Cornell University will commemorate the tragic attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with a week of discussions and remembrances titled "Reflections on 9/11," Susan H. Murphy, vice president for student and academic services, announced today (Aug. 29).

"A year ago the Cornell community came together to grieve and to begin the process of recovering from this national tragedy," Murphy said. "Now, a year later, our hope is to engage a wide spectrum of the campus community in thoughtful discussion of the impact of the attacks, not only on the international political scene but also on American culture and society. It is also a time for us to come together to remember those who were lost and to renew our commitment to our common humanity."

The principal commemoration of the event will take place Wednesday, Sept. 11, from 12:20 to 1 p.m., with an outdoor, nondenominational memorial convocation at the A.D. White House gardens. Participants will include President Hunter Rawlings; Kenneth W. Clarke, director of Cornell United Religious Work; and members of the Cornell Glee Club and Chorus. Bailey Hall is the alternative inclement weather site.

Throughout the morning, the Cornell Chimes will toll for a short period at 8:46 a.m. and five times thereafter, to commemorate each of the four airplane crashes that took place on the morning of Sept. 11 and the time when each tower fell at the World Trade Center.

A panel discussion, "Reflections on 9/11," will be held that evening from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Call Alumni Auditorium in Kennedy Hall. Rawlings will act as moderator, with panelists Shawkat M. Toorawa, assistant professor of Arabic literature and Islamic studies; Walter F. LaFeber, the Marie Underwood Noll Professor of American History; and Michele Moody-Adams, the Hutchinson Professor of Philosophy and director of the Program in Ethics and Public Life.

In addition, "An Interfaith Vigil of Remembrance and Hope" will be held in Sage Chapel at 7 p.m.

Classes will be held on Sept. 11 as scheduled.Other faculty panels are scheduled for each day that week and will explore different dimensions of the aftermath of Sept. 11. All of the panel discussions are scheduled for 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Call Auditorium and will include time for interaction with members of the audience. Panel discussions are free and open to the public. The following panels are scheduled:

• Sept. 9 – "The Impact of 9/11 on the International Scene."

Panelists include: Isaac Kramnick, vice provost for undergraduate education and the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government, moderator; Benedict R. O'G. Anderson, the A.L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies; Valerie Bunce, professor and chair, Department of Government; and Barry Strauss, professor of history.

• Sept. 10 – "Artistic and Aesthetic Responses to 9/11."

Panelists include: Porus Olpadwala, dean, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, moderator; Salah Hassan, associate professor and chair, Department of History of Art; Steven F. Pond, assistant professor of music; Franklin W. Robinson, the Richard J. Schwartz Director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art; and Amy Villarejo, assistant professor of film. and women's studies.

• Sept. 12 – "The Weapons of Terror."

Panelists include: W. Kent Fuchs, dean, College of Engineering, moderator; Kathryn Boor, associate professor of food science; Judith Reppy, professor of science and technology studies and associate director, Peace Studies Program; and Donald F. Smith, dean, College of Veterinary Medicine.

• Sept. 13 – "American Society After 9/11."

Panelists include: Patsy M. Brannon, the Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean, College of Human Ecology, moderator; Judith Ross-Bernstein, senior lecturer, human development; Robert H. Frank, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics, Ethics and Public Policy, Johnson Graduate School of Management; and Steven H. Shiffrin, professor of law.

An art show, titled "9/11: One Year Later," will open at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, in the Willard Straight Hall Art Gallery on campus. The exhibit runs through Sept. 28.