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Date: Fri Apr 05 2002 - 11:01:05 PST
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Subject: Cornell News: Short, Silajdzic and Goodall
Sex, peace and planet Earth: Roger Short, Haris Silajdzic and Jane
Goodall to give public talks as Andrew Dickson White
Professors-at-Large in April
FOR RELEASE: April 5, 2002
Contact: Franklin Crawford
Office: 607-255-9737
E-mail: fac10@cornell.edu
ITHACA, N.Y. --- This month, Cornell University Andrew Dickson White
Professors-at-Large Roger Short, Haris Silajdzic and Jane Goodall
will deliver public lectures on subjects ranging from human sexuality
to international peacekeeping to saving the planet.
Short is an eminent reproductive biologist making his first visit to
Cornell as a professor-at-large; Silajdzic, a former prime minister
of Bosnia, is making his final professor-at-large visit, as is
Goodall, who is one of world's most widely recognized and
distinguished primatologists.
In order of their public appearances at Cornell:
o Short, author of Ever Since Adam and Eve and The Evolution of Human
Sexuality among other books, will give a talk titled "A Plague of
People," Monday, April 15, at 4:30 p.m. in the James Law Auditorium
of Schurman Hall. He is the Wexler Professorial Fellow in the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Royal Women's Hospital,
University of Melbourne, Australia. His research in the field of
human and animal reproduction has significantly influenced knowledge
of mother-fetal interactions, comparative pregnancy and sexual
behavior of animals, human fertility and contraception, global
overpopulation, HIV transmission and other medical-societal issues.
Short will give two additional public talks: "Why Breast is Best,"
Thursday, April 11, at noon in 100 Savage Hall; and "An Endocrine
Approach to Preventing HIV Transmission," Thursday, April 18, at 4
p.m. in 348 Morrison Hall.
Short also will give classroom presentations during his visit on a
range of subjects, including primate behavior (anthropology class),
population dynamics (sociology class), reproduction (biology, anatomy
and physiology classes) and emerging reproductive technologies
(animal science).
o Silajdzic will deliver a public talk, "International Relations in a
New Key: A View from Bosnia," Tuesday, April 16, at 4:30 p.m. in the
Guerlac Room of the A.D. White House on campus. Now a private
citizen, Silajdzic served as Bosnian prime minister and later as
co-chair of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. He gained recognition between 1992 and 1995 by helping
bring worldwide attention to the war and devastation in Bosnia. His
efforts with international negotiators helped more than two million
Bosnian refugees escape persecution and possible death. In March 1994
he pursued talks that led to the Washington agreement, the creation
of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the cessation of
hostilities between Croat and government forces.
While on campus, Silajdzic will speak at a Cornell conference titled
"International Relations in the Light of the Wars in Bosnia and
Kosovo: A Paradigm Shift?" on Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. in G-08 Uris Hall. The conference is open to the public. In
addition, Silajdzic will introduce the Ithaca premiere of No Man's
Land, a film based on the war in Bosnia, Monday, April 15, at 7 p.m.
in Willard Straight Hall theater. Tickets are required.
Silajdzic's visit also will include presentations to law school and
history classes and meetings with faculty and students in Near
Eastern studies and with members of Cornell's Committee on
Comparative Muslim Studies.
o Goodall's final visit as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large includes
a public talk at Cornell's Earth Day Celebration, Wednesday, April
17, at 5 p.m. in Sage Chapel. The talk is free and open to the
public and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Goodall's other public events while on campus will include a book
signing and reception, , April 17 at 6 p.m. in Willard Straight Hall
Memorial Room.
During her visit, Goodall will hold meetings with the Cornell
Environmental Stewardship Council, with students in Ecology House and
with a group of children involved in her Roots and Shoots program.
Established in 1965, the A.D. White Program for Professors-at-Large
brings distinguished scholars to the Cornell campus for formal and
informal exchanges with faculty and students. Appointees serve for
six years and are considered full members of the Cornell faculty.
Related World Wide Web sites: The following site provides
additional information on this news release.
o Professors-at-Large program:
<http://www.cornell.edu/Academic/Professors-at-Large/>
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EDITORS: Goodall will have a news conference Thursday, April 18, at 9
a.m. at Cornell. Further details will be made available soon. Contact
Cornell News Service at (607) 255-9737.
The web version of this release may be found at
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/April02/A.D.Whites.html
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