Things to Do, July 1-31

Summer events at Cornell include a benefit concert for Japan, free lectures and performances, workshops with local artists, and a pair of Cary Grant classics. (July 1, 2011)

James Gillett, pioneer of ecotoxicology, dies at age 77

James W. Gillett, professor emeritus in natural resources and a pioneer in ecotoxicology, died June 20 in Ithaca.

Teachers learn how to spice up classes with ideas from global food customs

More than four dozen teachers attended a three-day workshop at Cornell to get ideas on how to integrate information about international food customs and food production into their curricula.

Benefit concert for Japanese relief features Cornell's <br />new baroque organ

A benefit concert for Japanese relief efforts, featuring Cornell's new baroque organ, will be held Saturday, July 2, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Cornell's Anabel Taylor Chapel. (June 22, 2011)

Poet Laureate Gail Holst-Warhaft's passions include the harpsichord, hiking and Greece

Gail Holst-Warhaft, Ph.D. '92, an adjunct professor of comparative literature, biological and environmental engineering and a poetry writer, was named Tompkins County poet laureate for 2011.

Cornell celebrates dance and the arts at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

President David Skorton explored themes of dance and celebrated artistic director Judith Jamison's career at the Joan Weill Center for Dance and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Manhattan June 8. (June 20, 2011)

Students, faculty travel to Tanzania for global health

For the third year in a row, 15 Cornell students are taking part in the Global Health Summer Session Program in Tanzania. (June 15, 2011)

Wong, Morgan, Van Clief-Stefanon and Hale receive awards

Sunn 'Shelley' Wong and Stephen Morgan have been awarded Paul advising awards, and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and John Hale have been awarded Appel fellowships for their faculty excellence. (June 13, 2011)

Turbulent flows pirouette like a spinning skater, study says

Researchers at Cornell have discovered that seemingly random turbulent flows, which are the flow of a fluid in which velocity varies rapidly and irregularly, actually have an astonishing structure. (June 13, 2011)