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Dr. Mariana Wolfner is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University. Mariana studies reproduction, focusing on interactions between male and female molecules throughout the reproductive process and how these interactions evolved. Also, how does an egg switch from being a differentiated egg cell to a brand new organism that is going to divide and make every kind of cell in the organism. Outside science, Mariana enjoys spending time with her family including her two grown children. They like to go hiking, birdwatching, and generally being out in nature. When the weather's not cooperating, Mariana stays inside doing crossword puzzles and other kinds of puzzles as well as baking sweet treats. We were also delighted to discover our shared love of terrible puns. She received her BA in Genetics and Chemistry from Cornell University, and her PhD in Biochemistry from Stanford University. She did postdoctoral work at UCSD, before joining the Cornell faculty in 1983. Mariana has received many awards and honors during her career. For example, she is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was a Lady Davis Fellow. She has given numerous named or distinguished lectures, and has also received awards for her teaching and advising of students. In addition to research, teaching, and advising, Mariana is very active in service to her field, serving on many Society Boards, Editorial Boards and organizing many conferences. Mariana is with us today to tell us all about her journey through life and science.

Robert H. Frank is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1972. His book Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work explores how trends and social needs influence our behaviour, but how can knowing that change your life?Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden.Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalksJack's book can be found on amazon or anywhere books are sold.https://www.amazon.com/Under-Influence-Putting-Peer-Pressure/dp/0691193088Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-stingLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks)

Robert H. Frank is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1972. His book Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work explores how trends and social needs influence our behaviour, but how can knowing that change your life?Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden.Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalksJack's book can be found on amazon or anywhere books are sold.https://www.amazon.com/Under-Influence-Putting-Peer-Pressure/dp/0691193088Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-stingLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks)

In this episode, David Giles fires up the international teleconference machine to convene a conversation between Davydd Greenwood, Melinda Hinkson and Cris Shore about austerity, anthropology and the contemporary university. Greenwood is Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Institute for European Studies at Cornell University, Hinkson is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Deakin University, and Cris Shore is Professor of Anthropology and Head of Department at Goldsmiths University of London. -- Conversations in Anthropology is a podcast about life, the universe, and anthropology produced by David Boarder Giles, Timothy Neale, Cameo Dalley, Mythily Meher and Matt Barlow. This podcast is made in partnership with the American Anthropological Association and supported by the Faculty of Arts & Education at Deakin University. Find us at conversationsinanthropology.wordpress.com or on Twitter at @AnthroConvo

Psychologists have long understood that social environments profoundly shape our behavior, sometimes for the better, often for the worse. But social influence is a two-way street — our environments are themselves products of our behavior. Under the Influenceexplains how to unlock the latent power of social context. We are building bigger houses, driving heavier cars, and engaging in a host of other activities that threaten the planet — mainly because that's what friends and neighbors do. In the wake of the hottest years on record, only robust measures to curb greenhouse gases promise relief from more frequent and intense storms, droughts, flooding, wildfires, and famines. Robert Frank describes how the strongest predictor of our willingness to support climate-friendly policies, install solar panels, or buy an electric car is the number of people we know who have already done so. Frank and Shermer also discuss: luck and how lives turn out circumstances of behavior peer pressure and pressures on peers free will, volition, and self-control positive behavioral exernalities, e.g., solar panels happiness vs. purpose/meaning/comfort utilitarianism vs. natural rights theory abortion, capital punishment, polygamy, prostitution, and the selling of organs behavioral contagions: smoking, problem drinking, obesity, tax cheating, bullying, and wasteful energy use. same-sex marriage and other areas of moral progress arms races: good and bad climate change belief in god and religion in decline, and UBI (universal basic income) Robert H. Frank received his M.A. in statistics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1971, and his Ph.D. in economics in 1972, also from U.C. Berkeley. He is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1972 and where he currently holds a joint appointment in the department of economics and the Johnson Graduate School of Management. He has published on a variety of subjects, including price and wage discrimination, public utility pricing, the measurement of unemployment spell lengths, and the distributional consequences of direct foreign investment. For the past several years, his research has focused on rivalry and cooperation in economic and social behaviour. Listen to Science Salon via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play Music, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn.

