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Researchers look for ways to
curtail this invasive species.
Cornell goes to the
movies: Mars and
Steve Squyres’
rovers star in IMAX
spectacular
By Lauren GoLd
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Regal and glamorous on a
platform in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s
cavernous atrium, a Cornell student-built model of the
Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity presided over the
festivities at the Jan. 26 premiere of Disney’s film “Roving
Mars,” which opened in IMAX theaters nationwide the
following day.
The 40-minute film chronicles a years-long journey:
from the two rovers’ early development and testing
phases to their launches, landings and treks (still going
strong, far beyond their projected lifespan of 90 days)
across two very different regions of the red planet.
Directed by George Butler and produced by Frank
Marshall, the film includes 12 minutes of animation by
Cornell alumnus Dan Maas, creator of Emmy-nominated
Maas Digital in Ithaca.
The premiere – a gala event featuring Steve Squyres,
Cornell professor of astronomy and the Mars Exploration
Rover (MER) mission’s principal investigator, as well as
Butler, Marshall and a host of NASA and Lockheed Mar-
Two universities and Pataki finally
agree on land-grant funding in
state budget proposal
By Krishna ramanujan
After years of effort, Cornell, the State
University of New York (SUNY) and
New York Gov. George E. Pataki have
worked out an agreement on land-grant
funding. Under a new arrangement,
money appropriated to Cornell from the
state for its federal land-grant responsibilities
will be separate from funding allocated
by the SUNY system to Cornell
for higher education.
The governor’s budget proposal, released
Jan. 17, sets aside $60 million for
Cornell’s research and extension services
related to the university’s land-grant
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Linda Rayor uses the
mystique of spiders to capture
scientific imagination.
tin officials – was a celebration of two teams: the 4,000
scientists, engineers and support staff who made the mission
a success; and the smaller group that coalesced on
the side to document the mission for the IMAX film.
mission. Cornell and SUNY had asked
for $73 million.
Last year, Cornell received a total of
$135 million from the state, including its
funding for land-grant activities. The total
funds granted to Cornell this year
have yet to be determined.
“This is a positive first step,” said Ron
Seeber, Cornell’s vice provost for land
grant affairs. “The governor’s proposals
are a very good starting point for higher
education in the state of New York.”
From here, the Legislature will finetune
the budget before approving it.
Cornell will work with SUNY and the
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Folksinger Bill Staines
returns to Cornell on
Saturday.
KEVIN STEARNS/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
Cornell alumnus Dan Maas, left, and Steve Squyres, astronomy professor and the Mars rover mission’s principal science investigator,
attend the Jan. 26 premiere of “Roving Mars” at the Lockheed Martin IMAX theater at the Smithsonian Air and Space
Museum in Washington, D.C.
Equipping the rovers with IMAX-quality cameras was
a priority for the mission from the beginning. “We set for
ourselves the goal of making two robot field geologists,”
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Cornellians honor two sports
legacies at first 21 Dinner
By BLaine P. FriedLander jr.
Nearly 200 Cornellians and their friends
gathered Jan. 27 to celebrate the widely
separated legacies of two former Cornell
students, the late George Boiardi ’04 and
late sports journalist Dick Schaap ’55, at
the first 21 Dinner at the Cornell Club in
New York City. Both men wore the num-
ber 21 – some five decades apart – on the
Cornell men’s lacrosse team.
The Cornellians and friends not only
celebrated two lives, but also raised
$50,000 – or triple the funds they expected
– for Teach for America of South Dakota,
according to Jesse Rothstein ’03, a close
friend of Boiardi, who organized the
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JESSE WINTER
Left to right: David Coors ’04, a teammate of George Boiardi; his father, Pete Coors ’69; and
former Cornell lacrosse coach Richie Moran chat at the 21 Dinner at the Cornell Club Jan. 27.

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Looking ahead
Coming up in next week’s Cornell
Chronicle:
• The FOCUS on learning and teaching
page will tour Cornell’s Center for Learning
and Teaching, which provides free
classes, tutors and workshops to help students
understand diffi cult courses and to
offer special accommodations for students
with disabilities and specialized help for
teaching assistants, instructors and faculty.
• Cornell’s Division of Financial Affairs
launches the Cornell Asset Transfer System
– a new Web forum where university employees
can post and browse ads of available
and wanted items on campus.
On the cover
Top of page 1: Flowers of the pale and black
swallow-wort, photos by Antonio Di Tommaso;
male Amblypygid image by Jason
Koski/University Photography; Bill Staines
photo by Laury Marcus.
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Professor launches professional
educational society and journal
By susan s. LanG
A new professional organization, the
Society for Research on Educational
Effectiveness (SREE), with its own peerreviewed
journal, is being launched by a
Cornell professor. His
purpose is to bring
together people who
are interested applying
the principles of
scientifi c inquiry to examine
effectiveness of
educational practices,
interventions, pro-
grams and policies.
Mark Constas, as-
sociate professor of education at Cornell, has
been awarded $750,000 from the U.S. Department
of Education to spearhead the new
organization and support the new journal,
which is expected to publish its inaugural
issue in 2007. The grant is among the largest
that a researcher in Cornell’s Department
of Education has received in more than 10
years. It also the fi rst grant that Cornell has
received from the newly formed Institute of
Education Sciences, the primary research
agency within the Department of Education.
“For more than 85 years, the fi eld of
education research has been dominated
by the American Educational Research
Association,” said Constas, a co-principal
investigator of the grant with Larry
Hedges of Northwestern University and
co-chair of SREE’s new advisory board.
“The new organization will bring together
a growing community of researchers
from education as well as psychology,
economics and sociology to focus on cause-
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and-effect relations in education,” he said.
“The organization will also address ways
to better design and conduct investigations
to promote the understanding and use of
scientifi c evidence in educational settings.”
In the Feb. 1 issue of Education Week, an
article reported that creating a society to
focus on scientifi c studies of education is
controversial because it implies that only
randomized control experiments will be
used to study education. “The new organization
will address this misconception by
including but not limiting our studies to
randomized control trials,” he said.
SREE will draw members from colleges
and universities, institutions, corporations
and organizations that are interested
in conducting studies and developing
statistical and econometric models that
advance the understanding of causeand-effect
relationships to help provide
research-based solutions for pressing
problems in classrooms, schools, school
districts and school systems. “Our intention
is that SREE will provide policy-makers,
state and local education offi cials and
the general public with a reliable source of
research evidence on which they can base
decisions to improve education,” he noted.
Constas, whose research focuses on
the technical problems and philosophical
underpinnings of educational research
methodology, joined the Cornell faculty
in 2003. He was a program director and
educational policy analyst under the
Clinton administration in the Offi ce of
Educational Research and Improvement.
Under the current Bush administration, he
served as program director of the Interagency
Education Research Initiative.
Wendy Wasserstein’s death a loss for
A.D. White Professors-at-Large program
By FranKLin CraWFord
Constas
The death of playwright Wendy Wasserstein
on Jan. 30 was a loss to American arts
and letters, Broadway – and the Cornell
community as well. Wasserstein had been
appointed in 2005 for a six-year term as the
President’s Council of Cornell Women Andrew
D. White Professor-at-Large.
“She loved working with students and
teachers,” said Ellis Hanson, professor of
English, Wasserstein’s faculty host and
close friend. “Her appointment here would
have been an excellent opportunity for
Cornellians to study with a distinguished
playwright who managed to politicize the
genre of Broadway comedy in a new way.”
Her play “Uncommon Women and Others”
is slated for production at the Schwartz
Performing Arts Center in February 2007.
Plans were underway for Wasserstein to
Legislature to try to increase the land-grant
money to more than $70 million.
In years past, SUNY typically allocated
money to all of its campuses based on
such factors as student enrollment,
amount of external research funding a
campus generates and statutory mandates
or unique costs for a campus. But these
factors were not relevant to Cornell’s landgrant
mission, and many felt it was not
fair to have funds allocated for land grant
through a formula for general higher education
purposes.
Cornell interim President Hunter R.
Rawlings worked closely with new SUNY
Chancellor John Ryan to submit a higher
education budget to the governor. Ryan aggressively
advocated for separate higher
education funding, Seeber said.
visit and discuss her work during the run.
Wasserstein was an uncommonly productive
and successful auteur. Her greatest
hit “The Heidi Chronicles” was a 1989 Pulitzer
Prize and Tony Award winner. She
also wrote “Isn’t It Romantic?” (1991), “The
Sisters Rosensweig” (1992), “An American
Daughter” (1997) and “Third,” which debuted
last fall at Lincoln Center and sold
out through its entire run.
“The last time I talked to Wendy was at
the opening night of ‘Third’ in October,”
said Hanson. “She was her usual self:
funny, generous, and curious about what
everyone was thinking. She was very
pleased with the enthusiasm of the audience,
and I am glad now that she survived
to see the success of her fi nal play.”
Wasserstein also was the author of the
best-selling children’s book “Pamela’s First
Musical” (1996).
The budget also includes funds for a
number of contracts to perform such services
for the state of New York as an equine
drug-testing program and other veterinary
medicine services. It also includes $12 million
to continue development of an advanced
synchrotron radiation X-ray source,
called an Energy Recovery Linac. The proposed
device will enable investigations of
matter that are diffi cult if not impossible to
perform with existing X-ray sources.
The governor’s budget also proposed
cuts in the Tuition Assistance Program,
New York’s largest grant program, which
provides up to $5,000 per student in assistance
based on the applicant’s and family’s
New York state net taxable income. But, the
proposed reductions are likely to be reversed
by the Legislature, Seeber said.
Obituary
John W. Kronik, professor emeritus of
Spanish literature in the Department of Romance
Studies at Cornell University, died
Jan. 22, in Los Angeles, Calif. He was 74.
Kronik joined the Cornell faculty in
1966 from the University of Illinois, where
he had been an assistant professor of
Spanish since 1963. Previously he had
been an assistant professor of Romance
languages at Hamilton College (1958-
1963). During his career he also was a visiting
professor at Colby College, Columbia
University, Syracuse University, Bryn
Mawr College Centro de Estudios Hispánicos
(Madrid), Purdue University,
Middlebury College, Brigham Young University,
University of Colorado, University
of California-Berkeley, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside
and UCLA.
Kronik, who specialized in Spanish literature
of the 19th and 20th centuries, was
born in Vienna, Austria, on May 18, 1931.
He completed his undergraduate studies at
Queens College, NY, receiving a B.A. in
Spanish in 1952. He received both his M.A.
(1953) and his Ph.D. (1960) in Spanish from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
During his academic career he received
numerous honors and awards, including
two Fulbright Fellowships (1960-61 and
1987-88), and a Guggenheim Fellowship in
1983. He was president of the International
Galdós Association from 1981 to 1985, and
he was honored with a Distinguished Retiring
Editor Award from the Council of
Editors of Learned Journals in 1992.
Kronik was a prolifi c and accomplished
editor and served on the editorial boards of
31 distinguished journals, most notably as
editor of the PMLA, the journal of the Modern
Language Association, from 1986 to
1992. He was chair of the Fulbright national
screening committee for Spain and Portugal
from 1963 to 1964. Over the years, Kronik
served as mentor and thesis advisor to
a large number of Cornell graduate students,
many of whom now hold academic
positions at peer institutions.
People
Donald a. rutz, professor of veterinary
entomology at Cornell, has been appointed
director of Cornell’s New York state Integrated
Pest Management (IPM) program. He will
continue his research and extension programs
while allocating 40 percent of his time to the
directorship, which begins Feb. 1. He succeeds
Michael P. Hoffmann, who became director
of Cornell’s Agricultural Experiment Station
in September.
Rutz has been actively involved with IPM
for over 25 years, having been a member of
the IPM program operating committee since
its inception.
Announcing Rutz’s appointment, Helene R.
Dillard, Cornell Cooperative Extension director
and associate dean of the College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences and the College of Human
Ecology, said, “We welcome Don to our leadership
team. He has been a highly respected, wellknown
leader in the IPM fi eld and among Cornell
faculty and staff for decades. His knowledge and
solid reputation will continue to keep the New
York state IPM program well positioned as a
national leader in this scholarship area.”
Rutz will focus his attention as IPM director on
stakeholder involvement and securing funding.
“The outstanding reputation that our program
experiences today has resulted from the ever
constant involvement and input from our extensive
list of stakeholders in both agriculture and in
our communities; our regulators and legislators
at the local, state and national levels; our public
health and environmental advocacy groups; and
our outstanding Cornell extension educators
and researchers both off and on campus,” Rutz
said. “As director, I will constantly strive to make
certain that this involvement remains the driving
force behind our program.”
Drama of a journey into madness: Neal Freeman ’97
is back on campus to direct play about Van Gogh
By GeorGe LoWery
neal Freeman has accomplished something rare:
He has supported himself in the theater as a
director, actor and playwright since graduating
from Cornell in 1997. He is now back on campus to direct
the regional premiere of “Vincent in Brixton,” a play
based on Vincent Van Gogh’s years in England, in the
Schwartz Center’s Black Box Theatre.
“Much of what we know of Van Gogh comes from his
letters,” says Freeman. “He struggled to understand himself.
I love that the play is about real characters and has a
strong authenticity about it. Our involvement as an audience
is enhanced by the fact that we’re witnessing something
that could have happened.”
Set in 1873, when the 20-year-old Van Gogh was working
for a London art dealer and renting a room in Brixton,
south London, the play, written by Nicholas Wright, examines
the seeds of genius and madness that lead to Van
Gogh’s enduring art and his suicide at age 37.
“This is very much a character study, not a history lesson,”
Freeman says of “Vincent,” which won Britain’s 2003
Olivier Award for Best New Play. “You’re watching real
people struggling. You look ahead to the genius of his artwork,
and then you look to the despair and madness of his
personal life. It’s really about the coexistence of genius
and madness. The play asks: Do you have to be somewhat
mad to be a truly great artist?”
Freeman, who majored in theater and English, returned
to his native Baltimore after graduation, where he directed,
acted and wrote plays. His work has received strong reviews,
and he won the 2003 Baltimore Playwrights’ Festival
competition. Two years ago he moved to New York
City, where he has directed three off-Broadway shows in
the past year.
“It’s great as a graduate to feel like I have something to
give back,” he says. “I felt that I took a lot from my training
here, and I’ve been able to apply it to my own work.
“I wanted a school where I could study theater intensively
but at the same time have a broad base in liberal
arts,” Freeman notes. “This is a relatively small department
where there’s a lot of student involvement and a lot
of professional skill in the teaching, design and technical
staff. It was a perfect fi t for me. Part of the beauty of this
program is that you get professional-level training without
that conservatory kind of feel. It’s run like a regional
theater. The facilities are fantastic.”
JASON KOSKI/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
Director Neal Freeman works with Barrie Kreinik during a recent rehearsal for “Vincent in Brixton” in the Schwartz Center’s
Black Box Theatre.
Freeman says that as a director, he is organized and reliable.
“I bring some sense of stability as well as the passion
and the understanding of the art.
“As an artist in any discipline, the broader your life experience,
the broader your art. It’s not as simple as taking a
history class and having a better understanding of Vincent
Van Gogh. It’s being exposed to different philosophies,
writers, views of the world. They broaden your ability to see
those viewpoints in a particular work of art.”
At 31, Freeman has navigated hurdles of rejection and unemployment
that can dash hopes of a theatrical career.
“When you get to be my age, you have to make the commit-
Cornell Hotel School creates collaborative degree
program with Culinary Institute of America
By Linda myers
Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration
– the oldest, most prominent hospitality
education program in the country – and
The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
in Hyde Park, N.Y. – the nation’s leading
school of culinary arts – have teamed to
offer a collaborative degree program that
gives students the best of both worlds.
The Hotel School has a managerial and
research focus, the CIA a culinary one.
The collaborative degree program is
part of a broader alliance the two colleges
formed in 2003 to enhance students’ educational
experience and serve the hospitality
industry through education, research
and professional skills development.
“This program will give students a
distinctive education refl ecting the best of
both institutions and is exactly the kind
of innovative educational offering that we
envisioned in forming this alliance,” said
Leo Renaghan, associate dean for academic
affairs at the Hotel School.
“We are pleased to partner with the
Cornell Hotel School to create a unique
program serving students who have a passion
for food service and hospitality operations,”
said Kathy Merget, dean of liberal
arts and management studies at the CIA.
In the new, intensive, four-year degree
program, undergraduates enrolled in
Cornell’s Hotel School earn a Bachelor
of Science (B.S.) degree in hotel administration
from Cornell and an Associate
in Occupational Studies (A.O.S.) degree
JASON KOSKI/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
Meryl Davis ’07, left, a junior in the Hotel School, is one of the fi rst two students to enroll in the
school’s collaborative degree program with The Culinary Institute of America, pictured here in
the Beck Center’s Park Atrium with Emily Franco ’92 Hotel, director of the joint program.
in culinary arts from the CIA. Eligible
juniors and seniors can enroll in the fi rst
full class, beginning in May.
At the Hotel School, students will
spend most of the academic year taking
such hospitality-oriented core courses
as human resource management and
organizational behavior as well as learning
restaurant design, development and
management and studying food service.
At the CIA, students will gain the
culinary knowledge, techniques and skills
used by leading restaurants, hotels and
resorts worldwide, through such courses
as Cuisines of Europe and the Mediterranean,
taken in three-week blocks over
the course of the calendar year, including
summers and winter intersessions.
For more information contact Emily
Franco, director of the Cornell Hotel
School-CIA Alliance, at or (607) 255-4611.
ment to swim against the stream or give up,” Freeman says.
“I have no intention of doing that. I’ve been poor for so long
that it doesn’t scare me to continue to be that way.”
“Vincent in Brixton,” which runs Feb 1-5 and 8-11, says
Freeman, “is really the beginning of Van Gogh’s journey.”
And that’s something Freeman can understand. Of his career,
he says, “I feel I’m on the threshold of something bigger
right now, standing at the doorway, not quite fully in
the room yet.”
