Past Events at Mann Library
2008
Chats in the Stacks book talks:
The Audubon Society Guide for Attracting Birds: Creating Natural Habitats for Properties Large and Small, Stephen Kress, March 12, 2008. PODCAST/WEBCAST
Saving Forests, Protecting People? Environmental Conservation in Central America, Max Pfeffer, April 22, 2008. PODCAST/WEBCAST
Special lectures and readings:
"The Cornell eClips Collection: Bringing Voices of Business, Entrepreneurship and Leadership into the Classroom," Deborah Streeter, March 11, 2008. PODCAST/WEBCAST
Poetry reading by Frank Robinson, April 10, 2008. PODCAST/WEBCAST
2007
Chats in the Stacks book talks:
Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women, Andrea Parrot and Nina Cummings, March 8, 2007. PODCAST/WEBCAST
Engaging Campus and Community: The Practice of Public Scholarship in the State and Land Grant University, Scott Peters, March 29, 2007. PODCAST/WEBCAST
Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture, Tarleton Gillespie, April 19, 2007. PODCAST/WEBCAST
Rodent Societies: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective, Paul Sherman and Janet Shellman Sherman, September 25, 2007.
Contributions to the History of Herpetology, Kraig Adler, October 25, 2007. PODCAST/WEBCAST
Child Language: Acquisition and Growth, Barbara Lust, November 29, 2007. PODCAST/WEBCAST
Special lectures and readings in 2007
"Pleasure and Comfort: The Allure of Chocolate," Jordan Le Bel (School of Hotel Administration), February 28, 2007. PODCAST/WEBCAST and YouTube clip
Poetry reading by Fred Muratori, April 10, 2007. PODCAST/WEBCAST
“‘To Make More Useful:’ The Impact of Home Economics Education and Outreach on Domestic Storage Improvements,” Mary Anne Beecher, April 23, 2007. PODCAST/WEBCAST
Remarks on Jeni Wightman's "Visualizing Meaning," Buzz Spector, Dept. of Art, September 19, 2007 CORNELLCAST [See also CornellCast of Visualizing Meaning, a film about Jeni Wightman and her Sept. 2007 inaugural installation at Mann Library]
"The Syracuse Community Geographer: Using GIS to Affect Community Change in Syracuse, NY," Jonnell Allen, Syracuse University, November 14, 2007.
2006
Chats in the Stacks book talks:
Food Aid after Fifty Years: Recasting Its Role, Chris Barrett (Dept. of Applied Economics and Management), February 7, 2006 PODCAST/WEBCAST
Cheap and Tasteful Dwellings: Design Competitions and the Convenient Interior, Jan Jennings (Dept. of Design and Environmental Analysis), February 23, 2006 PODCAST/WEBCAST
The Science of False Memory, Charles Brainerd and Valerie Reyna (Dept. of Human Development), November 2, 2006 PODCAST/WEBCAST
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, Brian Wansink (Dept. of Applied Economics and Management), November 7, 2006 PODCAST/WEBCAST
Special lectures and readings in 2006
Poetry reading by the Route 9 Haiku Group, Yu Chang, Tom Clausen, John Stevenson, and Hilary Tann, March 23, 2006 PODCAST/WEBCAST
"Salamander Crossing: Amphibian Conservation and the Ringwood Nature Preserve," Kraig Adler (Dept. of Neurbiology and Behavior), June 10, 2006 PODCAST/WEBCAST
"Forest Farming as an Agroforestry System for the Northeast," Ken Mudge (Dept. of Horticulture), October 19, 2006 PODCAST/WEBCAST
"A Brief History of Geospatial Technology: Customization, Control, and Unintended Consequences," Mark Monmonier, (Dept. of Geography, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University), November 8, 2006
2005
Chats in the Stacks book talks:
Trees in the urban landscape, Nina Bassuk (Dept. of Horticulture) and Peter Trowbridge (Landscape Architecture), February 10, 2005
Beautiful Botanicals: Painting and Drawing Flowers and Plants, Bente Starcke King (Dept. of Horticulture), with introduction by Jack Lambert (Dept. of Horticulture, March 3, 2005
The New Gay Teenager, Ritch Savin-Williams (Dept. of Human Development), March 16, 2005
