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"Meghan Boody's Night is generally my time for walking" (2006).

President Skorton to field audience questions on live radio April 10

President David Skorton will discuss the university's past, present and future under his leadership and answer audience questions during a special edition of Sunday Forum with Tommy Bruce, April 10, 6-7 p.m., airing on 93.5 WVBR-FM. The show will be broadcast live from the Browsing Library, Willard Straight Hall and video recorded and live-streamed on CornellCast

The format will be a mix of interviews about Skorton's presidency and "town hall" style Q&A with the audience. Listeners may e-mail questions to sundayforum@wvbr.com before and during the show. The event is free and open to the Cornell and Ithaca community.

Cornell Store readings

Mary Beth Norton, the Mary Donlon Alger Professor of History, will read from her latest work, "Separated by Their Sex: Women in Public and Private in the Colonial Atlantic World," April 1 at 2:30 p.m., Cornell Store.

Ramachandra Guha, one of the leading historians of modern India and editor of a major anthology of Indian social and political thought, "The Makers of Modern India," will speak April 5 at 4:15 p.m. He will also speak April 6 at 4:30 p.m., A.D. White House.

Folk concert

Composer, vocalist and guitarist Gordon Bok will hold a concert of folk ballads, legends and traditional folk music, April 2 at 8 p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Bok is the Cornell Folk Song Society's most requested performer. Tickets: Ludgate Farms, Ithaca Guitar Works, GreenStar, Autumn Leaves Bookstore and online at http://www.cornellfolksong.org/. Information: 607-279-2027 or http://www.gordonbok.com. Cost: $15/$17 at door; $3 rebate for members, seniors, teens; 12 and under free. Students $10/$12.

Prison education day

Cornell community members who want to learn more about innovative programming that addresses the education and re-entry challenges faced by those incarcerated in New York state are invited to a day of panels and presentations featuring prison advocates, former Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP) students, and alumni who have volunteered for the CPEP. April 2, 11 a.m.-5:15 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.

Bridge barriers and student stress

Eric Caine, M.D., a prominent expert on suicide methods, and representatives from Cornell and Ithaca organizations will talk about why bridge barriers are an important suicide prevention strategy in Ithaca at two public forums April 4: at 12:15 p.m., Malott Hall's Bache Auditorium, and at 4:30 p.m., St. Paul's Methodist Church, 402 N. Aurora St., Ithaca.

A third forum will cover the role of faculty in academic rigor and support for students, April 6, 3-4:30 p.m., Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room.

New York Times reporter to speak

Jeffrey Gettleman '94, East Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, will speak April 4 at 5 p.m., Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Gettleman has appeared as a news commentator on CNN, BBC, PBS, NPR, ABC and the Charlie Rose show. Sponsored by the Munschauer Career Series.

Lectures by Hughes

On April 4 Aaron W. Hughes of SUNY-Buffalo will present "The Scholarly Dream of Following Muhammad's Footsteps," at noon, 104 White Hall; and "The Bible, Translation and the Invention of Jewish Identity," at 4:30 p.m., A.D. White House.

Simply Schubert

Professor Emeritus Malcolm Bilson will present an all-Schubert fortepiano recital, April 4 at 8 p.m., Barnes Hall Auditorium. Bilson was a member of Cornell's Department of Music from 1968 until his retirement and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

ILR annual Union Days

Union Days include two panel discussions, April 6: "Holding the Line: The Fight to Save Public Workers' Collective Bargaining," noon-1:30 p.m., 225 ILR Conference Center; and "Panel on Economic Inequality," 4:30-6 p.m., 105 Ives Hall. Joann Lo, national coordinator, Food Chain Workers Alliance, will present the keynote address, April 7, 4:30-6 p.m., 105 Ives.

Emerging markets

Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy, will talk about emerging market economies (EMEs), April 6 at 4 p.m., 160 Mann Library. Led by a set of large and dynamic countries -- including Brazil, China, India and Russia -- EMEs have become a dominant presence in the world economy, but have not been immune to the financial crisis of 2007-09 and the subsequent worldwide recession. Prasad will highlight research presented in his newest book, "Emerging Markets: Resilience and Growth amid Global Turmoil," co-authored with M. Ayhan Kose. A reception and book signing will follow.

McEuen and 'Spiral'

Paul McEuen, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics and director of the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, will discuss his debut thriller novel, "Spiral," with the Cornell community April 6 at 4 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall. McEuen will be interviewed by Kathie Hodge, associate professor of mycology, who influenced the development of a central character in the book. Following the event, copies will be for sale, and McEuen will be available for autographs.