George Lowery is projects manager in the Offi ce of Humanities
and Social Sciences Communications.
Notables
isabel hull, John Stambaugh Professor of
History at Cornell, has won the 2005 Ralph
Waldo Emerson Book Award for “Absolute
Destruction: Military Culture and the Practices
of War in Imperial Germany” (Cornell
University Press, 2005).
The $2,500 Emerson award is offered by
Phi Beta Kappa each year for scholarly studies
that contribute signifi cantly to interpretations
of the intellectual and cultural condition of
humanity. The awards ceremony was held Dec.
2 at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C.
“Absolute Destruction” is a work of modern
European history and a cautionary tale for
today, examining the rise and development
of German military culture and institutions.
Thomas Lacqueur, a judge on the Emerson
selection committee, said “the prose is taut;
the documentation staggering; the analysis
brilliant.” Jean Bethke Elshtain, chair of the
Emerson committee, said Hull’s work is “detailed
history of a very high order.”
“Absolute Destruction” also received the
German Studies Association’s DAAD 2005
Book Prize for Outstanding Book in History
and Political Science. Hull has taught at
Cornell since 1977 and has held fellowships
from the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation,
the German Academic Exchange
Service and the John Simon Guggenheim
Foundation, among others.
Her 1997 book “Sexuality, State, and Civil
Society in Germany, 1700-1815” was honored
by the American Historical Association for
the most outstanding work in English on any
aspect of 17th- and 18th-Century European
History, and by the Berkshire Conference of
Women Historians (1997) as the best history
book that year written by a woman.

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Ammons’ ‘lowly and
sublime’ vision explored
at MLA convention
By daVid BuraK
on Saturday, Feb. 18, friends and
former colleagues of A.R. “Archie”
Ammons don’t expect to see his
ghost sitting in the Temple of Zeus on
the Cornell campus, even though the late
Goldwin Smith Professor of Poetry at Cornell
would have turned 80 on that day.
However, Ammons’ spirit was alive and
well in Washington, D.C., during the Modern
Language Association (MLA) convention
in December. On the morning of Dec.
28, some of the most treasured parts of
Ammons’ earthly remains – his poems
– were brought to
life by a cross section
of distinguished
scholars.
Professor Roger
Gilbert of Cornell’s
English Department
organized and
moderated the panel,
“From ‘Ommateum’
to ‘Bosh and Flap-
doodle’: Fifty Years of A.R. Ammons.”
Ammons, who died in 2001 at age 75, had
won two National Book Awards, a MacArthur
Award and a Bollingen Prize, among
other honors.
In his opening remarks on the panel,
Gilbert said that “Ommateum,” which
Ammons paid to have published in 1955,
is “now considered one of the rarest books
in American poetry.” This fi rst collection
of Ammons’ poetry appeared 100 years
after Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass,”
Gilbert said, noting, “Archie was undoubtedly
aware that Whitman’s seminal work
was also self-published, with a preface by
the author and with a group of untitled
poems.”
Steven Cushman, a professor at the
University of Virginia, addressed issues
arising from a close reading of “The Really
Short Poems of A.R. Ammons.” In an
intense and rapid-fi re manner, Cushman
contended that Ammons’ shorter works
are, aesthetically speaking, as legitimate as
the poet’s longer, more critically acclaimed
works, such as “Sphere: The Form of a Motion”
and “Tape for the Turn of the Year.”
Cushman suggested that his perspectives
are probably emanations of his “investment
... in seeing Ammons … as an endlessly capable
fi gure of comprehensive continuity.”
“Ammons is a nature poet,” declared
Elizabeth Mills, a professor at Davidson
College. Speaking with a mellifl uous
Southern accent similar to that of Ammons
himself, Mills noted that some of the
problems Ammons had with depression
and anxiety may have been associated with
A.R. “Archie” Ammons in his offi ce, 1998.
seasonal affective disorder. Nonetheless,
Ammons embarked on his quest to “gather
up pieces of clarity.” Mills noted that in
the period during which Ammons wrote
“Lake Effect Country,” he said, “I want to
deal with intellectual conglomerates that
could reveal the nature of things.” Mills
characterized Ammons as “an edgewalker,
a seeker on the periphery.”
Kevin McGuirk, a professor at the University
of Waterloo, suggested that Ammons’
early position in the realm of poets
could be understood by looking at him as
a type of “outsider artist … This kind of
individual produces work which isn’t part
of the artistic movements of the time.” Mc-
Guirk described “Ommateum” as “a very
strange book.” At the time Ammons pub-
ROBERT BARKER/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
lished the collection, “most of his peers
had Ivy League educations.” Ammons did
his undergraduate work as a science major
at Wake Forest University. He also did
a year of graduate work at University of
California-Berkeley. McGuirk noted that,
before the publication of “Ommateum,”
Ammons knew virtually no one in the
poetry world except Josephine Miles, who
had been his teacher at Berkeley.
Professor Steven Schneider, University
of Texas-Pan American, concluded by saying
that Ammons’ poems “continuously
explore the inside-out connection and
a vision both lowly and sublime … that
enriches us far beyond expectation.”
David Burak, B.A. ’67, M.F.A. ’80, teaches
at the University of California-Santa Monica.
Cornell, Weill Cornell and Lockheed Martin partner to create
plan to manage mass casualties in disasters
By BiLL sTeeLe
Gilbert
NEW YORK — Cornell and Weill
Cornell Medical College (WCMC) are
partnering with Lockheed Martin to
develop a computerized system to help
hospitals nationwide plan for and deal
with mass casualties from disasters
such as hurricanes, a fl u pandemic or
bioterrorism. The system will aid in
readiness planning, simulate a disas-
Muckstadt
ter situation for testing purposes and
act as a decision support system in a real disaster.
The system, for which Lockheed is providing the research
funding, will be an extension of a prototype already developed
at WCMC in collaboration with OR-Manhattan, the
New York City program of the School of Operations Research
and Industrial Engineering (ORIE) on Cornell’s
Ithaca campus. The partnership with Lockheed aims to
combine Cornell’s computer models with command-andcontrol
systems Lockheed has developed for medical services
in the military. Other technology companies will be
invited to join a consortium on the project.
“In light of the 9-11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the
persistent threat of terrorism, we believe there is an urgent
need to develop logistics solutions for planning and response
in the face of mass casualty events,” said Jack
Muckstadt, the Acheson-Laibe Professor of Operations Research
and Industrial Engineering at Cornell and director
of OR-Manhattan.
The goal is to create a distributed communications sys-
21 Dinner continued from page 1
dinner. Before his tragic death during a
lacrosse game on March 17, 2004, Boiardi
served as a Cornell lacrosse team captain
and was president of Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity on campus. Boiardi had committed
to join the South Dakota corps of
Teach for America upon graduation.
Like Bioardi, Schaap was a campus
leader. Schaap, who was a dedicated Cornell
alumnus, went on to become a wellknown
journalist whose career spanned
more than 50 years in television, newspa-
tem that would coordinate the work of emergency responders,
hospital managers and local and regional
offi cials. It would combine real-time reports from responders
in the fi eld with databases of hospital capacity and resources
to show, for example, how 100 burn victims might
be distributed among three hospitals, or where a ward full
of premature infants in intensive care could be moved if a
particular hospital needed to be evacuated.
The Cornell prototype, called the Mass Casualty Response
Logistics Program, was created by Dr. Nathaniel
Hupert, assistant professor of medicine and a researcher
in public health and medical decision making in the Departments
of Public Health and Medicine, WCMC, in collaboration
with Muckstadt.
Hupert has already developed several computer models of
public health systems that are in wide use across the country,
including the Weill/Cornell Bioterrorism and Epidemic Outbreak
Response Model (BERM), the de facto national standard
planning tool for designing large-scale mass
disease-control campaigns. BERM, which has had more than
1,300 downloads from the Web site of the American Hospital
Association, is used by states from New York to Hawaii for
emergency-response planning purposes. Hupert’s collaboration
with ORIE applies supply chain and logistics techniques
used in manufacturing to the logistics of hospitals.
The models the Cornell researchers have developed are
the fi rst to focus on treatment capacity, according to Hupert.
“Other current initiatives are primarily concerned
with outbreak detection, health alerts, patient-level medical
records and other issues unrelated to managing capacity,”
Hupert said. The new system would keep track of
pers, radio, magazines and books.
Jeremy Schaap ’91, Dick’s son, an Emmy
Award-winning reporter and host of
ESPN’s “Outside The Lines,” gave the
dinner’s keynote address.
The money raised will help grow the
corps of South Dakota Teach for America
teachers to 40 – up from 34 this year and
17 just two years ago – to teach in some of
the state’s highest-need public and Bureau
of Indian Affairs schools on the Rosebud
and Pine Ridge Reservations.
Michael P. Riley Jr. has been named associate
dean for alumni affairs, development
and communications by the College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell.
Riley provides overall leadership for development
and public affairs in CALS. He works
closely with the college’s dean, administrative
leadership and faculty to determine initiatives
in support of the college’s academic priorities
and the dean’s involvement in these initiatives.
such resources as beds, intensive care units, emergency
departments, operating rooms, doctors, nurses and other
health professionals, transportation assets such as ambulances
and other EMS units and even supplies like bandages
and fuel for generators.
Initially, the system would coordinate activities in a local
area, but Muckstadt hopes that eventually the data
could move up to the state and federal levels so that offi -
cials would know, for example, “where to send the ice
trucks.” Meanwhile, he added, it should make life easier
for hospital administrators on a day-to-day basis, even
when there is no emergency.
The researchers have tested their model by running
simulations of real disasters, including last summer’s London
subway bombings and the 2004 Madrid railway attack.
The next step, they said, is to create a pilot program
involving a group of 29 hospitals in New York City’s Presbyterian
Hospital system, which is affi liated with WCMC
Development of the system will be based on what Muckstadt
calls a “three-legged stool” supported by technology
companies, academic researchers and the prospective endusers.
He is seeking funding to create a laboratory in
which potential users could participate in computer simulations
of disaster situations. The simulations would draw
on Cornell’s high-performance cluster computing facilities
in Ithaca and at the OR-Manhattan facility at 55 Broad St.
in the fi nancial district of New York City.
Funding for development of the computer models on
which the new system will be based was supplied by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality.
People
He coordinates the activities of the CALS Advisory
Council, manages and advances the college’s
relationships with its top development
prospects and donors and oversees the college’s
alumni affairs and communications initiatives
with CALS’ many constituencies.
“Mike has an exceptional ability to mobilize
staff and resources on behalf of the college and
Cornell,” said Susan A. Henry, the Ronald P.
Lynch Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Wanted by Cornell and USDA researchers: A natural enemy to
curb two invasive, poisonous vines
By Krishna ramanujan
With no known enemies in North
America, two types of invasive vines
are growing unchecked in forests
and fi elds, threatening reforestation,
fragile butterfl y populations and
bird habitats.
The vines are pale and black swallow-wort, and to fi nd
a biological control to stem the growth of and their steady
conquest of local ecosystems in the northern United States
and Canada, Cornell University has teamed up with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research
Service (USDA-ARS), which operates a federal laboratory
at Cornell.
Pale and black swallow-wort – twining vines recently
classifi ed as invasive species and members of the milkweed
family – have rapidly spread since the mid-1990s.
The plants are lethal hosts for monarch butterfl y larvae
and alter ground cover and affect habitat for grassland
birds. And, if that is not enough, the plants are growing
with increasing vigor in some maize and soybean fi elds
and are altering forest regeneration patterns.
Native populations of pale swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum
rossicum) in Ukraine and black swallow-wort (V. nigrum) in
southwestern Europe are kept in check, though, by native
natural enemies. Natural enemies to plants often include
moth caterpillars, beetles, fl ies and diseases.
“These swallow-worts have been here more than 100 years
but have exploded in the last 10 to 15 years, and it will still be
a minimum of 10 years before we can even release a natural
enemy to control their growth,” said Antonio DiTommaso,
associate professor of weed science at Cornell.
“The collaboration between Cornell and the USDA involves
studies of the plants’ biology to identify weak links
in the life cycle that should be targeted, if possible, for biological
control,” said Lindsey Milbrath, a USDA-ARS research
entomologist at Cornell, adding that introducing
any agent will require federal approval. “Our research
will help guide the selection of an effective agent.”
Milbrath, whose funding from USDA supports the Cornell
collaboration on a three-year project, is working with
researchers at a USDA facility in Montpellier, France, and
other colleagues who are working in Ukraine and southwestern
Europe to identify the plants’ natural enemies.
The plants contain strong poisons, which likely limit
natural enemies. Deer and cattle do not eat them. Researchers
also are fi nding that pale swallow-wort may be
replacing milkweeds in open fi elds in New York state and
across the Northeast coast, within the migratory range of
LARISSA SMITH
above: A mature pale swallow-wort plant with seed pod. inset: Swallow-wort seeds are polyembronic, meaning each seed can
typically bear three to four genetically identical seedlings.
monarch butterfl ies. The monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed,
and their larvae eat it as a primary food. Studies
have shown that when the monarchs lay their eggs on pale
or black swallow-wort, the larvae die within three days.
DiTommaso and his graduate students are investigating
whether the plants release root chemicals that alter soil
conditions. Preliminary fi ndings suggest that communities
of mycorrhizae – soil fungi that help provide more nutrients
to plant roots – differ in species and abundance in
areas surrounding swallow-worts.
“It could be that swallow-worts release chemicals that
make an optimal environment for certain mycorrhizal
fungi,” said DiTommaso.
Through the altered soil, or possibly because of chemi-
KEVIN STEARNS/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
Ann Gifford, the EmPowerNY program team coordinator and a consumer and fi nancial management
educator at CCE-Tompkins County, poses with an insulated window and other materials
used for workshops about saving energy.
cals directly released by the swallow-worts, other plant
species have a hard time establishing themselves wherever
swallow-worts grow, DiTommaso said.
The pink-fl owered pale swallow-wort grows rapidly in
both forest understories and in open fi elds of undisturbed
soil throughout central and upstate New York, around the
Great Lakes and in Canada. The purple-fl owered black
swallow-wort prefers open areas and has a foothold in the
Hudson Valley, Long Island, southern New York and the
New England coast.
Like the common milkweed, swallow-worts release
lightweight seeds with featherlike tails that are dispersed
by wind and passing deer. Interestingly, between two to
eight plants can germinate from each seed.
Free workshops throughout New York offer tips on saving energy and money
By susan s. LanG
Turn off computers and their peripherals
when not in use. Unplug such “vampire”
appliances as satellite TV systems
and VCRs that suck electricity even when
they are off. Replace light bulbs with
compact fl uorescent bulbs. Install weather
stripping on doors leading to the outside
or garage. And, of course, turn down the
thermostat when leaving home.
These are just a few of the energy-
and money-saving tips being given out
around the state in hundreds of free
EmPower New York workshops on saving
energy and money. Last year, 28 Cornell
Cooperative Extension (CCE) offi ces
offered more than 335 workshops on
saving energy and managing money with
some 3,000 participants in 30 counties
serviced by New York State Electric &
Gas (NYSEG) and National Grid. Another
135 workshops are scheduled for future
months (see for schedule).
“There are many low- and no-cost energy-saving
strategies that can save money
so that renters and homeowners can apply
the savings to other household expenses,”
says Ann Gifford, the program’s team
coordinator of consumer and fi nancial
management education at CCE-Tompkins
County. Gifford developed the workshops
on energy effi ciency and fi nancial man-
agement education and provides statewide
leadership for the workshops with
Barbara Henza, fi nancial and consumer
educator at CCE-Cortland County.
Cornell housing and energy expert Joe Laquatra,
the Reed Professor of Design and Environment
Analysis (DEA) at Cornell, oversaw
the development of energy workshop
materials. Laquatra heads up the Consumer
Education Program for Residential Energy
Effi ciency, a related New York program that
promotes energy-saving incentives for homeowners,
landlords and builders. Laquatra
and Mark Pierce, DEA extension associate,
assisted with CCE educator training so that
trained staff could implement the workshops
in local communities.
“Participants rave about the workshops
and how helpful and informative they
are,” Gifford says. “They often comment
how there should be more people attending
them.”
Noelia Springston, who was worried
about this winter, attended an energy-saving
workshop last fall. After the workshop,
she caulked and weather stripped
doors and windows, put up plastic storm
windows and plugged up socket covers.
“It seems basic, but after the workshop, we
were motivated to make adjustments.”
“Save Energy, Save Dollars” workshops
focus on energy effi ciency and offer such
free take-home tools as weather stripping,
caulk, plastic storm windows and
faucet aerators. Both “Making Ends Meet,”
which focuses on household planning,
and “Exploring Credit Issues,” which
assists consumers in debt management,
provide free calculators and other moneymanagement
tools. Although the workshops
are open to the public, they require
pre-registration and attendance is limited.
The EmPower New York workshops are
a program of the New York State Energy
Research and Development Authority
(NYSERDA) and are funded by a system
benefi ts charge (SBC) paid by electric
distribution customers of participating
utilities. NYSERDA offers a wide range of
energy effi ciency programs and information
for households seeking assistance in
reducing their energy bills.

6 February 2, 2006 Cornell Chronicle Cornell Chronicle February 2, 2006 7
Conference to consider labor’s responses to globalization
At an unusual international labor conference
in New York City, Feb. 9-11, trade unionists
and scholars will strategize about the role
of the labor movement in a globalized world.
“Global Companies - Global Unions -
Global Research - Global Campaigns,”
which takes place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
at Times Square, is being co-sponsored
by Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor
Relations (ILR).
“This is a big event – the fi rst of its kind,
with 500 academics and labor leaders from all
over the world,” said Kate Bronfenbrenner,
director of the Labor Education Research program
at the ILR School and a chief organizer
of the conference, which has attracted so much
attention it is already oversubscribed.
