The Cornell Chronicle
Calendar of Events

May 13 - 20, 1999


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Chronicle schedule

The Cornell Chronicle will not publish June 3, so the calendar of May 27 will cover May 27 through June 10. The deadline to submit calendar notices for that issue is May 17.


emeritus/retired

* CAPE meeting: The spring meeting of the Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti will be Thursday, May 20, at the Biotechnology Building. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m., the business meeting will begin at 2 and the program, at 2:30 p.m. Professor Yervant Terzian will speak on "The Magnificent Universe." The meeting is open to the public.
* Computer workshop for emeriti: "Finding and Using Electronic Journals in the CU Library," May 27, 9-11 a.m., Stone 1 computer classroom, Mann Library. Prerequisite: basic computer knowledge. To register, contact Roberta Reniff, 254-4993 or arr2@cornell.edu.


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.
* "Strong Hearts: Native American Photography," through May 30.
* "Children: Seen and Not Heard," through June 13.
* "Northern Renaissance Prints," through June 13.
* "Arthur Dove: Sketches and Studies," through June 13.
* "From Picasso to Christo: The Livingston Collection of 20th Century Art," through June 13.
* "Searching: Works by Constance Livingston," through June 13.
* "Into this Century: The Robbins Collection," through June 13.
* Sunday Artbreak: "Face to Face" with Kimberly Cleveland, docent, May 16, 2 p.m.
Hartell Gallery, Sibley Hall
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Photographs by Thomas Hoebbel, May 17-21.
Design Gallery, E124 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
Retail design by students of K. Gibson, through May 22.
Kroch Library Exhibiton Gallery
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. )
"The Art of the Book: 500 Years of Printing, Illustration and Bookbinding," through May 28.
Tjaden Gallery
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
B.F.A. Thesis Group Exhibitions, through May 28.


films

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://cinema.cornell.edu.
Thursday, 5/13
"Pi" (1998), directed by Darren Aronofsky, with Sean Gullette and Mark Margolis, 7:30 p.m.
"Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy" (1998), directed by Grant Gee, 9:30 p.m.
Friday, 5/14
"Kiss Me Deadly" (1955), directed by Robert Aldrich, with Ralph Meeker and Cloris Leachman, 7:30 p.m. See story.
"Slam" (1998), directed by Marc Levin, with Saul Williams and Sonja Sohn, 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"Waking Ned Devine" (1998), directed by Kirk Jones, with Ian Bannen and David Kelly, 9:45 p.m., Uris.
"Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy," 11:45 p.m.
Saturday, 5/15
"Tango" (1998), directed by Carlos Saura, with Miguel Angel Sola, Cecilia Narova and Mia Maestro, 7:15 p.m.
"E.T." (1982), directed by Steven Spielberg, with Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas, 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Slam," 9:45 p.m., Uris.
"Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy," 10 p.m.
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998), directed by Terry Gilliam, with Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro and Christina Ricci, midnight, Uris.
Sunday, 5/16
"Pi," 7:30 p.m.
Monday, 5/17
"Kiss Me Deadly," 7 p.m.
"Pulp Fiction" (1994), directed by Quentin Tarantino, with John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson, 9:20 p.m.
Tuesday, 5/18
"Office Space" (1999), directed by Mike Judge, with Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston and Stephen Root, 7:30 p.m.
"E.T.," 9:45 p.m.
Wednesday, 5/19
"One From the Heart" (1982), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, with Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr and Raul Julia, 7:15 p.m.
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 5/20
"Office Space," 7:30 p.m.
"There's Something About Mary" (1998), directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly, with Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller and Matt Dillon, 9:45 p.m.


