Internationally renowned obesity researcher John Speakman used the example of the predatory pair to illustrate his 'drifty genes' theory, Feb. 2 during this year's McCay lecture. (Feb. 4, 2011)
Events this week include the Cornell Town-Gown Awards celebration, films for children of all ages, Christmas Vespers in Sage Chapel and student shows and screenings at the Schwartz Center.
Events on campus in the next two weeks include a reading by Teju Cole; the 2014 Atkinson Symposium on earth art; a lecture on sustainable housing; and "Total Recall" director Paul Verhoeven.
Professor Trevor Pinch presented 'The Sound of Economic Exchange: Listening to Sound Studies,' Feb. 15 as the Society for the Humanities Annual Invitational lecturer.
A.D. White Professor-at-Large Anne Carson led workshops on collaboration, lectured and performed and worked with students the week of Feb. 13 while on campus.
'Picturing Eden,' on display at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, looks at paradise through the work of 37 contemporary photographers. Nancy Green will lead a tour of the exhibition March 5. (Feb. 13, 2009)
Melissa Bank, MFA '98, the author of the best-seller 'The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing,' will teach seminars to undergraduates and graduate students in English and creative writing. (May 7, 2008)
'Educating Scholars: Doctoral Education in the Humanities' is a new book with first author Ron Ehrenberg that looks at attrition and completion rates in humanities Ph.D. programs. (Oct. 15, 2009)