“Given the globalization of companies,
Cornell Books
A fetching second edition of ’Diseases of Trees and Shrubs’
You wouldn’t think a plant pathology text with the title “Diseases of Trees
and Shrubs” could double as a coffee-table book. But given its subject
matter, the handsomely designed and revised second edition of Wayne A.
Sinclair’s masterwork is quite fetching to the eye. Sinclair is a Cornell
professor emeritus of plant pathology.
First published in 1987 by Cornell University Press,
“Diseases of Trees and Shrubs” has become a standard
reference for plant health specialists, plant diagnosticians,
horticulturists, arborists, foresters and their students.
Many of the original pictures (there are 2,200 color photographs
alone) were shot by Howard H. Lyon, a photographer
with the Cornell plant pathology department from
1950 to 1985, whose name is prominently displayed on the
dust cover on which a Lyon original is printed. The jacket
cover itself was designed by Kent Loeffl er, also a photographer
in the plant pathology department at Cornell.
Thoroughly revised, fully updated and illustrated
with more than 2,200 digitally optimized color images in
261 full-color plates and more than 350 black-and-white
photographs and drawings, the second edition is an
Red Hat CEO to
discuss open
source technology
Matthew Szulik, chairman, chief executive
offi cer and president of Red Hat, will
speak at Cornell on Monday, Feb. 6 at 5
p.m. in Room 101 Philips Hall. His talk,
“Open for Change,” will address open
source technology.
The presentation is free, open to the
Cornell community and sponsored by
the Cornell Theory Center and the
Faculty of Computing and Information
Science.
“As a vehicle for economic and social
change, the power of open source is immeasurable,”
Szulik said. “It’s changing
how people learn, how developers create
and how companies do business.”
“Open source” refers to software whose
source code is freely available, allowing
a large community of users to examine
it for fl aws and contribute corrections
and improvements. Red Hat is a leading
provider of a packaged version of the
open source operating system Linux.
Szulik is passionate about improving the
educational opportunities for students
worldwide through open source, and he
often speaks to industry, government
and education leaders on open source
computing. He will share his vision of
how the open source model is allowing
greater affordability and access to
technology, from the world’s largest
organizations to its poorest societies.
fi nance and labor markets, the labor movement
recognizes that union organizing
and bargaining campaigns and strategic
research must become global as well,” said
Bronfenbrenner, stressing that the plenary
speakers are prominent labor leaders.
Among the labor movement’s heavy hitters
at the opening plenary session on Feb.
9 are Richard Trumka, secretary-treasurer,
AFL-CIO; Harris Raynor, international
vice president, UNITE HERE; Berta Luján,
Mexico City comptroller with the Partido
de la Revolución Democrática and former
national coordinator of Authentic Labor
Front, Mexico; Cedric Gina, second vice
president of National Union of Metal Workers,
South Africa; and Guy Ryder, secretary,
International Confederation of Free
Trade Unions. Harry Katz, dean of the ILR
School, is also a panelist, and Bronfenbrenner
is chairing the discussion.
The Feb. 11 closing plenary session features
Ron Oswald, general secretary, International
Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel,
Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied
Workers’ Associations; Neide Fonseca,
president, Inter-American Trade Union Institute
to Promote Racial Equality and the
secretary of social policy for the National
Confederation of Bank Workers, Brazil;
Chang Hsu-Chung, president of the Chunghwa
Telecom Workers Union, Taiwan; and
Hassan Yussuff secretary-treasurer of the
Canadian Labour Congress. The session
will be chaired by Kenneth Zinn, director of
the AFL-CIO Center for Strategic Research.
unrivaled survey of the diseases of forest and
shade trees and woody ornamental plants in
the United States and Canada.
The book is both an authoritative reference
book and a powerful diagnostic tool. Organized
according to type of disease-inducing
agent, the second edition also is designed
to be helpful in classroom and fi eld instruction.
Symptoms, signs and cycles of hundreds of diseases are
described, and microscopic features of many pathogens
are depicted in photos and line drawings.
A searchable CD-ROM included with the book contains
bibliographic entries for more than 4,500 works that
readers can consult for additional information or images.
The fi rst edition of “Diseases” was praised by The
The conference also includes more than
200 workshops on such topics as “Transnational
Union Strategy, Environmental
Movements and Corporate Responsibility”
and “Working Off the Clock: Testimony
From Former Wal-Mart Employees in the
U.S.” One workshop participant is José
Bové, who opposes the industrialization of
food production and its impact on small
farmers. Bové was jailed for dismantling a
McDonald’s restaurant in France several
years ago and faces another prison term for
destroying genetically modifi ed corn in
Brazil. He and others also are taking part
in a pre-conference conversation Feb. 9
starting at 9:30 a.m. that is free and open to
the public (the conference is not). Plenary
sessions are open to the media.
Washington
Post
and many experts in the
fi eld as one of the 10 best horticultural
books of the 20th century. It is likely to yield the
same accolade in the 21st century.
United Way campaign passes goal and presses for
Urgent Rx challenge
By FranKLin
CraWFord
The Cornell United
Way Campaign has
soared past its goal
of $627,000, hitting
$668,556.69 in pledges
as of Jan. 24.
“These are just superb numbers,” said
Charles Walcott, dean of the university faculty
and Cornell’s 2005 United Way campaign
chair. “I would like to thank those who gave
and continue to give – and to remind everyone
that this campaign is not over. We need
to keep pushing as the participation rate is
just about even with last year. That means
there are a small number of exceptionally
generous people on this campus.”
Cornell participation rates edged toward
17 percent – nearly even with last year’s
participation rate, yet still short of the 20
percent goal that 2005 campaign organiz-
Presidential transition office opens: A
presidential transition offi ce has been created
to facilitate David J. Skorton’s assumption
of the Cornell University presidency on
July 1. The offi ce will handle all transition
details for Cornell’s Ithaca campus and for
the Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC)
ers hope to realize. The
campaign offi cially
closes March 31.
Cornell community
members who have
not yet participated
are asked to consider
pledging to the Urgent
Rx Challenge Grant, a matching grant of
$25,000 from the Brooks Family Foundation.
So far, $19,560 has been pledged
toward the program.
Urgent Rx will help low-income, uninsured
Tompkins County residents obtain
medicine prescribed (as part of their treatment
plan) in the Cayuga Medical Center’s
emergency room and Convenient Care
Center. The target population is uninsured
individuals and families. Along with the
Urgent Rx Program, patients will be encouraged
and assisted in enrolling for the appropriate
available insurance programs – Family
Health Plus, Child Heath Plus and Medicaid.
Briefs
in New York City.
The offi ce is headed by Cornell Provost
Biddy Martin and by Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., the
Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of WCMC
and provost for medical affairs.
Skorton was appointed by the Cornell
Board of Trustees on Jan. 21, succeeding
– Franklin Crawford
To date, United Way of Tompkins
County has received donations totaling
$1,780,715, which is 96 percent of its
$1,850,000 goal.
Walcott expressed appreciation and
thanks for the ongoing support of President
Hunter R. Rawlings and for the hard
work of the Cornell United Way Campaign
cabinet, deputies in each division, and of
course, the wide array of generous donors
across campus. But he noted that “there are
still two solid months left in this campaign
and the United Way agencies that serve our
neighbors in need can use every penny we
can raise between now and then.”
United Way pledges can be paid
through payroll deduction or with a check
or credit card. For more information, visit
the United Way of Tompkins County
Web site at or
Cornell’s United Way Web site, where you
also can donate online, at .
interim President Hunter R. Rawlings. He
is currently president of the University of
Iowa.
Comments, suggestions and inquiries
regarding the transition should be directed
to the offi ce at , phone (607) 254-2861.
FoCuS on Cornell alumni
Tibetan Buddhist scholar Jan
Willis grew up Baptist but began
her spiritual journey at Cornell
By CourTney PoTTs ’06
Growing up in the deep South during the
1950s and ’60s left Jan Willis ’69, M.A.
’71, asking a lot of questions. Willis,
who went on to earn a Ph.D. in Indic and Buddhist
studies from Columbia University, sought
answers to the roots of hatred and whether
peace in the face of such hatred is possible.
Her search would eventually take her to
Nepal and back and lead to her current position
as professor of religion and the Walter
A. Crowell Professor of the Social
Sciences at Wesleyan University.
It all started, however, with a trip to Cornell
when she was still in high school.
Willis grew up in Docena, Ala., a small
mining town just outside of Birmingham,
which she described as the most segregated
city in America at the time. Her father, a
steelworker, was deacon at a Baptist church
the family attended. “Racism was palpable”
during her childhood, she said, and hate
crimes against blacks – including children
– were common. Willis experienced this
fi rsthand when a burning cross was planted
on the lawn of her family’s home.
By the 1960s, however, the civil rights
movement was gaining momentum. In 1963,
while still in high school, Willis faced police
dogs and fi re hoses to join a march through
Birmingham led by Martin Luther King Jr.
“Who wouldn’t march?” she said, adding
that the experience had been empowering.
Another seminal event in Willis’ life occurred
during her junior year in high school,
when Beatrice MacLeod, associate secretary
of Cornell’s Telluride House, a living
and learning center near campus for exceptional
students, visited Willis’ school to recruit
high school students for the Telluride
Summer Program. Willis was accepted, and
the program proved to be an eye-opening
experience. “It was the fi rst time I had left
Alabama ... and the fi rst time I’d been in a
mixed-race learning environment,” she explained.
Although Brown v. Board of Education,
the landmark U.S. Supreme Court
decision outlawing public school segregation,
had occurred a decade earlier, many
schools – including the ones near Willis’
home – were still fi ghting integration.
The Telluride experience prompted her
to apply to Cornell. She was accepted and
returned to campus in the fall of 1965 as an
undergraduate, becoming the fi rst person
in her family to attend college.
She originally planned to major in phys-
ics but soon realized she was more interested
in philosophy. Her involvement in
civil rights issues, however, continued
throughout her time in Ithaca. She wrote
the constitution for the Black Students Association
(BSA) and was the only woman
among its eight founding members.
During her senior year, members of the
BSA took control of Willard Straight Hall, the
student union, during Parents’ Weekend. “We
were responding to an episode where someone
had burned a cross in front of the residence
of 12 black students, an often-ignored
fact,” explained Willis, who, as one of the few
women seniors in the BSA, was responsible
for the women members’ safety.
The era of campus unrest also was marked
by protests against the war in Vietnam. It was
around this time that Willis fi rst became interested
in Buddhism, having seen news footage
of Vietnamese Buddhist monks and nuns immolating
themselves to protest the war. “I
wanted to know how someone could be brave
enough to do that,” she recalled. Her interest
solidifi ed when, while studying in India, she
met several exiled Tibetan Buddhists.
More than 30 years later, Willis is considered
one of the premier American scholarpractitioners
of Tibetan Buddhism. She has
studied with Buddhists in India, Nepal, Switzerland
and the United States and has published
numerous essays and books on the
subject, including her memoir, “Dreaming
Me: From Baptist to Buddhist, One Woman’s
Spiritual Journey” (Riverhead Books, 2002).
She was recently profi led in Newsweek’s
“Spirituality in America” issue and in 2000
was named one of Time magazine’s six spiritual
innovators for the new millennium.
For Willis, however, the public recognition
is not as important as the private benefi ts.
“[Buddhism] has helped me in real ways to
fi nd what I was looking for as a young person
in a world that was violent,” she explained.
“It showed me how to locate deep wounds
that racism caused in my early life ... and having
found them, how to heal them.”
To this day, Willis credits her time at
Cornell with having changed her life. “It
was as if [MacLeod] reached down into the
Jim Crow South and liberated me,” she
said. “I know how different my life could be
if it had not been for that.”
Courtney Potts is a writer intern at the
Cornell News Service.
MARLIES BOSCH
Jan Willis, in front of her altar of Buddhist icons and images, is considered one of the premier
American scholar-practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism in the United States.
ROBERT BARKER/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
Xavier Torres, MMH ’05, shows off the presidential suite overlooking the Pacifi c Ocean at the
Four Seasons luxury resort at Peninsula Papagayo in Costa Rica.
Xavier Torres keeps hotel guests in
luxury on Costa Rica’s ‘gold coast’
By danieL aLoi
GUANACASTE, Costa Rica — Xavier
Torres began working as a cook while he
was an undergraduate more than a decade
ago, but his career has really been cooking
since he earned his master’s of management
in hospitality (MMH) degree from Cornell’s
School of Hotel Administration last year.
He has been given successive management
responsibilities at the Four Seasons
luxury resort at Peninsula Papagayo, overlooking
the Pacifi c Ocean in Costa Rica’s
northwestern Guanacaste province.
Torres, 33, was
hired last June as
assistant room service
manager. He
was asked to manage
the resort’s 120-seat
Papagayo restaurant
in December, and he was recently promoted to
conference services manager, one of two at the
hotel. (Torres speaks English, Spanish and
Catalan, an asset in dealing with guests and
hotel staff. His parents are from Spain and
moved to Minnesota before he was born.)
Nightly rates for the hotel’s 163 guest rooms
start at $395 in the off season and go up to
$6,500 for the three-bedroom presidential
suite, complete with a private pool and garden.
It is one of several stand-alone suites and residences
nestled in the hillsides above the hotel.
A guest paying $6,500 a night for a suite
inevitably places extra demands on hospitality
staff to do more than provide good service,
Torres said. “You put yourself in their
place – you see what it must be like to spend
$15,000, $20,000, $90,000 on a vacation. If
you were spending that kind of money, you’d
want everything to be perfect,” he said.
The resort’s interior designers chose
earth tones and indigenous materials, such
as stones, rattan, bamboo and wood, to fi t
the surroundings.
“They go for a natural look, very rustic
but at the same time very modern,” Torres
said. “They found a very nice balance of
keeping things tasteful.”
The resort’s stylized low-rise stucco
and wood building exteriors strike the
same balance.
“The idea was to make them look like armadillos
– they travel in single fi le, and one
roof’s smaller than the next,” he said.
Torres’ hospitality career began out of
economic necessity; he worked in the
kitchen of a St. Peter, Minn., tavern to help
pay his way while he was an undergraduate
studying history and political science
‘If you were spending that kind
of money, you’d want
everything to be perfect.’
– Xavier Torres ’05
at Gustavus Adolphus College.
He eventually went to a culinary school in
Barcelona, Spain, then worked as a chef in
Mexico for four years. “In 2002-2003, I fi nished
my last year of undergraduate work, then applied
at Cornell and got accepted,” he said.
He was soon using his culinary skills as a
sous-chef at Cornell’s Statler Hotel. “They
look for that a lot in the MMH program, someone
with a lot of practical experience,” he
said. At the Four Seasons, he supervises the
Papagayo restaurant line staff and ensures
quality control.
The resort also
has three other
restaurants, three
swimming pools, a
full-service spa and
fi tness center, year-
round residential villas, conference facilities,
tennis courts, two private beaches, an Arnold
Palmer-designed golf course and daily activities,
from poker to beach volleyball.
Despite the luxurious tropical setting of
his job, there are a few things Torres misses
about Cornell and Ithaca – such as shopping
at Wegmans and the pulled-pork wraps
served at the Statler’s Terrace Restaurant.
“I would kill for one of those,” he said.
The Four Seasons Costa Rica resort has
been featured in such magazines as Travel &
Leisure, Town & Country, Su Casa, The Robb
Report and People, which covered pop star
Pink’s Jan. 9 wedding at the resort.
“When I fi rst got here, I was wowed from
the fi rst day,” Torres said. “We got rated No.
1 in Central and South America by Condé
Nast Traveler’s readers – you don’t expect
an award like that in your second year.”
Guanacaste province is the home of Costa
Rica’s “gold coast,” now undergoing a development
boom with plans for more high-end
resorts, condominiums and ecotourism attractions
such as rainforest canopy tours.
The coast also attracts snorkelers, surfers
and other adventure travelers.
“There’s so much more to do here besides
lie on the beach,” Torres said. “Before,
the economy in Guanacaste] revolved
around rice and cattle, which are not good
for forests. But tourism based on preserving
the forests, and done conscientiously,
can benefi t the local economy.”
FOCUS on Cornell alumni is edited
by Linda Myers. Contact her at
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Squyres said. Cornell astronomy Associate
Professor Jim Bell, leader of the panoramic
camera (Pancam) team for the mission,
noted that meant giving the rover cameras
20/20 stereo vision – “the fi rst time we’ve
had human resolution on Mars.”
Documenting the mission for a fi lm,
though, was not originally in NASA’s
plans. That idea came together in part
thanks to Squyres’ younger brother Tim,
an Academy Award-nominated fi lm editor
(and like his older brother, a Cornell
alumnus). Tim Squyres pitched the idea
to Butler and Marshall, who then did
their own share of pitching to NASA and
the mission manager, the Jet Propulsion
Lab in Pasadena, Calif., before they were
granted access for fi lming.
The pivotal point occurred just before
Spirit’s launch in June 2003, when tension
was at its peak and the team didn’t want
to be slowed down by a camera crew. To
make his case, Butler rented the IMAX
theater at Cape Canaveral and screened
his most recent movie: a documentary
about the journey of Antarctic explorer Sir
Ernest Shackleton.
“You could feel this chill go through the
room,” said Steve Squyres. From that moment,
Butler’s fi lm crews had full access.
But neither Butler’s crews nor the rovers’
cameras could capture images of the
rovers themselves once they were in orbit.
That’s where Maas came in. The quiet, unassuming
24-year-old had created animation
for the MER mission in the past – as
well as for other NASA and JPL missions,
including Deep Impact. The fi lm’s animation
was a natural extension of that work.
And his seamless transition between
actual footage and animation earned him
celebrity status at the premiere. “Omigosh,
let me hug you!” gushed Marshall
when the two met on the red carpet.
“This,” he added to reporters, “is one of
the most talented men I’ve ever met.”