graduate bulletin

May degree: All requirements must be completed by May 21.
Diploma distribution: Diplomas will be available for May 1999 degree recipients who completed requirements by mid-March for those fields and/or colleges that distribute diplomas at ceremonies after commencement. Students must check with their graduate field assistant to see whether their diploma will be available for pickup that day. The Graduate School does not distribute diplomas on Commencement Day. Diplomas will be mailed to all other recipients.
* Ph.D. recognition event: The ceremony to honor Ph.D. recipients will be Saturday, May 29, at 5 p.m. in Barton Hall. 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 by 4 p.m. before the ceremony.
* Summer registration: Summer graduate registration begins May 17, Room 150, Caldwell Hall. Forms are available starting May 10. Student ID and in-person registration are required. Students must register if they are 1) receiving financial aid during the summer (such as fellowships, summer loans, assistantships, travel grants, or tuition awards); 2) wish to use campus facilities during the summer; or 3) are off campus but need to be registered for summer study. Graduate students who have been registered for a regular semester during the preceding academic year do not pay tuition for noncredit summer registration. Students approved for summer residence credit must pay the appropriate prorated Graduate School tuition rate. Tuition must be paid for summer courses taken through the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions.
* Travel grants: Conference transportation grant applications are due at the Graduate Fellowship Office, Caldwell Hall, by June 1 for July conferences. Applications received after this date cannot be considered. Grants for transportation are awarded to registered graduate students invited to present papers or posters. Application forms are available at Graduate Field Offices and on the web at http://ww.gradschool.cornell.edu/grad/fellowships/intro.html.
Fellowship checks: Students with summer fellowships administered through the Graduate School may pick up checks at 155 Caldwell Hall between 8 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., starting June 1. Students must be registered for summer 1999 and should bring Cornell ID.
* Dissertation and thesis seminars will be held in 100 Caldwell Hall, 2 p.m. Master's thesis seminar will be Wednesday, June 16; doctoral dissertation seminar, Wednesday, June 23. The thesis adviser will discuss preparing and filing theses and dissertations; students, faculty and typists are encouraged to attend.
* August degree deadline: Friday, Aug. 20, is the deadline for completing all requirements for an August degree, including submitting the thesis/dissertation to the Graduate School.
Big Red Barn BBQ: All grads are invited to a free barbecue supper Friday, May 21, 4:30 p.m. until the food is gone.
Faculty meeting: A graduate faculty meeting will be held Friday, May 28, 4 p.m., 125 Caldwell Hall. The meeting is solely for the purpose of voting on May degrees.


music

Cayuga Vocal Ensemble
The Cayuga Vocal Ensemble closes its 1998-99 season with "Motets, Melodies and Monsters" Sunday, May 16, at 4 p.m. in Barnes Hall. Under the direction of guest conductor Lawrence Doebler, the group presents a whirlwind tour of choral masterworks from the ages.
Tickets are available at the ticket center at Clinton House (273-4497), Hickey's Music Center (272-8262), Mickey Roof Designer Goldsmith (257-4666) and at the door. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors. For more information, call 255-4760 or visit CVE's web site at http://www.cayuga-vocal.org.
Bound for Glory
For the balance of May and most of June, Bound for Glory will broadcast albums from the studio Sundays, 8-11 p.m. on WVBR-FM 93.5 and 105.5.


religion

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
Ascension Mass: May 13, 12:20 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
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-22 Anabel Taylor Hall; Thursdays at 4 p.m. in G-15 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

Biochemistry
"Participation of the Dynamin Family in the Formation of Cytoplasmic Vesicles," Mark McNiven, the Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, May 14, 4 p.m., large conference room, Biotechnology Building.
Biomedical Sciences
"The Use of Knockout Mice in Medical Research," Jerrold Ward, National Institutes of Health, May 13, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall II, Vet College.
"What Are the Spermatocyte's Requirements for Meiotic Division?" Mary Ann Handel, University of Tennessee, May 17, noon, Lecture Hall II, Vet College.
Boyce Thompson Institute
BTI celebrates 25 years of affiliation with Cornell on May 19 at 4 p.m. in BTI auditorium with a program of short lectures including: "William Boyce Thompson and His Vision," John Dentes, BTI; "Bringing BTI to Ithaca," Ray Van Houtte; and "Current Research at BTI -- Edible Vaccines and the Search for Anti-Cancer Compounds," Charles Arntzen, BTI. A reception precedes the lectures at 3:30 p.m. See story.
Cornell Genomics Initiative
"Unraveling Plant Metabolic Pathways: Integrating Genomics, Genetics and Biochemistry," Dean DellaPenna, University of Nevada, May 13, 11 a.m., G-01 Biotechnology Building.
Genetics & Development
"Assembly and Regulation of Recombination Complexes," Douglas Bishop, University of Chicago Medical Center, May 17, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
Undergraduate Honors Theses, May 19, 12:20 p.m., small seminar room, Biotechnology Building:
* "Translational Regulation of Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase," Beatriu Reig;
* "Temperature-Sensitive Alleles of the DNA Mismatch Repair Protein MLH1," Daniel Smith;
* "GAGA Factor Interacts With Abrupt Through a POZ Mediated Interaction," Andrew Eisenberg; and
* "Chromosome Loss in Histone 3 Phosphorylation Site Mutants," Jimmy Feng.
Materials Science & Engineering
"Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Fabrication Technology," Kevin Kornegay, electrical engineering, May 13, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
Microbiology
"Insulin-like Regulation of C. elegans Development and Longevity," Gary Ruvkun, Harvard Medical School, May 14, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.
Plant Breeding
"Map Manager QTX: Cross-Platform Software for QTL Mapping," Kenneth Manly, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, May 18, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
Soil, Crop & Atmospheric Sciences
"Soil Organic Matter: From Field to Planet," David Prowlson, IACR-Rothamsted, May 21, 2 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
"Nonplanar Buckled States of Hemitropic Rods," Chris Papadopoulos, theoretical and applied mechanics, May 19, 4:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.