Persistent poverty project

The Institute for the Social Sciences Poverty Project capstone lecture, April 6 at 4:30 p.m. in 423 ILR Conference Center, will describe the accomplishments thus far of the 2008-11 Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility Theme Project and discuss future research activities.

Robinson and religion

Bishop V. Gene Robinson of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire will deliver "How Religion Is Killing Our Most Vulnerable Youth," April 6 at 4:30 p.m., Sage Chapel. Robinson was the first openly gay, non-celibate Episcopal priest to be ordained a bishop. He has been active particularly in the area of full civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Robinson will also serve as celebrant at the Episcopal Eucharist service in Anabel Taylor Hall Chapel at 6:30 p.m.

Spring exhibition reception

The Johnson Museum will hold its spring exhibition reception, April 8, 5-7 p.m. Free, with cash wine bar hosted by Finger Lakes Wine Center. New exhibits include "Satire, Shock and Superstition: The Nightmarish Vision of Francisco Goya," "Light and Shadow: American Modernist Paintings and Drawings" and "Surreal/Subjective: Recent Photographic Gifts from Alumni." The reception also marks the reopening of the fifth-floor galleries of Asian art, which have been extensively renovated. A gallery talk on a continuing exhibit, "iCON: Consuming the American Image" will be given by student curators at 4:30 p.m.

Butoh and Vangeline

Vangeline, a Butoh artist and teacher who studied the avant-garde form Butoh with Japanese masters, will be on campus April 8. Her lecture on the history of Butoh will be at 3 p.m.; her performance of this ritual dance style will be at 7:30 p.m. Both will be in the Class of '56 Dance Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, and are free and open to the public.

'Global Icons'

A series of films, "Global Icons," showing at Willard Straight Theatre, will be introduced by fellows from the Society for the Humanities, beginning with "The Revolutionary" in Costa-Gavras' seminal political thriller, "Z" (1969), April 6 at 7 p.m., introduced by Joshua Clover (also showing April 9 at 9:45 p.m.). Other films in the series are "The Taqwacores" (2010), April 13 at 7 p.m., introduced by Lawrence Chua; Sherif El-Azma's television pilot for an Egyptian air hostess soap pilot (2003), April 20 at 7 p.m., with introduction by Kay Dickinson; and Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" (2010), April 27 at 7 p.m., again with introduction by Lawrence Chua, (also showing April 29 at 7 p.m. and May 1 at 7:15 p.m.).

Iroquois social dance

The Native American Students at Cornell (NASAC) will hold an Iroquois Social Dance April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Townhouse Community Center to celebrate and honor the local Haudenosaunee cultures. Snacks, drinks and raffles. Preceding the dance, Michelle Shenandoah '99, former president of NASAC, will visit with current students at a reception, April 7 at 7 p.m., Akwe:kon, and lunch, April 8 at 1 p.m., 260 Caldwell Hall, with the mentoring program.

Time and death

A.D. White Professor-at-Large Denise Riley will present the first of a two-part lecture, "The Suspension of Time After a Child's Sudden Death," April 8 at 4:30 p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. The second part of the lecture will be April 12 at 4:30 p.m., A.D. White House.

Turf and art

The opening reception of "Expending Turf," an exhibition of works from 15 students and a screening of the film "Motifs from My Back Yard," by Gregory Page, associate professor of art, collaborating with videographer Lindsey Glover, will be held April 8, 7-9 p.m., Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center, Cornell Plantations. The film investigates horticultural specimens from Page's own perennial gardens; the student exhibit displays lithographs and other works by students who visited several locations in the Ithaca area to study the impacts and natural history of invasive species, including the Edwards Lake Cliffs Natural Area. Free and open.

Animal farm

The 45th annual Vet College open house will be held April 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Vet Education Center. Students, faculty and staff members will be on hand to answer questions about careers in veterinarian medicine, including opportunities to work in zoos, wildlife refuges, the animal health industry, government, armed forces and developing countries, as well as with dogs, cats, cows, horses, sheep and pigs.

The Barnyard Fun Day will also be held April 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Livestock Pavilion, 48 Judd Falls Rd. This event is geared toward families and students, and includes many demonstrations, including a petting zoo filled with baby piglets, lambs, calves and chicks and a livestock show for participating Cornell students. Cost: $1 for children at the door.