The fi lm’s animation is meticulously
true to the mission data – from the placement
of rocks on the surface of Mars to the
way the rovers bounced down on opposite
sides of the planet in January 2004 enclosed
in pillows of hand-stitched airbags.
“Those are the actual bounces. That’s
not a Hollywood recreation,” Squyres
said. “Dan did spectacular work.”
The ultimate success and longevity of
both rovers makes the story even more
compelling. But producer Marshall admitted
it put him in a bit of a quandary.
The story he pitched to Walt Disney Co.
was much more straightforward. “They’re
born, they go up there and rove around, and
they die,” he said. When they didn’t die, no
one was quite sure how to proceed. “We
said, we’ve got to fi gure out another ending.
[Spirit and Opportunity] have gone the distance
– way beyond our wildest dreams.”
The fi lm, sponsored by Lockheed Martin,
is about sharing those dreams – and
their results – with a broader audience.
“That doesn’t happen when you put a
picture on your monitor; it doesn’t happen
when you make a printout,” said Bell.
“It will be that immersion experience
– of being completely surrounded and
overwhelmed with Mars. I want people to
have the experience of being there.”
And if viewers – especially the youngest
ones – are inspired to do some exploration
of their own, said Steve Squyres, the movie
will have served its purpose. Because
when Mars hosts its fi rst human explorers,
they most likely will be, Squyres believes,
today’s elementary school students.
“What I would most like is if some kid
watches this movie and says, ‘I want to
go there,’” said Steve Squyres. “And then
actually does it.”
KEVIN STEARNS/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
Cornell alumnus and animator Dan Maas meets producer Frank Marshall for the fi rst time Jan.
26 at the Washington, D.C. premiere of the IMAX fi lm “Roving Mars.” Marshall called Maas “One
of the most talented men I’ve ever met.”
KEVIN STEARNS/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
As the movie “Roving Mars” was projected onto the giant IMAX screen at the fi lm’s Washington, D.C. premiere,
photographer Kevin Stearns captured this image that shows Cornell alumnus Dan Maas’ computer animation
work for the fi lm.
‘Roving Mars’ : planetary detective story
By Lauren GoLd
Geologists, says Steve Squyres, are
like detectives at the scene of a crime.
Their job is to reconstruct what happened
somewhere long before they got
there. And the clues, he says, are in the
rocks.
So “Roving Mars,” the 40-minute
IMAX fi lm which opened Jan. 27, is a detective
story – a chronicle of NASA’s
Mars Exploration Rover mission to fi nd
the answer to a long-pondered mystery:
whether the red planet was ever capable
of supporting life.
From the beginning, the rovers Spirit
and Opportunity had their own personalities.
Even as they were being built
and tested, Spirit was the problem child
– the fi rstborn who fl unked tests, craved
extra attention and gave her creators
ample cause for worry. Opportunity
was the contrasting golden child: the
one who went out of her way to please.
The fi lm documents the days counting
down to the rovers’ January 2004
launches; and the even-higher tension
300 million miles later at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory as mission members
wait in silence – except for an announcer’s
agonizing words: “We currently do
not have a signal from the spacecraft.
Please stand by.” – for news of Spirit’s
safe landing.
Since cameras couldn’t fi lm the rovers
on their way to Mars, Cornell alumnus
Dan Maas’ animation takes over
with a fl awless transition from real footage
to impressively lifelike animation.
But drama and animation aside, the
Mars footage, provided by Spirit and
Opportunity (actually by Cornell astronomy
professor Jim Bell, leader of
the rovers’ panoramic camera team)
makes the fi lm spectacular. Bell’s cameras
were designed to see with near-human
vision, and the result is an IMAX
screen fi lled with Mars – as it would look
to us, if we were there.
“Roving Mars” is a movie without an
end. Two years after they landed on the
red planet, the rovers continue to chug
along dutifully, denying Hollywood producers
a chance at a tear-jerking death
scene. But nobody is complaining.
“To the success of Spirit and Opportunity,
and the people who operate the
rovers,” said NASA administrator Michael
Griffi n at the movie’s premiere,
“Both of whom refuse to quit.”
KEVIN STEARNS/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
A replica of the Mars rovers, built four years ago by
Cornell students, was on display in the Smithsonian’s
lobby for the fi lm’s premiere.
Decker named director of new Offi ce of Land-Grant Affairs in CALS
Daniel J. Decker, Cornell professor
in the Department of Natural Resources,
has been named director of
the new Offi ce of Land-Grant Affairs
(OLGA) in the College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences (CALS). Susan A.
Henry, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of
the college, made the announcement
during the New York State Agricul-
Decker
tural Society’s annual meeting in
Syracuse Jan. 6.
“In his new role as director of OLGA, Dan will provide
oversight, coordination, coaching, assistance and resources
for the college’s portfolio of engagement activities with selected
stakeholder organizations,” said Henry. “He will help
the college carry out our major land-grant obligations in
ways that most effectively serve the needs of New York and
its citizens. He will also act as senior adviser to the dean.”
Cornell was designated New York’s land-grant university
when it was founded in 1865. CALS’ teaching, research
and outreach programs have been cornerstones of the
university’s land-grant activities, and the land-grant mission
has been a priority of the college since its inception.
“We are very proud of CALS’ 100-plus years of service to
Cornell’s land-grant mission and look forward to continuing
that tradition,” said Decker. “Food and agriculture
remain major global issues of importance to CALS, but
today’s land-grant mission in the college has broadened in
response to society’s concerns and emerging technologies.
Every day, faculty, researchers and extension educators
at CALS apply their talents and energies to improving
people’s lives and responding to society’s changing needs.
Our goal as a college is to help our faculty and staff be effective
leaders, active collaborators and valued partners in
a spectrum of efforts to address critical needs of society.”
As director of OLGA, Decker will support CALS faculty
and staff who serve as the college’s representatives to
various boards and committees across the state in public
policy-making capacities. Decker will work with the directors
of college experiment stations and Cornell Cooperative
Extension to articulate how CALS’ research and outreach
activities benefi t the state of New York and its citizens. He
also will act as the college’s point of contact with Ron Seeber,
the university’s vice provost for land-grant affairs.
Decker is considered one of the college’s foremost
authorities on wildlife management. His current research
and outreach efforts address these issues with respect to
human-wildlife confl icts and the integration of biological
and human dimensions of wildlife management, as well
as stakeholder engagement in community-based wildlife
management and confl ict issues.
Decker received his B.Sc. in 1974, his M.Sc. in 1976 and
his Ph.D. in 1986, all from Cornell. He joined the Department
of Natural Resources in 1976 as a research support
specialist, was promoted to research associate, then
senior extension associate before being named assistant
professor in 1988. He was promoted to associate professor
in 1991 and full professor in 1998. Decker served as chair
of the department from 1993 to 1996. From 1996 to 2001,
he served the college as associate director of the Cornell
University Agricultural Experiment Station (CUAES) in
Ithaca. From 2001 to 2005, he served as associate dean of
CALS and director of CUAES.
Faculty Facets
Cornell’s spider woman spins web
of science outreach that stretches
far beyond the classroom
By susan s. LanG
Like the spiders she studies, Linda Rayor – senior research
associate of arthropod behavior at Cornell – spins webs.
Her webs, however, aren’t to snag prey but to capture the
scientifi c imagination of people of all ages. Using the
mystique of spiders as a gateway to kindle an awe for
nature in others, this arachnophile (spider lover) has
become the hub of giant webs of learning.
Rayor weaves her webs by fi rst inspiring
students, transforming many arachnophobes
(fearful of spiders) through her
lively undergraduate courses on spider biology
and insect behavior. Her passion for the
exotic and exquisite natural world is infectious
and radiates throughout the community
and far beyond via her student
“speakers’ bureau,” a cadre of trained students
who use live specimens and dynamic
teaching tools to communicate their enthusiasm
for biology. In the past eight years
they have spoken to more than 16,000 people
via some 480 presentations to classrooms,
clubs and community groups.
“When I began teaching spider biology, I
knew that spiders were appealing with their
interesting biology and behavior, but I didn’t
have a clue that they verge on the magical to
so many people,” said Rayor, who recently
reaped a 2005 Kaplan
Family Distinguished
Faculty Fellow in Service-Learning
Award
from Cornell’s Public
Service Center.
What motivates
Rayor to spread natural
history knowledge
far beyond her teaching
and research responsibilities?
“Payback,” she says. “My guess is that no
one makes it without good mentors. I had a
mentor in fi fth grade who made it okay for me
to think about becoming a scientist, and later
a good mentor in graduate school who encouraged
me to follow my passion for behavior,
and that mentoring is what made all the
difference for me. I also want to share with
undergraduate students the real pleasure of
teaching because I think teaching is one of the
best things anyone can do. Research is wonderful
but as a good teacher, you get strokes
everyday for doing a good job.”
‘She turned me from a
spider-fearing ignoramus into
a fellow community-contributing
arachnophile and my experiences
with her have supercharged my
passion for teaching biology and
researching animal social
behavior.’
– Frank Castelli, CALS ’05
Her highly successful outreach efforts
began as the Spider Outreach Program:
Eight-legged Ambassadors for Science Education
in 1998. The program evolved last
year into the Naturalist Outreach in Biology
program to offer a much wider variety
of presentations on the natural history,
ecology and behavior of arthropods, birds,
mammals, reptiles, seeds and adaptations.
Rayor’s new interdisciplinary course,
Naturalist Outreach Practicum, trains students
to give scientifi c inquiry-based outreach
programs at different levels, from
schools and museums to large community
events. The participating students learn
pedagogy, sharpen their public speaking
skills and experience the joys of teaching,
which Rayor conveys every time she
teaches or talks about teaching.
“Linda has this gift of turning students
on to nature and
[has] the good instincts
and taste to
know how to show
bugs and spiders in
a way that students
fi nd congenial and
not nerdy or dorky,”
says Ron Hoy, a professor
of neurobiology
and behavior at
Cornell. “Her ability
to draw large crowds into a course on spiders,
for example, is a pedagogical marvel.”
Rayor’s teaching and outreach programs
also can change many a student’s life.
“She turned me from a spider-fearing ignoramus
into a fellow community-contributing
arachnophile and my experiences with her
have supercharged my passion for teaching
biology and researching animal social behavior,”
says Frank Castelli, CALS ’05, who took
Rayor’s spider biology course and later served
as a teaching assistant for the class. Castelli
has given about 15 talks to some 500 people in
ROBERT BARKER/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
Gabriel Villar CALS ’06, Airel Zimmerman CALS ’07 and Linda Rayor pose in Rayor’s Comstock
Hall lab with Australian spiders.
JASON KOSKI/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
Entomology senior research associate Linda Rayor holds a male Amblypygid, a species that
made an appearance in the most recent Harry Potter movie.
the last two years as part of the outreach program.
He is currently conducting research
with Rayor before heading to graduate school.
“I want to become a behavioral ecologist, and
my experiences with Dr. Rayor have reassured
me that I have chosen the right dream
to pursue. I only hope one day I can be as good
as a professor as she.”
Currently, the Cornell spider woman,
whose lab is home to many colonies of social
spiders, is studying confl ict and cooperation
in cannibalistic social spiders; mother-offspring
dynamics in solitary vs. social spiders;
and patterns of social communication and
exploration in social whip spiders.
“Spiders are primarily solitary, readily cannibalistic
and voracious predators that are the
most important terrestrial predators on earth,”
Rayor explains. “Yet 1 percent of spiders are
highly social, living in large groups characterized
by tolerance and cooperation. Even in the
most social spider species, we’re fi nding that
individuals must balance the many benefi ts of
group living with the strong compulsion to
eat irritating siblings.”
Rayor also mentors a host of undergraduate
students as research assistants in her laboratory
every year, ensuring that they help in
the research design, behavioral recording,
data analysis and in writing scientifi c papers
– serving “as true collaborators, rather than
hired hands.” In fact, she has co-authored
most of her recent academic papers with undergraduates.
In addition, she organizes the
annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
in Entomology, offers a free, online multimedia
show about spiders at
and hosts Cornell alumni
on nature tours around the world. She also
organized the fi rst Cornell Insectapalooza,
an entomology open house, in 2004. The second
event last year attracted more than 1,300
people from the community.
Rayor grew up in Denver and barely remembers
insects or spiders in that high and
dry habitat; she didn’t see her fi rst fi refl y
until age 15. But her love for animals
prompted her to major in biology at the University
of Colorado. Rayor then attended the
University of Kansas for doctoral studies in
behavioral ecology. But when her research
population of 1,500 prairie dogs died of the
bubonic plague, Rayor switched gears. “The
trauma of seeing massive numbers of animals
I knew personally die was too much
for me. I realized that most of the issues that
I was really interested in could be approached
better with arthropods,” she says.
Her interest in spiders during graduate
school was shared with fellow student Cole
Gilbert, who is now both her husband and
entomology colleague at Cornell.
Rayor completed her Ph.D. in 1987 and
then fostered her fascination with social spiders
doing postdoctoral research at the University
of Cincinnati and in Mexico, and she
hasn’t wavered since.
JASON KOSKI/UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
Rayor is refl ected in the abdomen of an Australian
huntsman as she looks through glass
at a photo of the spider.

10 February 2, 2006 Cornell Chronicle Cornell Chronicle February 2, 2006 11
dance
Cornell international Folkdancers
The club meets Sundays from 7:45 to 10:30 p.m.
at Helen Newman Hall. No partner or experience
required. Free; small donation requested. For more
information, e-mail .
exhibits
Johnson Museum of art
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, at University
and Central avenues, is open Tuesday through
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
Telephone: (607) 255-6464. Web site: .
• Façade Projection: Pilar Albarracín’s “I Will Dance
on Your Grave,” through Feb. 12.
• “Cornell Department of Art Faculty,” through
March 12.
• “Japanese Poetry Prints: Surimono From the
Schoff Collection,” through March 19.
• “Japonisme: European Artists and the Allure of
Japan,” through March 19.
• “Yangtze Remembered: The River Beneath the
Lake,” photographs by Linda Butler, through
March 26.
• “Story Cloths of Bali,” through March 26.
• “Frank Lloyd Wright Art Glass From the Darwin
D. Martin House,” ongoing.
• Art for Lunch: Feb. 2 at noon, Associate Professor
Todd McGrain will discuss his work included
in the faculty exhibition.
• Thursday Evening Performance Series: A Taste
of Tango, Feb. 2, 7 to 9 p.m. Argentinian dancers
Facundo and Kely Posadas demonstrate their
talent and share tips on tango dancing. Refreshments.
Free and open to all.
• Art-full Family Saturday: Feb. 4 at 10 a.m., Mrs.
McPuppet brings baskets and suitcases full of
puppets and costumes for theatrics, music and
fun. $5 per family, free for museum members.
Seating limited, fi rst come, fi rst served.
• For Students Only: “Off the Label” Tour: Feb. 4 at
2 p.m., Cornell students select themes and artworks
for discussion at an intimate, student-only tour.
• Artist’s Talk: Feb. 9 at 5:15 p.m., photographer Linda
Butler will discuss her portrait of the Yangtze River.
Kroch library
(9 a.m.-5 p.m. M-F; 1-5 p.m. Sat.; closed Sun.)
“Vanished Worlds, Enduring People,” Cornell’s
Native American Collection, through June 2,
Hirshland Gallery, level 2B. For information visit
, call (607) 255-
3530 or e-mail .
Museum of the earth
“Conquering Darkness: The Art of Charles R.
Knight,” through April 30, Paleontological Research
Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route
96, three miles north of Ithaca). Admission $3-$8,
members and children age 3 and under free. For
information call (607) 273-6623 or visit .
fi lms
Films are presented by Cornell Cinema, open to the
public and screened in Willard Straight Theatre,
>Highlight
PROVIDED
Judith Halberstam
to speak on ‘failure’
Author Judith Halberstam, director of the
Center for Feminist Research at the University
of Southern California, will speak Feb.
2 at 4:30 p.m. in Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin
Smith Hall. Her lecture, “Notes on Failure,”
will address failure as an opportunity to
launch a democratic struggle based on ideas
of difference, including race, class, gender
and sexuality. For more information, visit
.
calendar
except where noted. Admission to all fi lms $6
($4.75 for undergraduates and senior citizens;
$4 for Cornell graduate students and ages 12 and
under). Call (607) 255-3522 or visit .
Thursday, Feb. 2
“The Passenger” (1975), directed by Michelangelo
Antonioni, with Jack Nicholson and Maria
Schneider, 7:15 p.m.
“Everything Is Illuminated” (2005), directed by
Liev Schreiber, with Elijah Wood and Eugene
Hutz, 9:45 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 3
“Nine Lives” (2005), directed by Rodrigo García,
with Glenn Close and Holly Hunter, 7:15 p.m.
“Everything Is Illuminated,” 7:15 p.m., Uris.
“A History of Violence” (2005), directed by David
Cronenberg, with Viggo Mortensen and Maria
Bello, 9:30 p.m., Uris.
“Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-
Rabbit” (2005), directed by Steve Box and Nick
Park, 9:45 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 4
“Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,”
2 and 7:30 p.m. At 2 p.m., IthaKid Film Fest;
$3 adults/$2 children 12 and under.
“Nine Lives,” 4:30 and 9:35 p.m.
“A History of Violence,” 7:30 p.m., Uris.
“Everything Is Illuminated,” 9:35 p.m., Uris.
Sunday, Feb. 5
“Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,”
4:30 p.m. $4.
“Everything Is Illuminated,” 7:15 p.m.
“And the Pursuit of Happiness” (1986), directed
by Louis Malle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
Monday, Feb. 6
“Zazie dans le Métro” (1960), directed by Louis
Malle, with Catherine Demongeot and Philippe
Noiret, 7 p.m.
“A History of Violence,” 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 7
“The Passenger,” 7:15 p.m.
“Mardi Gras: Made in China” (2004), directed by
David Redmon, 7:30 p.m., Schwartz Center Film
Forum. $3.