Psychologists have long understood that social environments profoundly shape our behavior, sometimes for the better, often for the worse. But social influence is a two-way street—our environments are themselves products of our behavior. Author Robert Frank joined us with insight from his book Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work, identifying ways to unlock the latent power of social context—perhaps even on a level that could save the planet. Frank drew our attention to the threat of a changing climate, asserting that robust measures to curb greenhouse gases could help us curtail droughts, flooding, wildfires, and famines. He highlighted new research that shows how the strongest predictor of our willingness to support climate-friendly policies, install solar panels, or buy an electric car is the number of people we know who have already done so. Frank explained how altering our social context could help us redirect trillions of dollars annually in support of carbon-free energy sources, all without requiring painful sacrifices from anyone. Join Frank to learn how fostering more supportive social environments could lead individuals everywhere to make choices that benefit everyone. Robert H. Frank is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1972 and where he currently holds a joint appointment in the department of economics and the Johnson Graduate School of Management. He has published on a variety of subjects, including price and wage discrimination, public utility pricing, the measurement of unemployment spell lengths, and the distributional consequences of direct foreign investment. Presented by Town Hall Seattle. Recorded live in The Forum on January 20, 2020. 

Peter Lepage, Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of Cornell’s Active Learning Initiative, examines how active learning helps students succeed.

Helena María Viramontes, the Goldwin Smith Professor of English at Cornell University, is the author of numerous short stories and two novels, Their Dogs Came with Them and Under the Feet of Jesus. She discusses her writing and Under the Feet of Jesus which is the University of Oregon's 2019-20 Common Reading selection. Viramontes also reads a passage from the book.

The ‘Ethiopia: Modern Nation/Ancient Roots’ season is about to launch with a two-day programme of events this weekend October 11 and 12th at the Africa Institute. It all marks the start of the first scholarly and cultural season at Africa Hall, Sharjah, with a dynamic program that includes a lecture on Ethiopian history as well as live music performances by Ethiopian musicians Alemayehu and Band, featuring Bethlehem Bekele Dr Salah M. Hassan tells Sally more about the Africa Institute and their exciting upcoming programs. He is an art critic, curator and author, and is the Goldwin Smith Professor and Director of the Institute for Comparative Modernities and Professor of Art History and Visual Culture in the Africana Studies and Research Center and the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies at Cornell University. Listen to #Pulse95Radio in the UAE by tuning in on your radio (95.00 FM) or online on our website: www.pulse95radio.com ************************ Follow us on Social. www.facebook.com/pulse95radio www.twitter.com/pulse95radio www.instagram.com/pulse95radio

Dr. Mariana Wolfner is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University. She received her BA in Genetics and Chemistry from Cornell University, and her PhD in Biochemistry from Stanford University. She did postdoctoral work at UCSD, before joining the Cornell faculty in 1983. Mariana has received many awards and honors during her career. For example, she is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was a Lady Davis Fellow. She has given numerous named or distinguished lectures, and has also received awards for her teaching and advising of students. In addition to research, teaching, and advising, Mariana is very active in service to her field, serving on many Society Boards, Editorial Boards and organizing many conferences. Mariana is with us today to tell us all about her journey through life and science.

Abstract: The emergence of a direction of time in statistical mechanics from an underlying motion-reversal-invariant dynamics will be discussed in a tutorial way. The urn (dog-flea) model of P. and T. Ehrenfest, generalized to finite temperature, will be used to illustrate the main points, with emphasis on the role of initial conditions and the manner in which time-reversal symmetry is preserved. The transformation of the principle of no decrease of entropy for an isolated system to the principle of no increase of free energy for a system at fixed temperature will be demonstrated in a simple way. 'Master Equation' and 'Monte Carlo' methods will be used, including reliable estimates of errors. Dr. Vinay Ambegaokar is Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics Emeritus Presented February 5, 2010.

Professor Robert H. Frank is the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management Professor of Economics at Cornell University's S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management. He is a monthly contributor to the "Economic Scene" column in The New York Times. Until 2001, he was the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University. He has also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Nepal, chief economist for the Civil Aeronautics Board, fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and was Professor of American Civilization at École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. Professor Frank's books include Choosing the Right Pond, Passions within Reason, Microeconomics and Behavior, Luxury Fever, and What Price the Moral High Ground? The Winner-Take-All Society, co-authored with Philip Cook, was named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times, and was included in Business Week's list of the ten best books for 1995. Professor Frank holds a BS in mathematics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also holds an MA in statistics and a PhD in economics, both from UC Berkeley.