SEPTEMBER 2008
Grape Geneticist Peter Cousins and Enologist Gavin Sacks of Cornell University bring you wine and grapes with their stories of co-evolution, Indiana Jones style plant collecting, raccoon biology, and organic chemistry that make wine so fascinating a topic (not just to drink).
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SEPTEMBER 2008
Future of Technology
Cornell Physicist Paul McEuen explores the world of nanotechnology and how it will revolutionize our future, much as information technology has changed our lives in the past 50 years
» Paul McEuen
» DJ Laika
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JUNE 2008
Cornell Scientists Paul Chirik and Frank “Turf Guy” Rossi engaged the audience with a “chemical cocktail” exploring nitrogen, its many uses, advantages, and disadvantages. Special appearance by DJ Laika.
» Paul Chirik
» Frank Rossi
» DJ Laika
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APRIL 2008
Scientific Stanzas
Poets Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Karen Anderson and Ecologist David Wolfe bring the keen observation skills known to scientists and poets alike in an evening of poetry and music. With special guest musicians Johnny Dowd and Elizabeth Estabrook enhancing the sensory language.
» David Wolfe
» Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
» Karen Anderson
» Johnny Dowd
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FEBRUARY 2008
For the Sake of Science
Dr. Roald Hoffman, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, poet, and writer tells his tale of the year he unexpectedly participated in the annual Brazilian festival of Carnaval (Mardi Gras) with samba Music by Deixa Sambar.
» Roald Hoffman
» Ithaca Samba
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DECEMBER 2007
Steven Strogatz, professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University and author of “Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order” shared with us the Mysteries of synchronicity found in many aspects of daily existence on Earth.
» Sync: The Emerging Science
of Spontaneous Order
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NOVEMBER – 2007
Is This Climate Change Story True?
PLUS – AN INCONVENIENT QUIZ GAME!
Hosted by:
Caren Cooper (Cornell University Lab of Ornithology)
Dan Flerlage (Project Look Sharp: Promoting Media Literacy)
Jason Hamilton (Ithaca College Department of Biology)
This Cabaret focused on creating awareness about the power of the media to shape our beliefs, attitudes, and values. The hosts discussed climate change research in the context of media literacy and skills to judge the credibility of information from different sources.
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OCTOBER – 2007
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE B-MOVIE MONSTER “MOTHRA”
Dr. Paul S. Robbins takes us through the world of both myth and moth as we blend science with the spectacular. We learned about the biology of this B-movie monster from a real-life
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JUNE – 2007
Life’s Leasons as Learned by Fish
Jimmy Liao shared with us some philosophical musings on life when compared to his research on the neurology of fish.
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MAY – 2007
Jonathan Trouern-Trend Shared with us his experiences as both a soldier and avid bird-watcher in war-torn Iraq.
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Birding in ‘Babylon’ By: Larry Klaes, published in the Ithaca times
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APRIL – 2007
Dr. A. Carl Leopold shared slides of his work in Costa Rica “re-growing” native plants on deforested parcels of land in an effort to study growth patterns and rates of canopy development, etc. in addition to putting right some of mankind’s wrongs.
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MARCH – 2007
Dr. Brian Wansink shared with us his quirky stories exploring American eating habits and the sociological phenomenon that influence our food intake.
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DECEMBER – 2006
Dr. Collette Eccleston shared with us her research into the human mind and race relations.
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NOVEMBER – 2006
Dr. Roger Hangarter shared with us some multi-media used to explain his research to the layperson. We also used this as a promotional event for the Exhibit at PRI.
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OCTOBER – 2006
Dr. Susan Ashdown shared with us her lab’s
“body-scan” research:
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Dr. Steve Marschner shared with us his techniques for rendering organic materials using computer animation:
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SEPTEMBER – 2006
Dr. Bert Hoelldobler shared with us snippets from his award winning film of the same title:
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MAY – 2006
RELIGION AS A PRODUCT OF EVOLUTION
Dr. David Sloan Wilson shared with us his theories of evolution when applied to the evolution of political and/or religious ideology. Namely, the idea of altruism.
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APRIL – 2006
FANTASTICAL FUNGAL FREAKS
Dr. Kathie Hodge, Photographer Kent Loeffler, and Artist Tim Merrick teamed up to discuss fungi from an aesthetic perspective.
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MARCH – 2006
Dr. Kim Bostwick shared with us the mystery surrounding the sounds made by Manakins Birds.
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FEBRUARY – 2006
Drs. Terry Acree and Wendall Roelofs shared with us the science of taste and smell.
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DECEMBER – 2005
Dr. Dana Taimina shared with us her crochet creations in an effort to explain complicated mathematic models.
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NOVEMBER – 2005
THE IVORY BILLED WOODPECKER
Dr. John Fitzpatrick and Dave Foreman shared with us evidence for the existence of a once thought extinct woodpecker and told us the tragic tale of the demise of the passenger pigeon. Themes of Man’s effect on Nature…
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OCTOBER – 2005
Dr. Trevor Pinch shared with us the story of a quirky electronic instrument (The Theremin) and Theremin music was played by Local Artists “The Beamus Point”
» The Bemus Point/
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SEPTEMBER, 2005
Jim Bell of the Mars Rover Team shared with us some stunning photographs taken by the Rovers from an artistic perspective. Photographer first/ Scientist second.
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