“Zazie dans le Métro,” 9:45 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 8
“A Summer in la Goulette” (1996), directed by
Férid Boughedir, introduction by Deborah Starr,
Near Eastern studies, 7 p.m.
“Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,”
9:30 p.m.
February 2-9
Thursday, Feb. 9
“Phantom India” Part I (1968), directed by Louis
Malle, 4 p.m.
“Nine Lives,” 7:15 p.m.
AARDMAN ANIMATION
Wallace & Gromit at Cornell Cinema
Wacky, cheese-loving British inventor Wallace and his (much smarter) dog Gromit take on a mutant
bunny threatening their town’s Giant Vegetable Competition in “Curse of the Were-Rabbit.” The Oscarwinning
Claymation duo’s fi rst full-length feature fi lm adventure screens Feb. 3-8 at Cornell Cinema.
For more information, call (607) 255-3522 or see .
“Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang” (2005), directed by Shane
Black, with Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer,
9:45 p.m.
lectures
architecture, art and Planning
“Southern Views Projects and Environments,” Rodrigo
Perez de Arce, Pontifi cia Universidad Católica
de Chile, Feb. 2, 6:30 p.m., 157 E. Sibley Hall.
“After Effects,” Sheila Kennedy, KVA Kennedy &
Violich Architecture, Ltd., Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m., 157
E. Sibley Hall.
City and regional Planning
International Studies in Planning Program Lecture:
“Modern Preservation Practice and the Conservation
of Yemeni Traditions and Resources,”
Pamela Jerome, Preservation@Wank Adams
Slavin Associates, Feb. 3, 12:20 p.m., Hollis E.
Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
Cornell information Science
For more lectures visit .
Gerard Salton Lecture Series: “Discovering Interesting
Subsets of Data in Cube Space,” Raghu
Ramakrishnan, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Feb. 2, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
“Information and the Quality of Life: Environmentalism
for the Information Age,” David Levy,
University of Washington, Feb. 8, 4:15 p.m., 301
College Ave., Seminar Room.
Cornell institute for Public affairs
“Tort Law as a Means for Regulating Safety,” John
Siliciano, vice provost and professor of law, Feb.
2, 4:30 p.m., 100 Caldwell Hall.
“Truth and Reconciliation as a New Paradigm for
Confl ict Resolution,” Billie Jean Isbel, anthropology,
Feb. 9, 4:30 p.m., 100 Caldwell Hall.
Cornell Theory Center
“Open for Change,” Matthew Szulik, chairman,
president and CEO of Red Hat, Feb. 6, 5 p.m., 101
Philips Hall.
east asia Program
“Philosophy and the Political in Wartime Japanese
Thought,” Richard Calichman, City College of New
York, Feb. 9, 4:30 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies
“Notes on Failure,” Judith Halberstam, University
of Southern California, Feb. 2, 4:30 p.m., Lewis
Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
Mann library
Book Talk: “Food Aid After 50 Years: Recasting
Its Role,” Christopher Barrett, applied economics
and management, Feb. 7, 4 p.m., Mann Library
second fl oor.
music
Department of Music
For a full listing visit .
• Feb. 2, 8 p.m., State Theatre: Cornell Concert
Series: Alfred Brendel, piano. Admission: $24-$39,
general; $15-$24, students.
• Feb. 3-4, 1:30 p.m., Barnes Hall: Conference, “The
Cultural Landscape of the Organ: Between Music
and Science, God and Society.” Friday from 2-5:30
p.m., Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Feb. 3, 8 p.m., Sage Chapel: “The Cultural Landscape
of the Organ” concert with organist David
Yearsley with violinist Martin Davids.
• Feb. 4, 2 p.m., Sage Chapel: “The Cultural Landscape
of the Organ” family event: “Pipes You Can Play”
activity geared to K-12 students and their parents.
• Feb. 4, 7 p.m., Barnes Hall: Finals for the second
annual Cornell Concerto Competition. Three fi nalists
vie for the opportunity to perform a concerto
with a Cornell ensemble this spring.
• Feb. 4, 8 p.m., Sage Chapel: “The Cultural Landscape
of the Organ” concert with guest organist
Peter Sykes.
• Feb. 9, 8 p.m., Sage Chapel: Alumnus recital with
David Kim, piano, and guest violinist Lauren Basney.
Works by Brahms, Bartok and Schumann.
Cornell Folk Song Society
Bill Staines, singer-songwriter, Feb. 4, 8 p.m., Hollis
E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Tickets
$15 advance/$17 door, $3 discount for members; $2
discount for seniors and children. For information
visit .
‘bound for Glory’
Feb. 5: Old Timey Music Night, with members of Up
South, The Chicken Chokers and friends; “Bound
for Glory” live broadcast, 8-11 p.m. Sundays from
Anabel Taylor Hall’s Cul de Snack Café, on WVBR-
FM, 93.5 and 105.5. Free and open; all ages. Visit
.
religion
For a detailed listing of worship services on campus
and in the Ithaca area, go to Cornell United
Religious Work at or call (607) 255-4214.
Sage Chapel
Rev. William Gipson, university chaplain, University of
Pennsylvania, will lead the service Feb. 5 at 11 a.m.
seminars
astronomy and Space Sciences
“Probing the Nuclei of Deeply Obscured ULIRGs
With the Spitzer Space Telescope,” Henrik Spoon,
radiophysics and space research, Feb. 2, 4:30 p.m.,
105 Space Sciences Building.
“Origin of Giant Planets and Stellar Disks in the Galactic
Center,” Roman Rafi kov, University of Toronto,
Feb. 9, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
>Highlight
Troubadour Bill
Staines in concert
PHOTO BY LAURY MARCUS
New England folksinger Bill Staines brings
his cowboy songs and sing-alongs back
to Ithaca for a concert Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. in
Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith
Hall. Tickets are $17 at the door and $15 in
advance at Ithaca Guitar Works, Ludgate
Farms, GreenStar Cooperative Market, Small
World Music, Colophon Books and online at
. Discounts
are available for Cornell Folk Song Society
members, senior citizens and children. For
information, call (607) 564-1998.
>Highlight
PROVIDED
Morial to deliver
King lecture
Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the
National Urban League and a former twoterm
mayor of New Orleans (1994-2003),
will deliver the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative
Lecture on Feb. 8 from 4:45 to
6 p.m. in Sage Chapel. The event is free and
open to the public. For more information,
call (607) 255-6002.
biogeochemistry and environmental
biocomplexity
“Soil-plant Relationships in Lowland Tropical
Forests,” Joseph Yavitt, natural resources, Feb.
3, 4 p.m., Morison Room, Corson Hall.
Center for applied Mathematics
“The New Graduate Minor in Computational Science
and Engineering (CSE),” Charles Van Loan,
computer science, Feb. 3, 3:30 p.m., 253 Rhodes
Hall. For more information visit .
Chemical and biomolecular engineering
“From Physics and Engineering Techniques to
Biological Observations,” Mingming Wu, mechanical
and aerospace engineering, Feb. 6, 4 p.m., 165
Olin Hall.
Computer Science
“Discovering Interesting Subsets of Data in Cube
Space,” Raghu Ramakrishnan, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Feb. 2, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
Crop and Soil Sciences
“Traditional and New Approaches for Rainfed
Field Crops Improvement in Israel,” David Bonfi ,
Gilat Research Center, Israel, Feb. 2, 12:20 p.m.,
135 Emerson Hall.
“Ecological Footprint of Iowa Row Crop Agriculture,”
Ricardo Salvador, Iowa State University,
Feb. 9, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
Development Sociology
Future of Rural New York panel discussion on
“Transitioning to Renewable and Agriculturalbased
Products and Energy,” Feb. 3, 3 p.m., 32 Warren
Hall. For more information on the Rural New
York Initiative, visit .
ecology and evolutionary biology
“Parasite Meditated Interactions in Amphibian
Communities: Implications for Behavior, Ecology
and Conservation,” Joesph Kiesecker, Feb. 6, 12:30
p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
entomology
For updates see .
“Neural Plasticity – From Neural Circuits to Behavior:
Lessons From the Locust Model,” Amir Ayali, Tel Aviv
University, Feb. 6, 3:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
infection and immunity
“How Oncogenic Viruses Interact With and Evade
the MHC,” Henry Hunt, USDA-ARS-ADOL, Feb. 3,
12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.
information Science
“Information and the Quality of Life: Environmentalism
for the Information Age,” David Levy,
University of Washington, Feb. 8, 4:15 p.m., 301
College Avenue, Seminar Room.
institute for european Studies
For more information visit .
“One Country, Several Cultures — Post-Soviet
Return Migration and Identity in Latvian-American
Life Story Interviews,” American Latvian
Association Oral History Project, Feb. 6, 12:15
p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
institute for the Social Sciences
“Baby Mama Drama: Contact Between Men and
(Their?) Children Before and After Genetic Tests,”
David Bishai, International Health, Feb. 9, 11:45
a.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall.
international nutrition
For a full listing visit .
“The Effectiveness and Feasibility of Using Micronutrient
Sprinkles to Reduce Anemia Among Chil-
dren in Rural Haiti,” Purnima Menon, nutritional
sciences, Feb. 2, 12:20 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
Materials Science and engineering
“Length-scale Effects and Screening in Ionic
Materials by Molecular-dynamics Simulation,”
Dieter Wolf, Argonne National Laboratory, Feb.
2, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
Mechanical and aerospace engineering
“Rapid Immunoassays for Endogenous Protein
in Human Saliva,” Amy Herr, Sandia National
Laboratories, Livermore, Calif.; Feb. 7, 4:30 p.m.,
B11 Kimball Hall. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m. in
Upson Lounge.
nanobiotechnology Center
“Roles for Surface Geometry in Neuromuscular
Junction Development,” Olena Kolotushkina,
Oregon Health and Science University, Feb. 7,
noon, G01 Biotechnology Building.
nutritional Science
For a full listing visit .
“Development of Meat-containing Porridges
to Prevent Iron Defi ciency in Infants,” Helena
Pachon, nutritional sciences, Feb. 6, 4 p.m., 100
Savage Hall.
Peace Studies
For more information visit .
Current Event Roundtable: “Bosnia 10 Years After
Dayton,” Chip Gagnon, peace studies; John Weiss,
history; Feb. 2, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
Physics
“Dripping, Jetting, Drops and Wetting: The
Magic of Microfl uids,” David Weitz, Harvard
University, Feb. 6, 4 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium,
Rockefeller Hall.
Plant breeding and Genetics
“Understanding Genetics and Evolution of Arbuscular
Mycorrhizal Fungi: Are They an Ancient
Asexual Scandal?” Teresa Pawlowska, plant pathology,
Feb. 7, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
Plant Pathology
“A Molecular and Morphological Approach to the
Phylogenetics of the Entomopathogenic Genus
Metarhizium,” Joe Bishoff, Genbank, Feb. 8, 12:20
p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
Psychology
“Expanding the Phenomenology of Social Anxiety,”
Todd Kashdan, George Mason University,
Feb. 2, 12:15 p.m., 205 Uris Hall.
“Regulating the Flow of Auditory Activity Through
a Vocal Learning Circuit,” Melissa Coleman, Duke
University Medical Center, Feb. 6, 12:15 p.m., 202
Uris Hall.
Topic TBA, Vivian Zayas, University of Washington,
Feb. 8, 12:15 p.m., 204 Uris Hall.
Theoretical and applied Mechanics
“Digital Images,” Anthony Reeves, electrical and
computer engineering, Feb. 2, noon, 317 Martha
Van Rensselaer Hall.
“Chemistry’s Essential Tension: The Same and
Not the Same,” Roald Hoffmann, chemistry
and chemical biology, Feb. 8, 4:30 p.m., 205
Thurston Hall.
“Hydrogels for Mineral Nucleation and Growth,”
Lara Estroff, materials science and engineering,
Feb. 9, noon, 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
theater
Theater, Film and Dance
Nicholas Wright’s award-winning play “Vincent in
Brixton” makes its regional premiere through Feb.
12 at the Schwartz Center’s Black Box Theatre.
Evening performances are Feb. 2-5 and 8-11 at
8 p.m. Matinees are offered at 2 p.m. on Feb. 5,
11 and 12. For tickets and information call (607)
254-ARTS. Tickets are $10 each, $8 for students
and senior citizens.
lebanese Club at Cornell (lCC)
“A Child of Life,” monodrama about the life of
Kahlil Gibran, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., Statler Auditorium.
Tickets $12 general, $6 Cornell community. See
.
miscellany
Campus Club
“One Woman’s Present, Another Woman’s Poison,”
Gwen Curtis, naturalist and educator, talks about
women and the international cut fl ower commodity
chain. Feb. 2, 10:30 a.m., Women’s Community
Resource Building, 100 W. Seneca St., Ithaca.
Campus life
Bob Marley Birthday Bash, with live reggae music
by Dub is a Weapon, Feb. 4, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., Robert
Purcell Community Center.
Interested students should sign up by Feb. 7 for
Cornell’s student talent competition, to be held
during Feb. and March. Compete in preliminary
rounds in fi ve categories: individual performers,
original talents, DJ, dance (individual or group)
and performing groups/bands. To register or
for more information, visit the Noyes or Robert
Purcell community centers or go to .
CuSlar
Conversational Spanish and Portuguese classes
at the beginner and intermediate levels, taught by
native speakers, begin the week of Feb. 6. Geared
toward conversational fl uency, the classes are
inexpensive alternatives to university courses.
Also: contemporary Latin American queer cinema
for intermediate and advanced levels. Contact
the Committee for U.S.-Latin American Relations
(CUSLAR) for more information or to register:
(607) 255-7293 or .
Fuertes observatory
Public viewing nights, every clear Friday from 9
to 11 p.m. Call (607) 255-3557 for updates.
Martin luther King Jr. Commemoration
Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National
Urban League and mayor of New Orleans from
1993 to 2003, will speak at Cornell’s Martin Luther
King Jr. Commemoration, Feb. 8, 4:45 p.m., Sage
Chapel. Free and open to the public.
Museum of the earth
Darwin Day: Cornell and the Paleontological
Research Institution (PRI) will honor Charles
Darwin Feb. 9-13 in a series of joint events marking
the fi rst offi cial Darwin Day celebration for the
Ithaca community. For a full list of events, visit
.
Tango Week
For more information see page 16 or contact
Professor Wolfgang Sachse,
or (607) 255-5065.
• A Taste of Tango: Performance and demonstrations
by Facundo and Kely Posadas, Feb. 2, 7 to 9
p.m., Herbert F. Johnson Museum, free.
• Noche de Bienvenida: Dish-to-pass, dancing with
Facundo and Kely Posadas, Feb. 3, 6:30 to 11 p.m.,
Chanticleer Loft, Cayuga and State Streets, $5.
• Tango workshops with Facundo and Kely Posadas,
Feb. 4 and 5, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Appel
Commons. $25.
• Gran Milonga, Feb. 4, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Fifth Floor
Lounge of Willard Straight Hall. $10.
• Weekly Milonga, Feb. 5, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Chanticleer
Loft, Cayuga and State Streets, $5.
• Guided Practica with Facundo and Kely Posadas,
Feb. 6, 8 to 10 p.m., City Health Club, 402
W. Green St. $10.
• Findley Lecture: “Tango: The Art History of Love,”
Robert Farris Thompson, Yale University, Feb. 7, 7
p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith
Hall. Free. Reception and booksigning, 4:30 p.m.,
Findley Gallery, Goldwin Smith Hall.
• Regular Practica, Feb. 8, 7 to 10 p.m., Big Red
Barn, free.
nyc events
Minority alumni initiatives
Cornell Mosaic program, panel discussions with
distinguished alumni, Feb. 4, Cornell Club-New
York, 6 E. 44th St.; topics include diversity and
inclusion in the workplace, personal fi nance
and life on campus today. For information or to
register, visit .
Weill Cornell Medical College
“Speaking of Medical Ethics,” one-day course
with Drs. Antonio Gotto Jr. and Joseph Fins,
Feb. 4, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
Global unions Conference
An international conference of scholars and
trade unionists to bring together organizers,
researchers and comprehensive campaign
specialists from the labor movement, as well as
scholars who study multinational companies and
campaigns. Feb. 9-11, Crowne Plaza Hotel Times
Square, 1605 Broadway and 49th Street, Manhattan.
For more information visit Highlight
NICOLA KOUNTOUPES
Chronicle calendar
deadlines
Feb. 16 issue (calendar for Feb. 16-23):
Monday, Feb. 6
Feb. 23 issue (calendar for Feb. 23-March
2): Monday, Feb. 13
March 2 issue (calendar for March 2-9):
Monday, Feb. 20
The Chronicle calendar deadline is 10 days
(two Mondays) before publication. Items
submitted for the calendar should include a
contact name, e-mail address, Web address
(if any) and a phone number. By campus or
U.S. mail, send to: Chronicle events calendar,
Cornell News Service, 312 College Ave.,
Ithaca NY 14850. By fax: (607) 255-5373. By
e-mail: .
ilr.cornell.edu/globalunionsconference/> or call
(607) 254-4749.
sports
For details on Cornell athletic events visit .
Men’s basketball
Feb. 3, Dartmouth, 8 p.m.
Feb. 4, Harvard, 7 p.m.
Women’s basketball
Feb. 3, at Dartmouth, 7 p.m.
Feb. 4, at Harvard, 6 p.m.
Women’s Fencing
Feb. 5, Ivy Champs, fi rst round, with Brown, Harvard
and Princeton, TBA
Women’s Gymnastics
Feb. 4, Brown, 1 p.m.
Men’s ice hockey
Feb. 3, Colgate, 7 p.m.
Feb. 4, at Colgate, 7 p.m.
Women’s ice hockey
Feb. 4-5, at Union, 2 p.m.
Men’s lacrosse
Feb. 5, Colgate, scrimmage, noon
Men’s Polo
Feb. 4, Virginia, 8:15 p.m.
