Jane Goodall offers open campus lecture in Bailey on Sept. 11

By Susan Lang

Jane Goodall, the world-renowned primatologist, will present a free and open lecture titled "Individuals Make a Difference For Humans and Chimpanzees" on Friday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. in Bailey Hall.

Free tickets for the lecture will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office and downtown at the Tompkins County Public Library beginning Tuesday, Sept. 1, at 10 a.m. There is a limit of two tickets per person. Donations will be requested during the lecture to support the Jane Goodall Institute. Goodall will autograph books after the lectures, and books, T-shirts and other items will be available for purchase.

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As an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell, Goodall will spend two days on campus meeting with faculty and students, Sept. 10 and 11. On Thursday, she is expected to visit Trumansburg schools and to meet with Cornell presidential scholars and with faculty and graduate students at a research symposium. On Friday she will speak to two large undergraduate classes, meet with nutritional sciences and veterinary school faculty to discuss how Cornell can get involved in nutritional and veterinary efforts in Tanzania and will meet with the newly established Roots and Shoots organization, whose formation was inspired by Goodall's visit last year. Roots and Shoots at Cornell is a group of more than 100 students dedicated to activities protecting the environment and animal and human rights.

Goodall, with no advanced degree, began studying primates in Western Tanzania in 1960 under the guidance of Dr. Louis Leakey, the renowned paleontologist (and a Cornell A.D. White Professor-at-Large from 1966 to 1972). Later her research led to a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in England. Her research has continued without interruption at Gombe in Tanzania, becoming the longest continuous field study of animals ever undertaken.

The author of 10 books, Goodall has received numerous honorary degrees and international prizes.

"Jane is a wonderful example of how individuals even without formal training, but with determination can make a real difference in helping humans, animals and the environment," said Michael Latham, M.D., professor of international nutrition at Cornell, her faculty sponsor and a friend of Goodall and her late husband, Derek Bryceson.

Goodall joins 17 other current A.D. White Professors-at-Large at Cornell; these are outstanding individuals from the sciences, humanities and arts, who over six-year terms make periodic visits to campus and are considered full members of the faculty.