symposiums

Astronomy
"Observing the Universe," a symposium honoring Yervant Terzian on his 60th birthday, is May 15 starting at 9:30 a.m. in the conference room of the Biotechnology Building. Terzian, the James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences, is stepping down July 1 after 20 years as chair of the Department of Astronomy.
Steven Beckwith, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), will speak on "The Future of Astronomy From Space: The Next Generation Space Telescope." Bruce Balick, University of Washington, will give the opening talk on "Planetary Nebulae: Revisiting `Old Friends.'"
Other speakers include: Carl Heils, University of California at Berkeley; Kiriaki Xilouris, National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center at Cornell; Shri Kulkarni, California Institute of Technology; Mario Livio, STScI; Edward Khachikian, Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Republic of Armenia; and Edwin Salpeter, Cornell. See story.
College of Veterinary Medicine
"NSF and Biology in the 21st Century," a daylong conference and workshop sponsored by the College of Veterinary Medicine, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, will be May 14 beginning at 9 a.m. in the auditorium of Boyce Thompson Institute.
The plenary session topic is "NSF Biology Initiatives, Programs and Funding at the Beginning of the 21st Century," and participants from the NSF are: Machi Dilworth, Division of Biological Infrastructure; Charles Liarakos, division of Molecular and Biosciences; Annabell Segarra, Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience; Elvira Doman, Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience; and Evelyn Baisey-Thomas, FASTLANE electronic submissions, reports and reviews.
From 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., the NSF directors would like to meet with interested individuals or groups. Contact Linda Griswold at 253-3758 or lag13@cornell.edu to set up an appointment.


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.
Breastfeeding Study
Are you pregnant and planning to breastfeed? If interested in participating in a community-based study examining some of the nutritional aspects of breastfeeding, contact Sunjya Schweig, Division of Nutritional Sciences, at 255-4804 or sks21@cornell.edu.
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.
Nature Walk
The Finger Lakes Land Trust's "Birds, Birds, Birds" nature walk is May 16, 9 a.m., at the Lower Preserve in Enfield. From Route 79 in Enfield, go north on Halseyville Road. Turn left on Iradell Road. Park off the road next to the first woods you come to, on the left. For more information, call 275-9487.
Pesticide Applicator Examinations
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will administer pesticide applicator examinations on campus May 20 at 1 p.m. Preregistration is required. For more information, contact Mary-Lynn Cummings at 255-2557 or mc101@cornell.edu.
Reis Tennis Center
The Reis Tennis Center, a state-of-the-art facility on Pine Tree Road, is offering recreational programs for the Cornell community. Take advantage of lessons for juniors and adults, leagues, Cornell Sports School junior camps and junior and adult summer camps. For court reservations and detailed information, call 272-0037.
Study Abroad Opportunities
Michael Hutt, chair of South and South East Asian Languages and Cultures at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, will present study abroad opportunities for undergraduate students through Cornell, Tuesday, May 18, in 153 Uris Hall from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. SOAS is a world-class university for area studies of Asia and Africa, especially languages and literature. Those planning to attend the session should RSVP at Cuabroad@cornell.edu.
Toastmasters International
Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in 306 Rockefeller Hall and are open to the public. For information, call 277-8863.


sports

Women's Crew (7-5)
May 16, EAWRC Sprints at New Preston, Conn.