Women’s Polo
Feb. 3, Connecticut, 7:30 p.m.
Men’s Squash
Feb. 4, Franklin & Marshall, 3 p.m.
Women’s Squash
Feb. 4, William Smith, 10 a.m.
Men’s Tennis
Feb. 3, at Old Dominion, 1 p.m.
Feb. 4, at VCU, noon
Feb. 5, at Georgetown, 11 a.m.
Men’s Track
Feb. 4, Cornell Invitational, TBA
Women’s Track
Feb. 4, Cornell Invitational, TBA
Wrestling
Feb. 4, Columbia, 1 p.m.
Feb. 5, Hofstra, 1 p.m.
‘The Cultural
Landscape
of the Organ’
Music professor Annette Richards is among the organizers and presenters of “The Cultural Landscape
of the Organ: Between Music and Science, God and Society,” a conference involving musicians,
humanists and scientists, Feb. 3 and 4. Sessions will be held in Barnes Hall from 2 to 5 p.m.
Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, with an 11:30 a.m. Saturday keynote lecture, “The Organ
as Bearer of Culture,” by Hans Davidsson of the Eastman School of Music and Sweden’s Göteborg
Organ Art Center (GOArt). Evening concerts at 8 p.m. and a family session at 2 p.m. Saturday
will be held in Sage Chapel. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, see
.

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FEBRUARY 2,
JOBS
2006
ment, time management software decision-making and confi dential- diverse array of customers as part objectives of this position are to:
and internet searches. Knowledge ity is required while working within of a dynamic team based in the In- effectively support applications Librarians
of Cornell maintenance, human re- a team-oriented atmosphere. This stitute for Biotechnology and Life for the long term; effectively imsources,
accounting, capital assets position will be posted through Feb- Science Technologies. Install, diagplement applications in compliance Assistant Curator of Rare
inventory and purchasing systems ruary 8, 2006.”
nose, maintain and repair computer with vendor requirements and uti- Books, Division of Rare
desirable.
Qualifi cations: Formal training hardware, software and networks lizing CIT’s shared infrastructure and Manuscript Collections
beyond a high school diploma of 6 in offi ce and laboratory environ- whenever appropriate; ensure (04994); Librarian, Assis-
Finance/Budget months to 1 year with at least 2-4 ments. Identify and resolve prob- quality of changes, enhancements, tant; Level 002; Exempt;
years experience in fi nance/busilems of low to moderate complexity and new development; fi nd ways to 01-24-2006; Div of Rare &
Planning
ness management or related fi eld and refer more complex problems minimize implementation and long
Manuscript Coll
at Cornell
or equivalent combination of edu- to senior staff. Maintain records term support costs; develop effec-
Accounts Rep III (05011); cation and/or experience. Must be and confi gurations in accordance tive relationships and communica- Cornell University Library seeks
Level C; Non-exempt; 01- able to understand and accurately with university policy and standard tions with vendors, user groups, dynamic and energetic applicants
30-2006; Ctr for Animal apply account numbers to trans- operating procedures. Assist in the application owners, etc; develop to play an active role in develop-
Research & Educ
actions and understand impact on preparation of special reports/proj- competence supporting various ing the programs and collections
offi ce. Participate in the hiring of newsletter. Maintain relationships
Provide general support for the fi nancial statements. Experience ects. Support some specialized vendor applications, and expertise of the Division of Rare and Manu-
General Application Information
student employees and supervise and networking channels with other
daily fi nancial and business func- with software applications - spe- software and equipment used in with a few.
script Collections (RMC). This en-
the student employees. Review university departments in the detions
for the Cornell Center for cifi cally Microsoft Excel and Word, biological research.
try-level academic position is aimed
Qualifi cations: Bachelor’s degree
at those seeking to begin a career
Located in Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University is a bold, innovative, inclusive, and dynamic teach- correspondence and materials for velopment and execution of pro-
Animal Resources and Education as well as database applications Qualifi cations: Formal training with 3-5 years experience or equiv-
in the rare book and manuscript
ing and research university where staff, faculty, and students alike are challenged to make an accuracy and completion. Prepare grams related to MITWS. Prepare
(CARE) and Laboratory Animal such as Access and Filemaker Pro. beyond HS of 1-2 years, 2 years of alent combination. 3-5 years dem-
profession. Cornell University is
enduring contribution to the betterment of humanity.
in a timely fashion drafts of mate- program budget, monitor expenses
Services (LAS), two non-academ- Expertise in preparing cost projec- college coursework in information onstrated experience developing
among the top 10 research universirials
(i.e. briefi ngs, bios, and sup- and process payments for guest
ic support departments. With the tions, a variety of complex ad hoc technology, or Associate’s degree or supporting information systems
ties in the United States, featuring
Cornell University is an equal opportunity/affi rmative action educator and employer. Positions porting materials) to be used by artists, lectures, and colloquia. Half-
Administrator for LAS and CARE, and standard fi nancial reports as with 2-4 years of experience or including requirements gathering,
a 140-year history of innovation,
will be listed in this paper for one week. These listings are only announcements of open positions; the VP SAS, the Dean of Students time, one year term position (with
provide coordination and support well as experience with Accounts equivalent combination. Experi- testing, and customer support ac-
excellence, and inclusiveness, an
they are not complete descriptions of jobs and their responsibilities. Detailed descriptions are (DOS), West Campus House facul- possibility of renewal). Afternoons
for the administrative, personnel, Receivable. Preferred Qualifi caence with a wide range of operattivities. Must have well-developed
award winning Library, and interty,
other university administrators, preferred. 4-5 days/week.
and business operations. Track, uptions: Associate’s degree in relating systems with an ability to learn problem-solving abilities, analyti-
normally provided by the department, if you are contacted for an interview. For those who do not
disciplinary research programs that
Trustees and alumni engaged in Qualifi cations: Two-years college
date and maintain offi ce records on ed fi eld preferred. Experience with and adapt to new technologies. cal, reasoning and judgment skills.
have easy access to a computer, computers are accessible at various locations across campus,
offer 4,000 courses in nearly 100
development activities on behalf coursework, plus 4-6 years relevant
employees, vehicles, telephones Cornell accounting environment Outstanding customer service and Must be able to work effectively in a
departments. Cornell is a member
local employment agencies, area libraries and the Recruitment and Employment Center. of SAS. Make travel and hotel ar- experience or equivalent combina-
and data, equipment, and space. including budgeting, purchasing communication skills required. Su- dynamic, deadline driven, complex,
of the Ivy League and a partner of
rangements for Director and pro-
If you have general questions about employment or if you are interested in temporary option.
Bachelor’s degree, preferred.
Prepare monthly fi nancial reports and accounting practices and properior organization and prioritiza- team-based environment with mul-
the State University of New York.
cess travel reimbursements. Par- The successful candidate will be
for CARE and review and analyze cedures utilizing Cornell’s on-line tion skills essential. Ability to work tiple competing priorities. Excelportunities
at Cornell, please contact Cornell’s Recruitment and Employment Center at 607-
Cornell University Library’s Division
ticipate in annual AAD events in- creative and have strong organiza-
monthly data for CARE and LAS. systems: CornellC, Payment/Travel as part of a team and also complete lent oral and written communica-
of Rare and Manuscript Collections
254-8370; TTY 607-255-4943; 337 Pine Tree Rd., East Hill Plaza, Ithaca, NY 14850; email cluding Reunion, Homecoming and tional, multi-tasking, writing and in-
Assist with offi ce purchasing. Re- Requests, APPS, JEMS, ADW/Brio, tasks independently. Knowledge of tion skills including ability to obtain
(RMC) is an academic special collec-
. The Recruitment and Employment Center is open Monday- Trustee/Council Weekend. terpersonal skills with a keen attenview
departmental charges (phone Eudora, Corporate Time. Experi- Cornell computing environment and convey service information to
tions library featuring 300,000 rare
Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Qualifi cations: Formal training tion to detail. Must work well with
bills, copier, and shipping) for acence with Web Financials and Re- helpful. Employment experience in others of varying levels of techni-
books and 70 million manuscripts,
beyond HS of 6 months to 1 year; faculty and students. Must be able
curacy. Prepare routine travel and trieve Hyperion.
a hands-on help desk based support cal knowledge and responsibility is
photographs, and related materials.
How to Apply
General Employment Sessions Additional Information
more than 2 years and less than 4 to work independently and be self-
expense reimbursements. Assist
environment desirable.
essential. 2+ years of experience
Collection highlights include the pa-
To be considered an applicant for • Tuesdays 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. about the Job Postings:
years experience. Excellent commotivated. Experience in or ability
with budget development and per Health
working with Unix (i.e. Solaris, AIX,
pers of writers such as James Joyce
positions at Cornell, you must follow The Recruitment and Employ- Commonly Used Terms
munication, organization and in- to quickly achieve profi ciency in the
diem rates. Serve as front line per-
Prog/Analyst III (04615); Linux) required, including fi le and
and Vladimir Nabokov, a copy of the
terpersonal skills. Ability act in a use of Word, Excel, FileMaker, and
son for HR, payroll and accounting Assoc Dir Psych Svcs Level F; Exempt; 01-25- directory management, fi le permis-
the application process below:
ment Center, 337 Pine Tree Road,
Gettysburg Address in the hand of
Working title– if two titles are listed,
East Hill Plaza, Ithaca, NY
professional manner representing graphics software. Appreciation
questions. Prepare billing, payroll, (04989); Level H; Exempt; 2006; Computer Science; sions, and common utilities such as
• Applicants for non-academic
the fi rst title will be the working title
Abraham Lincoln, E.B. White’s origi-
To register, contact Janet Beebe
the organization with individuals and experience working in a cross-
vacation, and sick time reports as 01-25-2006; Gannett Health Recruiting Range $36,900 emacs, vi, ps, grep, sort, and fi nd.
staff and librarian positions must
designated by the department as
nal manuscript of Charlotte’s Web,
at 254-8370, TTY 255-4943,
apply on-line through the Jobs at
representative of the responsibilities in a variety of positions across cultural environment, highly pre-
assigned. Communicate with inter-
UNIX shell and perl script experi-
Services
to $56,375
and many other treasures. Other
or via e-mail , following
es, Counseling and Psychological
University job title– appears in italics
REST, XML, XSLT, scripting lanclude:
the largest collection on the
parents and friends. Proven ability notice. Occasional evenings and
information.
years exp with Windows required.
the instructions therein. Tip: to • 1st & 3rd Fridays 1:00–3:00 p.m. after the working title. If only one
Services (CAPS), is seeking a full guages (e.g. PHP, PERL), and oth-
French Revolution outside of Paris,
assist you in locating these posi- Workforce New York,
to work effectively as a member fl exibility in schedule, required. Ap-
Qualifi cations: Formal training be-
Experience performing Windows
title appears, no working title was
time Assistant Director for Comer standard software technologies,
the largest collection on the histotions
on-line, note the job number Resource Room, Center Ithaca,
of a team. Demonstrated record plications will be accepted through
yond a HS Diploma of 6 months to
system administration experience
designated
munity Based Services with sig- assist in the development of the
ry of witchcraft in North America,
that appears after the job title. 171 East State Street Ithaca, NY
of exercising initiative and work- Tuesday, February 7, 2006.
1 year with a minimum of 2 years
an asset. 1+ year exp with SQL datanifi
cant demonstrated clinical and National Science Digital Library
the world’s second largest collec-
To register, contact Dawn Potter Pay band or level– the level to which ing independently. Must be detail
providing accounting support in a
base queries and schemas desired.
outreach experience working with
• Applicants for all other positions
(NSDL). Create and maintain softtion
on William Wordsworth, one of
at 272-7570, extension 118 or via the university job title is assigned, oriented, organized and able to Operations Manager/Admin-
complex offi ce or equivalent combi-
Oracle preferred. Programming ex-
must apply by following instruc-
underrepresented minority populaware to support a distributed infor-
the country’s founding collections
e-mail
requirements
mation processing infrastructure
on the abolitionist movement, and
tasks while meeting clear and esments.
F; Exempt; 01-12-2006; Lib
required. Profi cient with Microsoft
Expect, CGI scripting, Javascript,
Director of CAPS and serves on and workfl ow to gather, transform,
one of the most extensive collec-
During the General Employment Exempt or “EX”– indicates the positablished deadlines. Must be able Administrative Operations
including spreadsheets, databases,
SQL database programming desir-
the Operations Team making ad- maintain and disseminate digital litions
on the history of sexuality and
• You must apply separately for
Session talent are provided with the tion is not eligible for, or is exempt to work at an advanced level with
and word processing software esable.
Required to carry a University
each position in which you are
opportunity to: discover career op- from, overtime pay
desktop applications (MS Offi ce
Library Administrative Operaministrative
decisions for the debrary metadata and content. Sup-
gender in the United States. RMC
sential. Must be open and recep-
issued pager and/or cell phone to
interested.
portunities, learn more about the Non-exempt or “NEX”– indicates the
including PowerPoint), databases
tions, part of the Cornell Univerpartment.
Responsibilities include port and collaborate with other in-
is used extensively by local faculty
tive to new ideas and approaches;
provide off hours coverage 24/7.
employment application process, ob- position is covered by the federal (Filemaker), networked informasity
Library system is seeking an
providing leadership, performance stitutions to integrate distributed
and students and by scholars from
diplomatic, courteous and welcom-
Some weekend and holiday availtain
tips to getting noticed, and meet Fair Labor Standards Act and theretional systems (Brio, PeopleSoft),
Operations Manager (OM). The
feedback, and administrative direc- digital library infrastructure, includ-
around the world. Programs include
ing, working effectively and coopability
required.
1:1 with a Recruitment Consultant. fore is eligible for overtime pay electronic calendaring, mail pro-
Operations Manager reports to
tion for a dynamic team of clinicians ing jointly developing protocols,
active teaching and outreach eferatively
with others. Must work to
grams and the Internet. Demon-
the Library’s Director of Facilities
who respond to clinical needs in user interfaces, and APIs; providing
forts, and a variety of exhibitions
Administrative Applications
build relationships to solve prob-
Recruiting range– (optional) instrated
ability to work with confi -
Planning and assists with the co-
the student community. Other re- debugging and maintenance sup-
and events showcasing collections.
lems and achieve common goals.
Prog/Analyst (05008); Level
dicates the range in which a new
dential information with absolute
ordination and planning for facility
sponsibilities include providing inport for digital library metadata,
While continuing to emphasize the
Must be able to express thoughts
hire’s pay rate is usually established.
Actual pay is determined by college/
care and discretion. Demonstrated
improvements and building maintedividual
and group psychotherapy
F; Exempt; 01-30-2006; CIT
content, and software; and provid-
importance of traditional formats,
clearly both orally and in writing.
unit guidelines and each applicant’s ability to work in a fast-paced, cusnance
within the Uris, Kroch, Olin
within the clinic, as well as consultaing consulting and support to other Business Info Systems Cornell University Library is ac-
Excellent organizational and an-
position-related qualifi cations. tomer service environment with
and Annex Libraries. The OM also
tion with faculty, staff, and parents institutions using the NSDL library As a member of Information Systively committed to the support
alytical skills required. Ability to
changing priorities. An Associ-
manages various renovation proj-
regarding student mental health software services. Participate in tems participate in providing pro- and promotion of digital collections
handle stress and maintain confi -
CL & R– cover letter & resume ates Degree or Bachelors Degree
ects within the fourteen endowed
issues. The Cornell campus is cul- the design and development of the gramming support to facilitate the and services, and RMC has played
dentiality.
would be preferred. Familiarity with
libraries on the Cornell campus.
turally and ethnically diverse with next generation of NSDL services maintenance and enhancements a pioneering role in the use of new
courier support, managing complex
Cornell computing systems is pre-
Business and operational respon-
approximately 3,000 international in areas such as data representa- of Cornell’s administrative appli- technologies for providing access
Administrative Assistant,
Accounts Rep IV (05003);
Administration calendar and travel arrangements,
ferred. Experience working in the
sibilities include management of
students and 5,000 students from tion, identity management, content cations. Principal responsibilities to special collections materials.
Offi ce of Student Academic
Level D; Non-exempt; 01offi
ce purchasing and inventory,
division of Alumni Affairs and De-
the library copy center and ship-
other ethnic minority groups. We management, protocol design, web include on-going support for mis- In cooperation with other library
Administrative Asst III
Services (05007); Adminis-
and occasional back-up to deans
velopment organization would be
ping and receiving department.
25-2006; VM Accounting are interested in a professional who services design, and other software sion critical mainframe applications units and national projects, RMC
(04982); Level C; Non-extrative
Asst III; Level C; Non-
support staff. Will interface with
strongly preferred. Valid NYS driv-
The OM is responsible for vendor
Services Center
would strengthen our ongoing inno- infrastructure issues.
and the design and development creates digital collections and Web
empt; 01-27-2006; VM Ad- students, faculty, staff, CVM execuexempt; 01-27-2006; AAD er’s license is preferred.
negotiations regarding public pho-
As a member of the CVM Accountvative
systemic community based Qualifi cations: Bachelor’s degree of modifi cations & enhancements sites providing access to rare books,
tocopy operations, equipment puring
Service Center’s Service Team,
clinical interventions with commu- with 2-3 years experience or equiv- to applications. In accordance with manuscripts, graphics, and historiministrationtives,
alumni and clients. This posi- Student & Academic Svcs
In a customer-oriented, teamtion will be posted through Febru- Provide administrative support to Events Coordinator-Future chases and maintenance contracts,
under very general supervision and
nities of color, as well as increasing alent combination using modern these requirements: develop projcal artifacts at Cornell. Reporting
and library cafe operations. Coor-
considerable latitude for exercising
the diversity of our staff.
