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Tom Torello '97, of Harvard University, will be the featured speaker for the next biology seminar on Thursday, March 4, at 4:00 p.m. in CNS 112. His topic will be "Molecular Detection of Pheromone Signals in Mammals."

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Jason Hamilton, Department of Biology, presented the following poster:
E.H. DeLucia, D.J. Moore, J.G. Hamilton, A. Finzi, J. Pippen, W.H. Schlesinger, R.J. Norby.

"The Changing Role of Forests in the Global Carbon Cycle: Responses to Elevated Atmospheric CO2," presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California, December 2003.

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Thursday's Faculty Coffee Hour in the McDonald Lounge features the third session of the Center for Faculty Excellence series with the campus chaplains.

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"Culture Link," a two-day celebration of multicultural music sponsored by the Ithaca College School of Music, will take place on Friday and Saturday, February 27 and 28, in the third-floor auditorium at the Community School of Music and Arts in Ithaca.

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The Three Brothers, an extraordinary exhibit of paintings, mixed media, and photos, opens Thursday, February 26, in the Handwerker Gallery, Gannett Center, with an opening reception from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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The three winners of the Ithaca College School of Music Concerto Competition will perform with the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Grogan, on Saturday, February 28. The free concert will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.

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Kudos to several LeaderShip grads and current LeaderShip participants for their enthusiastic willingness to do leadership service on campus! As volunteers, these leaders were educated on the process of serving as focus group facilitators for the strategic planning initiative of the Roy H. Park School of Communications.

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The Center for Student Leadership and Involvement is seeking nominations for the William Scoones Community Service Award. The award was established to provide recognition for students who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to community service.

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Ithaca will host this weekend's Empire 8 women's basketball championship tournament. The Bombers earned the right to host the tournament by winning the Empire 8 regular-season championship.

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Michelle Parkerson will visit Ithaca College to screen and discuss her film, A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde, on Thursday, February 26, at 7:00 p.m. in Park Auditorium. She will also lead a master class on Friday, February 27, at 11:00 a.m. in Park 140.

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The Campus Life Award Committee is seeking nominations from faculty, staff and students for outstanding graduating seniors who should be considered for this honor.

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On Monday, March 1, 2004, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Emerson Suites, Career Services and Sigma Iota Epsilon will sponsor the Ithaca College Spring Job and Internship Fair.

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Oboist and English horn player Paige Morgan and percussionist Conrad Alexander will give a free faculty recital at Ithaca College on Sunday, February 29. The performance will begin at 4:00 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music. John White will join the duo on piano.

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Ithaca College was represented with student presentations at the 74th annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, held February 19-22 in New York City.

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Three members of the Ithaca College wrestling team have qualified for the NCAA Championships. The tournament will take place Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6, at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.

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In January, assistant professor Rob Porter and students from the Department of Therapeutic Recreation and Leisure Services presented at the Upstate New York American Camping Association Conference in Syracuse.

Porter and Jenny Reed presented a session titled, "Step-Based Nature Program for 'At-Risk' Youth." Charlie Dorsey and Kristin Evans joined Rob in the presentation, "I'm quiet and shy, but I still want to play."

Contributed by Linda Heyne

Graduate students and faculty from across campus will hold their annual Graduate Student Colloquium this Friday, February 27, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Friends Green Room in the Whalen Center for Music.

Master's students from the Schools of Communications, Music, and Health Sciences and Human Performance will present short papers or discussions of their current research and creative projects. Please contact the Division of Graduate Studies, 4-3527, if you are interested in attending this free event.

Contributed by Gregory Woodward

College-bound high school students surveyed by a national market research firm have placed Ithaca College at the top of their rankings. The students rated Ithaca as the "best" in the northern region of the United States.

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Internationally acclaimed jazz trombonist Jiggs Whigham will give a free concert with members of the Ithaca College Jazz Workshop on Tuesday, February 24. The event will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.

The program will feature Gershwin's "Embraceable You," Raskin's "Laura," and "America the Beautiful," among many others. In addition to the performance, Whigham will give a master class that is open to the public on Monday, February 23, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Ford Hall.

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Martha Nussbaum, the Ernst Freud Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, will visit Ithaca College on Friday, February 27, to give a free public lecture on "Compassion and Terror." A discussion on the public role of sympathy in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Nussbaum's talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Park Hall Auditorium.

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