The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Tim Gallagher (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), September 20, 2005 LISTEN
Plant Hormones: Biosynthesis, Signal Transduction, Action!: or, The Trials and Tribulations of Producing a Multi-author Research Book, Peter Davies (Dept. of Plant Biology), November 3, 2005
Special lectures and readings in 2005:
“Putting Home Economists to Work: Using Home Economics Research to tell the Story of the American Diet", Gabrielle Petrick, 2004 College of Human Ecology Fellow in the History of Home Economics, March 30
"Tools and Toys: A History of Computing at Cornell and a Preview of Things to Come”, Geri Gay (Dept. of Communication) and John Rudan (Office of Information Technologies), May 4, 2005
“The Strange Attractor: New and Selected Poems”, Robert Morgan (Dept. of English), May 10, 2004
"Mushroom Alumni: Remarkable Fungi from the Other Side of the World”, Kathie Hodges (Dept. of Plant Pathology) and Kent Loeffler (Dept. of Plant Pathology), June 10, 2005)
"For the Love of Apples: Explorations of Apple Lore and Reflections on Cider Making”, Mary Jean Welser (NYS Agricultural Experiment Station) and Ian Merwin (Dept. of Horticulture), October 6, 2005)
"Food and the First World War: American Food Aid and Home Economics”, Helen Veit (College of Human Ecology Fellow in the History of Home Economics), November 15, 2005)
"The Making of the Adirondack Atlas”, Andy Keal, author and GIS specialist; given in conjunction with GIS Day Celebration, November 16, 2005
2004
Chats in the Stacks book talks:
Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century, November 15, 2004. Development Sociology and City & Regional Planning faculty.
The Economics of an Aging Society, October 6, 2004, Richard Burkhauser, Policy Analysis and Management
For Love of Insects, March 2004, Tom Eisner, Neurobiology and Behavior.
Special Lectures in 2004:
"Environmental Impacts of Globalization and Trade", October 22, 2004. Corey Lofdahl, Senior Scientist Science, Application International Corporation (SAIC).
"Plumage and Poetry: Alexander Wilson's 1804 Ornithological Exploration of the Finger Lakes", October 28, 2004. Marty Schlabach and David Corson.
"Illustrating Systems Thinking with Examples from Modeling the Environment", Dr. Andrew Ford, Program in Environmental Science and Regional Planning, Washington State University
"From Euthenics to Organics Lessons on Citizenship from American Food Reformers", Charlotte Biltekoff
"America's Most Unwanted: Asian Longhorned Beetle--Its Introduction, and Its Impact and Threat to Urban Forests", Richard Hoebeke
2003
Chats in the Stacks book talks:
"Kansas Charley: A Boy Murderer from the American Past", November 2003, Joan Brumberg, Human Development and Women's Studies.
"AGORA: A Digital Library for Sustainable Agriculture in the Developing World", October 2003, Robert Herdt, formerly of the Rockefeller Foundation.
"Cornell Then and Now", July 2003, Ronald E. Ostman, Communication, and Harry Littell.
"Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species", February 2003, David Pimentel, Entomology. Also see the Cornell Daily Sun article
Special Lectures in 2003:
"The Art & Science of Blaschka Glasswork", William Warmus & Drew Harvell
"Designing the Library of the Future", Architect Beyhan Karahan
2002
Chats in the Stacks book talks:
"And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment and Emotional Violence", Sept. 2002, James Garbarino, Human Development, and Ellen deLara, Family Life Development Center.
"Don't Tell Me What To Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years", March 2002, Christine Schelhas-Miller, Human Development.
2001
Inaugural Chats in the Stacks book talk:
"Tales From the Underground: A Natural History of Subterranean Life", November 2001, David Wolfe, Horticulture
For further information on events at Cornell University Library, please consult the CUL events database at: www.library.cornell.edu/events/