IDE-based development tools for ect plans: prioritize across mul- to the Curator of Rare books and
based environment function as priary 10, 2006.
the Director of External Relations Minority Studies/Indigenous &
dinates library telecommunication
judgment and self-direction, coor- Qualifi cations: A doctorate in Java/J2EE code development, web tiple and simultaneous activities; Manuscripts, the Assistant Curamary
receptionist providing a wel- Qualifi cations: Formal training for the Division of Student & Aca- Third World Studies (04998); and other requests for services and
dinate, monitor, and provide com- clinical or counseling psychology services development, distributed estimate project resource requiretor will deliver presentations to
coming and professional presence beyond HS diploma of 6 months demic Services (SAS), with occa- Administrative Asst IV; Level authorizes purchase orders and
prehensive accounting, purchasing, or MSW, with New York State pro- systems development, and/or dataments; exercise stakeholder man- classes and other groups, help in-
as the initial contact point in the to 1 year with 2 to 4 years related sional support for the Assistant Di- D; Non-exempt; 01-24-2006; payment requests. Also responsi-
budgeting, fi nancial and reporting fessional licensure/certifi cation or base systems development. Demagement across diverse campus terpret RMC’s collections through
College of Veterinary Medicine’s experience, or equivalent combinarector of External Relations. . The Asian American Studies; ble for library safety and security
support for the Cornell University eligibility. Three years of clinical onstrated ability to work indepen- constituencies.”
the preparation of exhibitions and
Offi ce of the Dean. Will greet and tion of education and experience. division of SAS supports the living
Part-time
procedures, emergency planning
Hospital for Animals (CUHA). The experience post training. Previous dently and as part of a team, man- Qualifications: Bachelor’s de- related programming and publica-
direct incoming visitors, respond Profi ciency with PC-based soft- and learning experience of Cor-
independently to inquiries or rediware including Word, Excel, Pownell students, and includes 1,000 Provide program and administra-
and inventory management. The
position demands a high level of college mental health experience age time effectively, set priorities, gree or equivalent experience. 3-5 tions, promote research in the colrect
as appropriate. Responsible erPoint, FileMaker Pro or Access, employees and about 1/3 of the tive support for the Future of Mi-
OM advises the Director of Facili-
customer service and frequent preferred. The successful candidate and adapt quickly to changes. Ex- years programming experience in lections, and provide support for
for answering the main College of and electronic calendar and mail campus’s buildings, and programs nority Studies Project (FMS) and
ties Planning and the Director of
deadlines. Due to the complex busi- will be team-oriented, accessible to cellent oral and written communi- systems and applications environ- collection development and donor
Veterinary Medicine phone line. programs required. Strong oral including the Residential Initiative, the Minority, Indigenous, and Third
Finance and Administration in the
ness of the CUHA as an enterprise students and student affairs staff, cation skills including the ability to ments compatible with Cornell’s initiatives. The Assistant Curator
Provide administrative support for and written communication skills, a university priority. The offi ce is a World Studies Faculty Research
development of activities, poli-
unit, the position requires one to equipped to address multicultural provide technical information to mainframe administrative systems will also participate in RMC’s ref-
the Dean and his Executive Staff organizational skills and attention fast paced, professional environ- group at Cornell (MITWS). Responcies,
programs, and facilities that
closely monitor and verify validity issues, possess a strong work eth- others of varying levels of techni- architecture (OS/390, VM/ESA). erence services, technical process-
including demonstrating sound to detail are a must. Must be able ment. Manage the Director’s calsible for coordinating the admin-
enhance library operations in the
of transactions on all assigned acic, offer a positive presence to stucal knowledge and responsibility. Requirements: extensive experiing, and digital asset management
judgment in setting priorities and to handle confi dential materials endar, scheduling appointments istrative operations for a variety
endowed units. Responsible for sucounts.
Must be able to function dents and staff with a willingness to Excellent problem-solving, analytence developing and maintain- activities.
forecasting all possible needs of the and sensitive information with the with senior University administra- of programs, meetings, seminars,
pervising a staff of 10 FTE.
effectively under pressure, dem- collaborate with other healthcare ical, and reasoning skills. Must be ing complex applications written Qualifi cations: MLS degree or
offi ce. Prepare a variety of docu- utmost tact and discretion. Estabtors, trustees, faculty and donors. conferences, and FMS summer in- Qualifi cations: Bachelor’s degree
onstrating sound judgment in ac- professionals in a multidisciplinary able to foster effective working re- in Natural/Adabas; proven abil- graduate degree in literature, hisments,
including correspondence, lishing appropriate individual pri- Maintain offi ce fi les; coordinate on stitute. Administrative support in- with 5-7 years related experience
complishing tasks that are urgent health care setting.
lationships to facilitate and achieve ity to analyze requirements and tory, archival management, or oth-
reports, presentations, charts, and orities and functioning as part of and off campus meetings and large cludes correspondence, responding in facility operations, or equiva-
or of a sensitive or confi dential
project goals.
meet deadlines; strong written & er relevant fi eld. Excellent written
tables, from notes or data using ap- the team supporting key College scale mailings. Produce reports to emails, the coordination of travel lent experience. Excellent inter-
nature; balance confl icting priori- Information
oral communication skills. Must and verbal communication skills.
propriate software. Further develop executives is required. Must demon- and gift acknowledgement letters arrangements, hotel reservations, personal, communication, comties,
and making decisions from a
Vendor Applications Program- demonstrate an ability to develop Demonstrated ability to initiate,
and/or maintain informational lists strate a positive, professional and for signature by VPSAS, Director scheduling room use, catering, creputer, and customer service skills
range of choices while adhering to Technologies mer Analyst (04798); Prog/ competence in new subject areas coordinate and conclude projects
and databases to track faculty in- customer-focused attitude with a of External Relations and Dean of ating posters for publicity, provid- required. Evidence of leadership
University policies and procedures.
formation, including committee as- commitment to continuous growth Students. Prepare and distribute ing follow up contact to outside and commitment to teamwork.
Must be comfortable working in IT Support Asst III (05002);
Analyst Sr; Level F; Exempt; with little or no formal training or with effi ciency. Ability to lift 40
oversight, and continuously expand lbs. and work with dusty materials.
signments, voting privileges, mail- and learning. Preferred Qualifi ca- reports for SAS unit business man- participants. Develop and maintain Excellent judgment and the abil-
an environment where change in Level D; Non-exempt; 01-30-
01-30-2006; CIT Business
one’s knowledge about technology Preferred Qualifi cations: Experiing
information, etc. Provide primations: Associates degree preferred. agers, maintain up to date gift fund master schedule of all events and ity to prioritize multiple compet-
process/procedures is the norm. 2006; Biotechnology Center;
Info Systems
and methods supportive of campus ence working in special collection,
ry support for an offi ce-wide fi ling Experience in an executive offi ce listings. Review all mail coming into programs. Develop and maintain ing priorities. Working knowledge
Attention to detail and ability to Recruiting Range $15.50 to
As a member of Information Sys- business processes. Knowledge of archives, or the antiquarian book
system, retaining primary ongoing environment or Cornell/CVM ex- the Director’s offi ce: sort, open and FMS http://fmsproject.cornell.edu/ of accounting, budgeting, person-
follow up and through on all areas
tems Application group this posi-
$18.70
fi nance systems a plus.
trade. Experience working with the
responsibility for its maintenance. perience preferred.
distribute correspondence. Provide nel and facilities management re-
of activities are required. Excellent
tion’s primary responsibility is to
public in a library, archival, muse-
Provide a variety of information
Responsibilities include mail and
primary phone coverage for the and MITWS websites; assist with quired. Profi cient in spreadsheet
customer service skills are essen-
implement, support, and enhance
um, or cultural setting. Subject ex-
technology support services to a
the writing and production of the manipulation, database manage-
tial to this position. Independent
vendor applications. The primary
pertise; experience curating exhi-

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bitions or teaching experience. Fa-
miliarity with online bibliographic
tools and technologies, including
EAD and Web design. Application
Procedure: Applications requested
by April 1, 2006. Please include a
cover letter, resume, and the names,
phone numbers, and addresses for
three references. Review of appli-
cations will begin immediately and
will continue until the position is
fi lled. For further information, con-
tact Susan Markowitz, Director of
Library Human Resources, 201 Olin
Library, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY 14853-5301.
Library/Museum
PSA I/Book Mover - Annex
Library (04999); Public Svcs
Asst I; Level A; Non-exempt;
01-24-2006; Annex Library
The Cornell University Annex Li-
brary is seeking a task oriented in-
dividual to move books. Under the
direction of the Annex Manager, this
person will be responsible for item
processing which includes: assem-
ble and barcode book trays, mea-
sure items against templates for
placement in the appropriate size
tray, enter barcoded items into an
inventory control system database
and load fi lled trays onto custom
made book carts.”
Qualifi cations: Formal training
beyond HS of 6 months-1 year
with less than 6 months of expe-
rience or equivalent combination.
Aptitude for detailed work, good
physical strength and stamina, ex-
cellent organizational and inter-
personal skills, able to work inde-
pendently, familiarity with micro-
computers and communications
equipment. This is an term ap-
pointment through April 13, 2007.
Monday - Wednesday 7:30 am -
4:00 pm; Thursday - Friday 8:00
am - 4:00 pm.
Technical Svcs Asst III/Serials
Assistant (05010); Level C;
Non-exempt; 01-30-2006;
LTS-E Resources & Serials
Library Technical Services is seek-
ing a Serials Assistant. Under the
direction of Serials Management
Unit Supervisor, the individual is
responsible for a mix of activities
for serials in both print and elec-
tronic formats. For print serials this
includes receiving and claiming of
periodicals and serials in the on-
line library system. For electronic
serials it includes verifying account
titles, maintenance of records in
Voyager, the ERMS and Serials So-
lutions, checking links & holdings,
and updating & verifying access.
Special projects will be an ongo-
ing part of the e-resources activi-
ties. For receiving print journals,
typical duties include: verify the
condition of the materials; search
and record the receipt of the serial
titles, create holdings; adjust publi-
cation patterns; create item records
for bound volumes; route titles to
designated locations; claim titles;
communicate internally and exter-
nally to resolve processing issues
by phone, e-mail, or post. The indi-
vidual may use various vendor and
publisher websites during the pro-
cess. The tasks can be complex due
to different publisher requirements
and purchasing methods. Offi ce is
located in Mann Library, but posi-
tion includes regularly scheduled
work in Olin Library each week.
Qualifi cations: Formal training
beyond HS of 1-2 years, 2 years of
college coursework, or Associates
with 1-2 years experience or equiv-
alent combination. Ability to work
in Windows environment. Excellent
organizational and communication
skills. Attention to detail. Ability to
perform repetitive tasks with ac-
curacy and effi ciency. Ability to
perform multiple tasks in a timely
manner. Preferred Qualifi cations:
Medium typing skills. Knowledge
of one or more foreign languages.
Basic knowledge of MARC21 and
one or more national library da-
tabases (OCLC and RLIN). Knowl-
edge of integrated library systems
is a plus. Ability to use Excel or MS
Access to record and maintain ac-
count details.
Service/Facilities
Director of Environmental
Health & Safety (05012);
Level I; Exempt; 01-30-2006;
EH&S Administration
Cornell University invites applica-
tions for the role of Director En-
vironmental Health and Safety.
Reporting to the Vice President
of Business Services and Environ-
mental Safety, the Director will lead,
promote, and support a compre-
hensive environmental health and
safety program for Cornell Univer-
sity. The Director must develop,
maintain, and promote policies,
procedures and programs neces-
sary to maintain a healthy envi-
ronment for the entire University
community. The Director will serve
as a liaison between the Central
Administration and campus safety
committees and is responsible for
providing professional leadership
and administrative direction to a
staff of 59 as well as maintaining
a budget of $4.9 million including
seven ‘fee for service’ programs.
The Director also serves as Uni-
versity Safety Offi cer.
Qualifi cations: This position must
possess a Bachelor’s degree in either
physical or biological sciences, or
engineering; and a Masters degree
in management, or a related
scientifi c, health or safety fi eld such
as environmental health, industrial
hygiene, preventive medicine, safety
engineering; as well as progressive
experience in the management
of comprehensive environmental
health and safety programs at a
comparable organization with a
minimum of 7-10 years experience.
The strong candidate must also
possess a Board certifi cation in a
recognized professional health and
safety discipline such as industrial
hygiene (CIH), safety professional
(CSP) and health physics society
(CHP). Applicants must have a
demonstrated ability to create
an effective and positive team
environment and the ability to
lead effective change, exemplary
communication skills and ability
to exercise sound judgment, and
proven successful fi scal experience
managing operating budgets.
For further information or to
apply, contact: Katie Dean, Sr.
Vice President, Opus Search
Partners, Inc., 1616 Walnut
Street, Suite 1812, Philadelphia,
Pa 19103, 215-790-1188,
, .
Temporary
Temp Serv Tech (04987);
Non-exempt; 01-24-2006;
Natural Resources
This is a 8 month position to as-
sist the project managers of the
NY Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit at Cornell University
and the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation
(NYSDEC) are seeking a temporary
biodiversity outreach coordinator
to help local governments and con-
servation organizations through-
out New York’s Hudson Valley to
conserve the region’s rich biological
resources. The conservation area
covers the counties bordering the
150 mile long Hudson River Estu-
ary from the City of Troy to New
York City. This position is located
in New Paltz, NY. The Hudson Riv-
er Estuary Biodiversity Outreach
Coordinator will work closely with
the NY Cooperative Fish and Wild-
life Research Unit and NYS Depart-
ment of Environmental Conserva-
tion to implement its Hudson River
Estuary 2005 Action Agenda. The
eight-month, full time coordinator
will: Provide interpreted biological
data and technical assistance to lo-
cal land use decision-makers; pres-
ent to various audiences on bio-
diversity conservation, especially
local governments; participate in
regional habitat conservation ini-
tiatives; work with biodiversity out-
reach partners (NYS Department
of Environmental Conservation,
Wildlife Conservation Society, Hud-
sonia, Ltd); and work closely with
the Hudson River Estuary Biodiver-
sity Project Coordinator to imple-
ment and monitor progress of the
2005 Hudson River Estuary Action
Agenda. The Biodiversity Outreach
Coordinator will work with local
government decision-makers, land
trusts, watershed groups, local and
regional non-profi t conservation
organizations, and state agencies
to implement the program.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s de-
gree or equivalent; at least 3 but
fewer than 5 years of experience
or equivalent in biology, ecology,
conservation biology, natural re-
sources, environmental planning,
or related fi eld. Comfort describing
biodiversity conservation concepts
to diverse audiences. Familiarity
with local land use planning, basic
GIS skills (ArcView 3.X, ArcGIS), and
excellent oral and written commu-
nication skills. Preferred qualifi ca-
tions include knowledge of Hudson
Valley biology and ecology.
Temp Serv Tech (05004);
Non-exempt; 01-30-2006;
Ecology & Evolutionary Biol-
ogy
The Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology is seeking a
highly motivated individual to pro-
vide research support to ongoing
projects in aquatic and atmospheric
biogeochemistry. Responsibilities
include: preparing and deploying
equipment for atmospheric and
water chemistry sampling at local
and regional fi eld sites; conduct-
ing chemical analyses for nutrients
and major ions on a variety of en-
vironmental samples using both
automated and manual methods;
analyzing data from fi eld sampling
and chemical analyses and prepar-
ing summary reports. Other duties
include assisting with basic labora-
tory management and quality con-
trol, ordering materials as needed,
reviewing research literature, and
conducting library/internet search-
es. The successful applicant should
be personable and fl exible. Ability
to work independently as well as
effectively in a team environment
to achieve research objectives is
essential. This temporary position
is funded through November/De-
cember 2006; specifi c start and
end dates negotiable. Schedule: 39
hours per week (negotiable to 30
hours per week). Contract college
employee benefi ts apply.
Qualifi cations: Formal training
and experience in aquatic or ana-
lytical chemistry, biogeochemistry,
ecology, or related discipline. Bach-
elor’s degree preferred. Experience
with both wet chemical procedures
and instrumental analyses for nutri-
ents is highly desirable, as is some
experience with fi eld sampling.
Good organizational skills and basic
computer skills are essential. Valid
driver’s license required.
Academic
Post Dr Assoc (04704); 01-
25-2006; Microbiology &
Immunology
A post-doctoral position is avail-
able to study the molecular basis
of antigen induced immune sup-
pression and the modulation of the
innate immune system response in
immunity against cancer. Ongoing
research in the laboratory is inves-
tigating the mechanism of inducing
suppressor/regulatory T cells to any
or most autoantigens using a skin
patch method.
Qualifi cations: A doctoral degree
with experience/expertise in molec-
ular biology, protein biochemistry
and eukaryotic cell culture is re-
quired. Must be comfortable work-
ing with laboratory mice. Please
send a copy of your resume and
3 professional references to Dr.
Margaret Bynoe, Microbiology
and Immunology, C5149 Vet
Medical Center, College of Vet-
erinary Medicine, Cornell Univer-
sity, Ithaca, NY 14853.
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
(05000); 01-24-2006; Plant
Biology
Applications are invited for the po-
sition of Lecturer or Senior Lec-
turer (depending on qualifi cations;
Ph.D. required) to direct the labora-
tory component of a combined lec-
ture/laboratory course in Introduc-
tory Biology for Non-Majors (BioG
109-110) beginning July 2006. This
2-semester, 3-credit course offers a
broad introduction in general biol-
ogy to students from a variety of
majors. Responsibilities include as-
sisting instructors in coordinating
lectures and exams, and producing
an updated, in-house laboratory
manual each year. The course has
15 sections per week and is sup-
ported by 8 teaching assistants,
one full-time preparator, and one
part-time secretary. The appoint-
ment is for 9 months (mid August
through mid June), except for the
fi rst year when summer support
is provided.
Qualifi cations: PhD required. For
further information visit the website
or contact Dr.
