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    • Charles Walcott is interviewed by Bruce Lewenstein 

      Walcott, Charles (2019)
      Walcott describes his work in communicating Science to the public. He starts with his role in "Discovery", one of the earliest programs from WGBH, Followed by producing "Exploring Nature" for WGBH's 21 inch classroom. He ...

    • A Conversation Between Nelson Hairston and Anurag Agrawal, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 

      Walcott, Charles (2019)
      Nelson George Hairston. Jr. is a professor retiring from Cornell after 34 years in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. In this video he describes his education, how he became interested in biology and his ...

    • Carl Hopkins, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior Emeritus 

      Walcott, Charles (2019)
      Carl Hopkins is a professor emeritus, retired from the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell. In this video he describes his background, his research on the taxonomy and communication in electric fish from ...

    • The Substance of Civilization: Materials and Human History From the Stone Age to the Age of Silicon 

      Sass, Stephen L. (CornellCast, 2011-03-11)
      “How did materials help us become what we are today? Join Professor Stephen L. Sass as he discusses his book, The Substance of Civilization: Materials and Human History From the Stone Age to the Age of Silicon. “Materials ...

    • Kenneth I. Greisen Memorial Service 

      Unknown author (2019)
      Kenneth Greisen, Professor Emeritus of Physics is remembered as a cosmic ray physicists, member of the detonation system team for the Manhattan Project, graduate student mentor, physics teacher and re-designer of introductory ...

    • A Conversation with Sally McConnell-Ginet 

      McConnell-Ginet, Sally; March, Kathryn (Internet-First University Press, 2019)
      Professors Emeriti Sally McConnell-Ginet & Kathryn S. March discuss their lives, work, & friendship over the years since the founding of (then) Women's Studies (now Femininist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) at Cornell.

    • A Conversation with Ross Brann 

      Brann, Ross; Altschuler, Glenn (Internet-First University Press, 2019)
      Ross Brann studied at the University of California-Berkeley, the Hebrew University-Jerusalem, New York University, and the American University in Cairo. He has taught at Cornell since 1986 and served nineteen years as Chair ...

    • A Conversation with Malcolm Bilson 

      Bilson, Malcom; Moseley, Roger (Internet-First University Press, 2019)
      Malcolm Bilson, Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Music, Emeritus discusses these topics: His early years in Los Angeles, undergraduate degree Bard College, 1957, 3 years post-graduate study in Europe, seven years on the ...

    • A Conversation with Winthrop (Pete) Wetherbee III 

      Wetherbee, Winthrop (Pete) III; Adams, Barry B (Internet-First University Press, 2019)
      Winthrop (“Pete”) Wetherbee recounts highlights of his career as Professor of English at Cornell with close ties to Cornell’s Medieval Studies Program and its Department of Classics. He also describes his role in developing ...

    • A Conversation with Mary Beth Norton 

      Norton, Mary Beth; Hull, Isabel “Itsie” V. (Internet-First University Press, 2019)
      The historian Isabel V. (Itsie) Hull interviews her friend and longtime colleague, Mary Beth Norton--a pioneer who helped open up the historical profession to women and found the field of women’s and gender history. Topics ...