The annual Cornell Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference will be held Tuesday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. hosted by Cornell's Department of Applied Economics and Management.
In a concerted effort to focus attention on the need for expanded international programs, Cornell has joined colleges and universities across the nation to celebrate the first U.S. International Education Week, Nov. 13-17.
Former Nicaraguan vice president Sergio Ramirez will deliver two public talks during his visit to Cornell next week. The first address titled, "Adios Muchachos: The Sandinista Revolution Revisited," a personal account of the events that took place in Nicaragua during the 1980s and early 1990s.
James A. Johnson, chairman and CEO of Johnson Capital Partners, a private investment company, will speak at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management Nov. 16 on "Corporate Responsibility in the 21st Century."
Galen D. Stucky, professor of chemistry at the University of California-Santa Barbara, will present the Herbert H. Johnson Memorial Lectures on campus Nov. 6.
NBC's Robert C. Wright will deliver this year's Hatfield address at Cornell University on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 4:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium of Rockefeller Hall.
Morris Dees, founder and director of the Southern Poverty Law Center and a noted fighter against violent hate groups, will deliver the keynote address for a conference on religion and human rights Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Sage Chapel.
Neil Gershenfeld, director of the Physics and Media Group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab and co-director of the Things That Think research consortium, will speak on "Things That Think" at noon, Oct 20. The event is the first in a new distinguished lecturer series sponsored by the Cornell Faculty of Computing and Information.
Cornell will serve as one of the viewing sites for the 17th annual World Food Day teleconference, "Poverty and Hunger: The Tragic Link," featuring a conversation with Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics.