• Lecture by James Hubbell, artist/architect: Monday, April 29 7 p.m., David L. Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall. Hubbell will speak on "Celebrating Mystery with Children and Nature." He is an internationally known painter, stained glass artist, poet and designer. His work includes the Sea Ranch Meditation Chapel in California, the community-built Colonia Esperanza Schools in Mexico and projects in Russia and China. He will conduct an afternoon design workshop with architecture, landscape architecture and design students on ideas for the Ithaca Children's Garden. For further information: (607) 272-2292.
• Flemmie Kittrell lecture: Tuesday, April 30, 3:15 p.m., 280 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. Rupert Nacoste, professor of psychology and vice provost for diversity and African-American affairs at North Carolina State University (NCSU), will give the College of Human Ecology's annual in honor of its first African-American graduate. The title of Nacoste's talk is "As Affirmative Action Lay Dying." An open reception will be held outside of 280 MVR at 2:45 p.m.

Nacoste conducts research on the social psychology of affirmative action. He has delivered technical analyses at the World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality and the Department of Defense World Wide Equal Opportunity Conference. For further information: (607) 255-1933.