Robert Turgeon, 607-255-8395;
. Applicants
should send a curriculum vitae
and a narrative describing career
goals and teaching interests
to Ms. Deborah Spencer,
Introductory Biology Search
Committee, 228 Plant Science
Building, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY 14853. Also have
three letters of reference sent to
the same address. The deadline
for receipt of applications is
February 20, 2006.
Assistant Professor (04800);
00-23-2005; Horticulture
Sciences at the New York
State Agricultural Experiment
Station in Geneva, NY
Develop an innovative, internation-
ally-recognized, externally funded
research program in viticulture to
address current and future needs
of the New York winegrape indus-
try. The research should compli-
ment and be carried out in collabo-
ration with related grape and wine
research and extension programs
and other disciplines as appropri-
ate. Teach undergraduate courses
in viticulture and vineyard manage-
ment and participate in other relat-
ed courses as appropriate. Mentor
undergraduate and graduate stu-
dents, direct student research and
facilitate student internships. In ad-
dition to teaching undergraduate
courses in viticulture, the candidate
may develop a graduate course in
his/her area of specialization. Ap-
pointment will be to a tenure-track,
academic-year position as a faculty
member of the Cornell University
College of Agriculture and Life Sci-
ences (CALS), and will be based in
the Department of Horticultural
Sciences at the New York State
Agricultural Experiment Station
in Geneva, NY . A mentoring
program for new faculty provides
guidance and assistance.
Qualifi cations: Ph.D. in Viticul-
ture/Enology, Horticulture, Plant
Physiology, Biochemistry or other
related plant science. Teaching,
and/or industry experience with
grape production systems is de-
sirable as is a working knowledge
of molecular biology and biochem-
istry. Send a letter of applica-
tion, resume, academic tran-
scripts, statement of teaching
and research goals and plans,
and names, addresses, phone
numbers and email addresses of
three references to: Dr. Alan N.
Lakso, Viticulture Search Com-
mittee Chair, Cornell University
- New York State Agricultural
Experiment Station, Depart-
ment of Horticultural Sciences,
630 West North Street, Gene-
va, N.Y. 14456, , Phone: 315-787-2399,
Fax: 315-787-2216. Review of
applications will begin February
1, 2006, and will continue until
the position is fi lled.
Cooperative
Extension
Executive Director (04440);
Level 006; Exempt; 01-26-
2006; Cayuga Cnty Coop
Ext Assn
Cornell Cooperative Extension of
Cayuga County (Auburn, NY) is
searching for an Executive Director.
Responsible for the development
and maintenance of an effective
working relationships among
the association, its staff and
Cornell faculty as well as providing
leadership for association relations
with legislators, local government
leaders, funding agencies,
community leaders, and special
interest groups. Provide leadership
for overall program development,
implementation, evaluation, and
reporting of results. Represents and
is accountable to the association
board of directors and the Director
of the Cornell Cooperative
Extension system. Administers
all association policies and is
responsible for fi nancial planning,
affi rmative action implementation,
and personnel administration.
Provide programming in the areas
of community leadership and
diversity. See for
complete position description.
Qualifi cations: A Master’s degree
required in education, manage-
ment, or fi eld related to association
program. Highly desired is course
work in public or not for profi t man-
agement or other closely related
study. Substantive coursework
and/or experience in education
required. Six years progressively
responsible experience including
at least three years in Cooperative
Extension or a closely related fi eld
of employment. Cooperative Exten-
sion experience preferred. At least
four years of substantive organiza-
tional leadership and management
responsibilities, including human
resources, fi scal management and
organizational management. (PhD
may substitute for 2 years of ex-
perience.) Experience in facilities
management/oversight desired.
Applications will be reviewed be-
ginning 2/10/2006, or until an ac-
ceptable pool of applicants has
been identifi ed. Send letter of in-
tent, resume, and transcripts to
PA#386, Box 26, Kennedy Hall,
Cornell U, Ithaca, NY 14853.
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able through the SUNY SkillSoft e-Learning Program. The following
outlines the SkillSoft on-line courses needed to receive a certifi cate in:
Time Management and Organization Skills
• Analyze Your Use of Time (PD0101) Expected Duration: 2 hours
• Set Goals and Prioritize Your Use of Time (PD0102) Expected Dura-
tion: 2 hours
• Major Time Management Challenges (PD0103) Expected Duration: 3
hours
• Organize to Remember (PD0123) Expected Duration: 2 hours
• Create Your Time & Memory Management Program (PD0124) Ex-
pected Duration:2 hours
Upcoming Workshops
We hope you take a minute to look through the workshops listed
below from the 2005-2006 Guide to Workshops for Staff and Faculty.
Register for the following courses at: < http://register.cit.cornell.
edu:8000>. Questions can be directed to Organizational Development
Services at 254-6400.
Supervisory Roundtable Discussions
EAP (Employee Assistance Program) as a Partner in Supervision
(Class 3295); February 13; 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary
Staff Skills for Success: Self Development; Facilitator from Employee
Assistance Program; no charge
Staff Retention with Diversity & Inclusion in Mind Class 3296); March
15; 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success:
Self Development; Facilitators: Linda Gasser, assistant director/senior
OD consultant and Jim Sheridan, senior trainer, ODS; with subject
matter experts: Connie Park, program manager for diversity programs
and Constance Thompson, manager, recruitment & diversity recruit-
ment; no charge
Certifi cate Programs
New Supervisor Orientation Certifi cate Program (Class 3224); March
30, April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4 & 11; 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; primary Staff
Skills for Success: Self Development; Instructors: Representatives from
the Offi ce of Human Resources and subject matter experts from other
university departments; $250
Supervisor Development Certifi cate Program (Class 3234); April 25,
May 2, 9 & 16; 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; primary Staff Skills for Success: Self
Development; Instructor; Jim Sheridan, senior trainer, ODS; no charge
Rolling Out The Big Red Carpet: Developing a Service Culture at
Cornell University (Class 3232); June 6, 13 & 29; 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; 20
Thornwood Drive, Suite 101; primary Staff Skills for Success: Service-
Minded; Instructor; Jim Sheridan, senior trainer, ODS; $125
New Supervisor Orientation Certifi cate Program (Class 3225); June
8, 15, 22, 29, July 6, 13 & 20; 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; primary Staff Skills
for Success: Self Development; Instructors: Representatives from the
Offi ce of Human Resources and subject matter experts from other
university departments; $250
Workshops
Parenting Skills: Parenting an Infant or Toddler (Class 3236); Febru-
ary 7; 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.; 170 Roberts Hall; primary Staff Skills for
Success: Self Development; no charge
Conducting Effective Performance Dialogues (Class 3280); February
8; 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skill for Success:
Communication; Instructor: Vashti Peagler, senior human resource
associate and consultant, OHR; no charge
Keeping Relationship Satisfaction High: Love is Never Enough
(Class 3331) February 8; 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary
Staff Skills for Success: Motivation; Instructor: Jim Morris, MSW, CSW-
R, clinician and workplace consultant, EAP; no charge
Surviving the Winter Blues and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
(Class 3330); February 9 (please note change in date); 2:00 p.m. - 4:00
p.m.; B16 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success: Self Development;
Instructor: Cindy Glanville, MSW, CSW, senior clinician and work-
place consultant, EAP; no charge
Increasing Employee Sustainability in Today’s Workplace (Class
3286); February 10; 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; 20 Thornwood Drive; primary
Staff Skills for Success: Adaptability; Instructor: Chet Warzynski,
director, ODS; no charge
Resume Guidance & Interviewing Techniques (Class 3310); February
15; 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success:
Self Development; Instructor: JoAnn Shepherd, senior human resource
consultant and manager, Professional Development, ODS; no charge
The Mind-Body Connection (Class 3332) February 15; 2:00 p.m. - 4:00
p.m. 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success: Self Development;
Instructor: Cora-Ellen Luke, MA, NCC, clinician and workplace con-
sultant, EAP; no charge
Parenting Skills: The Step-Parent’s Role in Parenting (Class 3237);
February 21; 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.; 170 Roberts Hall; primary Staff
Skills for Success: Self Development; no charge
Cross-Cultural Communications (Class 3270) February 23, 2006;
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success:
Inclusiveness; Instructor Linda Gasser, assistant director/senior OD
consultant; $35
Effective Relationships: Supporting Friends or Family Coming Out
(Class 3253); February 28; 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.; 170 Roberts Hall;
primary Staff Skills for Success: Self Development; no charge
Strategies for Handling Performance Problems (Class 3290) Febru-
ary 28; 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; SR560 Statler Hotel College; primary
Staff Skills for Success: Communication; Instructor: Vashti Peagler,
senior human resource associate and consultant, OHR; no charge
Navigating Your Career: Myths and Truths (Class 3259); March 1;
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success:
Self Development; Instructor: JoAnn Shepherd, senior human resource
consultant and manager, Professional Development, ODS; no charge
Cornell Children’s Tuition Scholarship (CCTS) Program Workshop
(Class 3262); March 6; 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff
Skills for Success: Self Development; Instructor: Maureen Brull, pro-
gram manager life & education plans, Benefi t Services; no charge
Parenting Skills: Building Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Families (Class 3241); March 7; 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.; 170 Roberts
Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success: Self Development; no charge
Resume Guidance & Interviewing Techniques (Class 3311); March 8;
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success: Self
Development; Instructor: JoAnn Shepherd, Senior Human Resource
Consultant and Manager, Professional Development, ODS; no charge
Project Management Methodology (Class 3288) March 9 & 10; 9:00
a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; 1423 ILR Conference Center; primary Staff Skills for
Success:Teamwork; Instructors: Chet Warzynski, director, ODS and
Linda Gasser, assistant director/senior organizational development
consultant, ODS; $150
Self-Image: Beating the Bully in Your Brain, Part 1 (Class 3333)
March 15; 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for
Success: Self-Development; Instructor: Jim Morris, MSW, CSW-R, clini-
cian and workplace consultant, EAP; no charge
Self-Image: Beating the Bully in Your Brain, Part 1 (Class 3333)
March 15; 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for
Success: Self-Development; Instructor: Jim Morris, MSW, CSW-R, clini-
cian and workplace consultant, EAP; no charge
Problem Solving (Class 3279) March 16; 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; 163 Day
Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success:Adaptability; Instructor: Pam
Strausser, senior human resource consultant; $80
Have You Wanted to Get a Cornell Degree? Undergraduate (Class
3268); March 20; 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills
for Success: Self-Development; Instructor: Maureen Brull, program
manager life & education plans, Benefi t Services; no charge
Resume Guidance & Interviewing Techniques (Class 3312); March
22; 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success:
Self- Development; Instructor: JoAnn Shepherd, senior human resource
consultant and manager, Professional Development, ODS; no charge
Self-Image: Beating the Bully in Your Brain, Part 2 (Class 3334)
March 22; 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for
Success: Self-Development; Instructor: Jim Morris, MSW, CSW-R, clini-
cian and workplace consultant, EAP; no charge
An Overview of Elder Care Issues: Caring for the Caregiver (Class
3244); May 28; 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.; 170 Roberts Hall; primary Staff
Skills for Success: Self-Development; no charge
Conducting Effective Performance Dialogues (Class 3281); March 28;
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; B12 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success:
Communication; Instructor: Vashti Peagler, senior human resource
associate and consultant, OHR; no charge
Emotional Factors in Chronic Pain (Class 3335) March 28; 2:00 p.m.
- 4:00 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success: Self-Devel-
opment; Presenter: Cora Ellen Luke, MA, NCC, RPT, clinician and
workplace consultant, Employee Assistance Program; no charge
Effectively Presenting Your Ideas in Groups (Class 3272) March 30;
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.; 163 Day Hall; primary Staff Skills for Success:
Communication; Presenter: Jim Sheridan, senior trainer, ODS; $80
Mentor for TC3 Courses
Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) has a special mentor
to assist Cornell University staff members and their families who are
taking, or are interested in taking, TC3 courses. The mentor, Profes-
sor Kevin Haverlock, can provide information on TC3 programs
and services, academic advisement, basic skills assessment, learning
assistance, and some career counseling. For the Spring semester, he
will be available to meet with you from 8:30 - 11:00 a.m. on February 8
in B16 Day Hall, February 15 in B16 Day Hall, February 22 in 163 Day
Hall, March 1 in B16 Day Hall, March 8 in 163 Day Hall, March 22 in
163 Day Hall, March 29 in 163 Day Hall, April 5 in B16 Day Hall, April
12 in 163 Day Hall, April 19 in B16 Day Hall, April 26 in 163 Day Hall
and May 3 in 163 Day Hall. The TC3 mentor can be reached via e-mail:
or call 844-8222, x4215.
Benefi ts Appointments
Aetna Inc. Phone Appointments
Aetna Inc. is available for phone appointments every Tuesday to re-
solve endowed health care claims issues. Please contact Michael Bryant
in Benefi t Services at 255-1604 or via e-mail at
to schedule an appointment.
Financial One-on-One Consultations
Call 1-877-209-3144 for an appointment with TIAA-CREF:
February 8,9,15,16,22,23 130 Day Hall
Call 1-315-521-1830 for an appointment with MetLife or 273-7341
(Ithaca) or 1-315-781-8603 (Geneva) for more information:
February 3,10,17,24 130 Day Hall
February 8,15,22 Geneva
Call 1-800-642-7131 for an appointment with Fidelity:
February 14,28 130 Day Hall
Contract College only: Call 1-888-883-6320 for an appointment with
ING (10:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.):
February 7,14,21,28 Vet School
Special-Interest Learning Opportunities
Upcoming Technical Training
CIT Training & Documentation is offering the following classes. Class
outlines can be viewed at: .
Please register for classes by going to: , and direct any questions about these classes to: .
Certifi ed Wireless Security Professional (Class 3512) February 6-10;
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. each day; B04 CCC Bldg; 2 seats available; $2050
Brio Insight Intermediate (Class 3485) February 8; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30
p.m.; 120 Maple Ave., room 150; 4 seats available; $250
Word- Working with Styles and Templates (Class 3547) February 22;
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; Training Room 150, 120 Maple Ave.; no charge
Certifi ed Ethical Hacker (Class 3469) February 27-March 3; 8:30 a.m.
– 4:30 p.m. each day; 120 Maple Ave., room 150; 2 seats available; $1800
Network + Certifi cation (Class 3550) March 6-10; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
each day; B04 CCC Bldg; register by February 6; $1050
Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment-Acceler-
ated Track-Part A (Class 3470) March 6-8; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. each
day; 120 Maple Ave., room 150; register by February 10; $870
Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment-Accel-
erated Track-Part B (Class 3471) March 9-10; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. each
day; 120 Maple Ave., room 150; register by February 10; $570
Security + Certifi cation (Class 3551) March 13-17; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
each day; B04 CCC Bldg; register by February 13; $1075
Active Directory Core-Part A (Class 3471) March 14-16; 8:30 a.m.
– 4:30 p.m. each day; 120 Maple Ave., room 150; register by February
17; $870
MS 2073: Programming a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (Class 3552)
March 20-24; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. each day; B04 CCC Bldg; register by
February 20; $1125
Fast Track to ColdFusion MX (Class 3473) March 21-23; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30
p.m. each day; 120 Maple Ave., room 150; register by February 24; $870
Brio Insight Novice (Class 3486) March 27; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; 120
Maple Ave., room 150; register by March 10; $250
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education and employment opportunity by affi rming the value of diversity
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16 February 2, 2006 Cornell Chronicle
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By GeorGe LoWery
adecade ago, when some of Wolfgang Sachse’s
graduate students began to dance tango, they
invited him to watch. He brought his camera.
“I was intrigued by what I saw: the connection
between two persons moving beautifully through
space,” says Sachse, the Meinig Family Professor of
Engineering.
Over the next few years, Sachse continued to photograph
tango performances. “I had danced little over the
years and felt safe behind my camera,” he says. But when
a tango band played at a 40th wedding anniversary
party in 2003, Sachse became hooked. “I had my camera
with me, and the images of a couple married 40 years,
moving in close embrace across the dance fl oor, brought
tears to my eyes.”
Later that evening he signed up for a tango workshop.
“I haven’t looked back since,” Sachse says. “I’ve
learned that tango is much more than a dance. It’s
been called an ‘elegant, passionate, sensuous interpretive
art form disguised as a dance.’ When one really
dances tango, one opens oneself up to very subtle
movements of body and soul, totally immersed in the
moment with a partner, which is as fl eeting and glorious
as life itself.”
Sachse worked with the Ithaca Tangueros, a student
organization, to create Cornell Tango Week, Feb. 2-8,
which includes performances, classes, a dinner and
the History of Art Department’s Annual Findley Distinguished
Lecture by Yale art historian Robert Farris
Thompson, whose widely praised new book, “Tango:
The Art History of Love,” explores African infl uences
on the dance.
Facundo and Kely Posadas, Argentine masters of
the milonga candombé, or salon-style tango, will demonstrate
tango and offer tango instruction throughout
the week and also will perform at the Findley lecture
Feb. 7. (See calendar, pages 10-11, for schedule.)
Tango originated in the late 1800s in Buenos Aires from
a fusion of candombé, an Afro-Uruguayan rhythm, and
European dances. Once seen as an inappropriately sexual
display – perhaps the original dirty dancing – tango has
gained worldwide popularity. The legendary choreographer
Martha Graham considered it the most beautiful
of dances.
Shall We
Dance?
Tango Week, Feb. 2-8, features
performances, lecture and classes
Of his passion for tango, Sachse says, “One can enjoy
the sensuousness, the passion, the touch and the physical
contact. But it’s nothing unless your soul is also
touched by your partner. It’s different with each partner,
and it may be that one will not enjoy dancing with
certain persons. But when it works, it’s a truly magical
experience. That’s why tango is not just a dance.
“Cornell, ¡bailemos tango!”
ALL PHOTOS CREDIT: WOLFGANG SACHSE
all photos: Scenes from a performance by Ithaca
Tangueros teachers Vera Sazonova and Joaquin Canay
at the 2005 Ithaca Festival on the Ithaca Commons.