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Cornell University Genetic Ancestry “Swabbing/Sampling” Event This is really cool (though I will admit it does sound somewhat unsanitary). Drop by and get a free DNA profile…maybe you are related to The Queen. Or Ghengis Khan. Or maybe even…Elvis!

Wednesday

Salsa Classes at Big Red Barn

Thursday

The Stories Objects Tell: Life in Latin America Before Columbus

Annual Blood Drive Dream Factory/Cornell Lacrosse

Soup and Hope

Friday

Men’s Ice Hockey Game

Women’s Basketball Game

Public Viewing Night at the Fuertes Observatory

The Social Network When one of you invents the next Facebook, please keep in mind that I would like to be played by Jenna Elfman in the movie adaptation.

events for the week of 28 January

Posted in events on Jan 24th, 2011

Tuesday

Unpacking the Nano (at the Johnson museum)

Paddling on Beebe Lake with Cornell Outing Club (I feel like this must be a mistake, but on the off chance that it isn’t, I will buy you a burrito if you can prove to me that you did this in January)

Wednesday

Aseismic Slip and Upper Plate Earthquakes in the Hellenic Subduction Zone (Translation: sometimes, there are earthquakes in Greece)

Salsa Classes at Big Red Barn

Thursday

Does Facebook, Texting, YouTube…Make You Stupid?

Friday

Women’s Ice Hockey Game

Easy A

Welcome back, folks. Stay warm out there!

events for the week of 3 December

Posted in events on Nov 29th, 2010

Monday

Share the Warmth (donate old coats, hats, and gloves to those in need)(Santa likes people who donate to charity)

Tuesday

How Rhinos Breathe: Building Conservation Partnerships Through Science (I got to hear a Rhino snore once. It was pretty cool.)

Paddling on Beebe Lake with Cornell Outing Club (This seems like it would be chilly at best.)

Wednesday

CU Music: Midday Music for Organ (music for the holiday season)

Choosing a Sustainable Future: Ideas and Inspiration from Ithaca, NY

Ithaca Beer Co. & Taverna Banfi Educational Event

Thursday

Former Ambassador to Germany, Richard Burt, to Speak at Cornell (this might be interesting, given the recent WikiLeaks news)

Easy Rider – New Print! (A classic)

Friday

End Grain: A History of Wood Engraving (My dad would find this fascinating. You might use it to cure late semester insomnia…)

Women’s Ice Hockey Game

All-NITER 2010: Last Day of Classes!

Men’s Ice Hockey Game

Women’s Polo

ChristmaHanuKwanzaakah (concert)

Saturday

Men’s Polo

Nationally Ranked Women’s Ice Hockey Team’s Game to Benefit United Way (Did you know there are Olympians on the team?)

events for the week of 5 November

Posted in events on Nov 2nd, 2010

Tuesday

Taking Time Off Before Graduate School (sidebar: consider this carefully. my “gap year” has lasted dangerously close to two decades)

Red Newt & Taverna Banfi Culinary Bounty Dinner

Women’s Ice Hockey Game

Election Watch

Wednesday

Trees and Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature and Culture (i love this title)

Need Connections? Learn How to Make Professional Connections before You Need Them

Amelie

Thursday

NASA Spacecraft Comet Encounter (where else in the world are you going to see stuff like this in real time?)

Friday

America 2050: High-Speed Rail and the Reshaping of America (in 2050, I will be entirely too old to take the train, but you guys will sit next to George Jetson)(wait)(do you even know who George Jetson is?)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Women’s Ice Hockey Game

Men’s Polo

events for the week of 29 october

Posted in events on Oct 25th, 2010

Monday

How Goes the Recovery? Challenges for the Nation, The Region and the Fed

Job-Search Strategies for Summer Positions

Vietnamese Cuisine Week at Cornell University

Tuesday

Dilmun Hill Student Farm market stand (your mother called, she wants you to eat more veggies)

The Dr. T Project: A Cornell Hitchhiker’s Guide To Culture

Paddling on Beebe Lake with Cornell Outing Club

Wednesday

Werner Pfeiffer: Book-Objects and Artist Books

CU Music: Midday Music for Organ

Zen Meditation Practice

Thursday

Increasing Student Engagement using Clickers (I tried to clicker-train my dog, once…it didn’t really work.)

Scary Tales from Around the world

Friday

State of the University Address

Halloween Swing Dance

Men’s Ice Hockey Game

Nightmare on Edgemoor Lane- Zombie Island

Women’s Polo Go cheer on Ali!

events for the week of 22 October

Posted in events on Oct 18th, 2010

Monday

Friends of the Gorge Fall Foliage Hike

Orlando (sadly, this is not a two-hour ode to Mr. Bloom)

Tuesday

Shop for Sharsheret

The Dr. T Project: A Cornell Hitchhiker’s Guide To Culture

Paddling on Beebe Lake with Cornell Outing Club

Wednesday

Campus Sustainability Day

“Too Big to Fail” Book Signing

“Too Big to Fail” – Andrew Sorkin ’99 on the Greatest Financial Crisis Since the Great Depression

Thursday

Cornell Campus Architecture Walk (I know this sounds boring, but I have done it and it’s actually rather cool–lots of stories about Ezra and AD White at the start of things)

Friday

Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvous with American History

Dilmun Hill Ho Plaza Farm Market

Corning Local Harvest Festival

Women’s Ice Hockey Game