Six Employee Assembly seats are up for election for 2008-09. Individuals interested in running for the EA can pick up packets of information beginning March 10 at the Office of Assemblies, 109 Day Hall. (March 7, 2008)
Events this week include a Lego expo with local student teams, jazz bassists Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer, and a new film on rethinking public education.
Following a workshop he led in Kenya, Mukoma Wa Ngugi hopes to foster further dialogue between academic writers and journalists, using concepts of literary and cultural theory and criticism.
Cornell University Library aims to spark discussion about scholarly publishing, which is languishing, through a series of initiatives in March and April.
Chris VanDruff, control technician and plumber for the Refrigeration Shop in Facilities Services, will bike a 100-mile ride to benefit Tour de Cure, a nationwide fundraiser for diabetes.
Biologist Thomas Seeley read passages from his book 'Honeybee Democracy' at a Literary Luncheon hosted by President David Skorton and Robin Davisson, who, with Seeley's help, recently took up beekeeping.