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Things to Do, Oct. 10-17

Events this week include a reading by poet Luis Urrea, a museum talk on surrealism and magic, student-designed wearable art and ticket sales for the Fall Employee Celebration.

Southeast Asia and South Asia programs receive federal grants

Cornell's South Asia Program and Southeast Asia Program have received highly competitive four-year grants from the Department of Education.

Homecoming promises football, fireworks, family fun

Cornell is launching its on-campus sesquicentennial festivities with flash and fanfare during Trustee-Council Annual Meeting/Homecoming weekend, Oct. 17-18.

Gist, not rational analysis, cuts risky behavior

A new study finds that teaching adolescents to think more simply and categorically about risks helps them make healthier choices.

Like the flu shot, message inoculation won't last forever

Just as influenza vaccines employ a weakened virus to stimulate the immune system and produce antibodies against the real thing during flu season, message inoculation – with a weakened form of the other side’s argument – should arm the public with anti-baloney sentiments against persuasive messages in the future.

Flu vaccines now available on campus

Flu shots are now available on campus and a number of clinics are already scheduled or underway. Check Gannett's website for updates.

Nominations sought for West Campus house deans

Nominations are being sought from among the faculty for positions as house deans and professors at two West Campus houses for terms beginning in July 2016.

Two Cornell alumni win Nobel Prize in chemistry

Eric Betzig, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’88, and William Moerner, M.S. ’78, Ph.D. ’82, have shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry for groundbreaking achievements in optical microscopy.

VP Murphy issues condolence message on death of student

Susan Murphy, vice president for student and academic services, issued a statement to the Cornell community on the death of graduate student Taylan Cihan.

'Involuntary excluders' aren't always in cahoots

Study shows that most people not only blame the person doing the excluding, but also blame the one who was included by the excluder.

CHESS X-rays show how to grow crystals from crystals

A collaboration between Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source and materials scientists has yielded greater understanding of what particular nanocrystals look like individually, and how they fit together as they form larger structures called supercrystals.

A tradition is born: the Big Red Pumpkin Regatta

The Big Red Pumpkin Regatta brought out eight four-person teams and about 100 spectators Oct. 4 for a 100-meter relay race on Beebe Lake.