of the Bailey Hortorium are on display in the lobby of Mann Library through January.
Rare & Manuscript Collections
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.


graduate bulletin

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 at http://www.univco.cornll.edu/payroll/home.html.
* Thesis/Dissertation: Submission deadline for a January 1999 degree is Jan. 15, 1999.
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 on the web at http://www.chaos.cornell.edu/IERT.html. For application, contact Dolores Pendell at dap7@cornell.edu.


music

Bound for Glory
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.
African-American
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Baha'i Faith
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.
Catholic
Weekend Masses: Sundays, 10 a.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium.
Christmas Eve Mass: Dec. 24, 7 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Christmas Midnight Mass: Dec. 24, 11:40 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel (carols).
Christmas Day Mass: Dec. 25, 11 a.m., Reconstruction Home.
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.
Christian Science
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.
Episcopal (Anglican)
Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Friends (Quakers)
Meeting for Worship, Sundays, 11 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care provided. For information, call 273-5421.
Jewish
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.
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, 9 a.m. Call 272-4520 or 257-6835 for directions and transportation. Basketball on Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
Lutheran
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.
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. Saturday Halaqa gathering for all, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., One World Room.
Open Meditation
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.
Pagan
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214.
Protestant
Sunday service, 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. For more information, call the Protestant Cooperative Ministry at 255-4224.


seminars

Biomedical Sciences
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.
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
TBA, Mary Cloninger, University of California at Irvine, Dec. 17, 11:15 a.m., 119 Baker Lab.
Ecology & Systematics
"Decline of Above- and Below-ground Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Diversity Over an Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Gradient Near Kenai, Alaska," Erik Lilleskov, doctoral dissertation seminar, Dec. 18, 1 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
Immunology
"Immunoregulation in Schistosomiasis," Tom Wynn, NIAID, NIH, Dec. 18, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.
Neurobiology & Behavior
"To Wait or to Wander? Fitness Payoffs of Alternative Male Mating Behaviors in a Water Strider," Susan Kain, neurobiology and behavior, Dec. 17, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.


miscellany

Alcoholics Anonymous
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.
Greenhouse Management Update
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Office for Research is sponsoring a greenhouse management update Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium. The program will address greenhouse Best Management Practices, prevention of greenhouse pest problems, insect and mite control, and nutrient and water management. Preregistration is required. Refreshments and DEC registration begin at 9:30 a.m.; the program runs 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. For more information, contact Mary-Lynn Cummings, 255-2557 or mc101@cornell.edu.


sports

Men's Basketball
Dec. 20, at Colgate, 3 p.m.
Dec. 30, at Lehigh, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 2, at Army, 3:15 p.m.
Jan. 8, Harvard, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 9, Dartmouth, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 16, Columbia, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 18, Lafayette, 7:30 p.m.
Women's Basketball
Dec. 20, at San Francisco
Dec. 21, at San Jose
Dec. 23, at St. Mary's, 3:30 p.m.
Jan. 8, at Harvard, 6 p.m.
Jan. 9, at Dartmouth, 7 p.m.
Jan. 16, Columbia, 5 p.m.
Jan. 18, at Colgate
Women's Fencing
Jan. 17, at Temple w/Hopkins, Fairleigh Dickinson
Women's Gymnastics
Jan. 16, at Pennsylvania, 1 p.m.
Men's Hockey
Dec. 27-28, Badger Showdown at Bradley Center
Jan. 2, at Clarkson, 7 p.m.
Jan. 3, at St. Lawrence, 7 p.m.
Jan. 5, Providence, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 15, Ohio State, 7:30 p.m.
Women's Hockey
Jan. 2, Brown, 2 p.m.
Jan. 3, Providence, 2 p.m.
Jan. 6, St. Lawrence, 7 p.m.
Jan. 10, at Colby, 3 p.m.
Jan. 11, at New Hampshire, 2 p.m.
Jan. 13, at St. Lawrence, 7 p.m.
Men's Squash
Jan. 16, at Amherst w/Williams
Jan. 17, at Bowdoin w/Bates
Women's Squash
Jan. 15-16, at Williams Invitational
Jan. 17, at Bowdoin w/Bates
Men's Swimming
Jan. 9, at Princeton, noon
Jan. 16, at Navy w/Yale, noon
Women's Swimming
Jan. 9, at Princeton, 11 a.m.
Jan. 17, Yale, noon
Men's Track
Jan. 16, Georgetown w/Rutgers
Women's Track
Jan. 16, Georgetown w/Rutgers
Wrestling
Dec. 29-30, Midlands at Evanston
Jan. 8-9, at Virginia Duals
Jan. 15, Rider, 7 p.m.
Jan. 21-22, New York States at Binghamton