No. 112, April 1st, 2008
Happy April Fool's Day and First Day of Fishing Season!

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Content
Department Meetings and Seminars
Meetings:

Monday, April 7th, 3-4:30pm, B32 Warren, Field Meeting
Monday, April 21st, 3-4:30pm, B32 Warren, Professors Meeting
Monday, April 28th, 3-4:30pm, B32 Warren, Department Meeting
Monday, May 5th, 3-4:30pm, 117 Warren, Polson Steering Committee Meeting
Monday, May 12th, 3-4:30pm, B32 Warren, Professors Meeting

Seminars:  This schedule is subject to frequent updates.  Please remember to keep Friday afternoons free for these seminars.  Several will be held jointly with CRP and DSOC.

Friday, April 11th, 3-5pm, B32 Warren - Raj Patel Seminar

Friday, April 18th, (Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium) 3:00pm - AKHIL GUPTA - National Poverty, Global Poverty, and Neoliberalism 

Promotions, Awards and Honors

Publications
CaRDI Publications: Rural New York Minute and Research & Policy
Max J. Pfeffer
Steven Wolf

Presentations and Recent Travels

Workshops and Conferences
Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance
Job Opportunities
CALS Career Development Newsletter
USAID Careers
NASULGC Careers
Academic Careers Online

Student Activities
Pre-Enrollment Dates
AIESEC Internship Seminar
Introdution to Proposal Preparation for Graduate Students
Fellowships, Internships and Other Funding Opportunities
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies - Funding
EL VALOR & FOREST SERVICE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS SEEK SUMMER INTERN FOR U.S.D.A INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 2008
National Pork Producers Council Internship
Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition for 2009-2010
Non-Dept. Seminars
Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center
Sustainable Enterprise Speaker Series
Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology Spring 2008
Crop and Soils Seminar Series
ISS Contentious Knowledge Team
PAM
CORNELL POPULATION PROGRAM (CPP)
Call for Papers, Abstracts and Panels
Research-Training Workshop on Rural Property and Inequality: Call for Ph.D. Papers
Miscellaneous News

Course Evaluation Information
Update on Travel; Training for Online Tool Available
Birth Announcement

Department Meetings and Seminars
To View the entire schedule of Department meetings and seminars, please click here. This schedule is frequently updated.

Meetings:
Monday, April 7th, 3-4:30pm, B32 Warren, Field Meeting
Monday, April 21st, 3-4:30pm, B32 Warren, Professors Meeting
Monday, April 28th, 3-4:30pm, B32 Warren, Department Meeting
Monday, May 5th, 3-4:30pm, 117 Warren, Polson Steering Committee Meeting
Monday, May 12th, 3-4:30pm, B32 Warren, Professors Meeting

Seminars:  This schedule is subject to frequent updates.  Please remember to keep Friday afternoons free for these seminars.  Several will be held jointly with CRP and DSOC.

Friday, April 11th, 3-5pm, B32 Warren -  How to Think About Food: A Guide for Americans, Dr. Raj Patel, Visiting Scholar, UC-Berkeley Center for African Studies.  Author, Stuffed and Starved. Markets, Power, and the Hidden Battle for the World's Food System (2007).

"One of the most dazzling books I have read in a very long time. The product of a brilliant mind and a gift to a world hungering for justice."
-Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine

"Patel's broad treatment helps laymen connect the dots, [and] hear the voices of those [at the bottom] of the food chain."
-Time Magazine

"A book full of insight, that makes and important contribution."
-The Guardian

Friday, April 18th, (Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium) 3:00pm - AKHIL GUPTA - National Poverty, Global Poverty, and Neoliberalism 
AKHIL GUPTA is Professor of Anthropology at UCLA. He previously taught at Stanford and the University of Washington. His research interests are in the ethnography of development bureaucracies, the anthropology of food, the implications of reincarnation for social theory, and information technology. He is the editor (with Aradhana Sharma) of The Anthropology of the State (Blackwell 2006), the author of Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India (Duke 1998), and Culture, Power, Place (Duke 1997). His forthcoming publications include Red Tape: Corruption, Inscription, and Governmentality in Rural India (Duke 2009), and The State in India After Liberalization (Routledge 2009; edited with K. Sivaramakrishnan).

Promotions, Awards and Honors

Publications

CaRDI Publications: Rural New York Minute and Research & Policy Brief Series

Max J. Pfeffer. 2008.  "The Underpinnings of Immigration and the Limits of Immigration Policy."  Cornell International Law Journal 41(1):83-100. 

Melo, C. and S. Wolf. 2007. Eco-certification of Ecuadorian bananas: Prospects for progressive North-South linkages. Studies in Comparative International Development 42 (3): 256-278. This paper appears in a special issue of the journal focused on developing-country firms as agents of environmental sustainability. The collection seeks to advance a theoretical and empirical program of work on the varied and contingent positions of commercial actors in poor nations.

Presentations and Recent Travels

Workshops and Conferences

Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance -October 19-22, 2008 at the Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines.  The theme of the congress is Gender and Climate Change.

Women and environment experts have raised concern over the absence of women in the discourse and debate on climate change, a global mainstream issue that is currently impacting the entire world. The involvement of women in areas of environmental management and governance should not be perceived as an afterthought. Women's roles are of considerable importance in the promotion of environmental ethics. The current imperative is for women to understand the phenomenon of climate change and its impacts and implications at the individual, household, community and national levels. Studies show that women have a definite information deficit on climate politics and climate protection. Only with this information can women take their proper, significant and strategic role in the issue of climate change. Invited to this congress are women parliamentarians, women in decision - making and governance, environment organizations, youth Leaders and Media Practitioners

The Congress will have the following objectives:
Overall Purpose: To provide a forum for women legislators, and women in decision making and environment organizations at all levels, in formulating gender-responsive legislation and policies.

Specific Objectives:
a) To understand the phenomenon of climate change, its impacts and implications;
b). to review and examine the gender aspects of climate change and formulate appropriate actions to address such;
c). to define the roles women can play in addressing the issues of climate change at the global, national and sub-national levels; and
d). to identify and define the action agenda for parliamentarians, policy advocates and women leaders to support global and national actions to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Congress Proceedings:
The discussion on gender and climate change will be organized around identifying the challenges to action as well as defining the appropriate responses to effectively address the impacts of climate change. Inputs to the discussion will be collected and organized around: 1) geographic location and 2) types of actions: i.e. preparedness, risk reduction: building community resilience; adaptation; and mitigation. Cross cutting these discussions will be the identification of technologies in aid of responding to climate change.
The focus of the discussions will revolve around defining and elaborating actions (i.e. preparedness, disaster risk reduction, adaptation, and mitigation) to cope with climate change and its impacts.

Preparedness and disaster risk reduction is about building individual and community capacities to position themselves and their communities so that the likelihood of climate change-induced disasters is reduced; the intensity or adverse impacts of disasters are cushioned and that inhabitants are able to respond promptly, expeditiously and effectively. Adaptation entails actions that moderate harm, or exploit benefits, of climate change.  Mitigation entails actions that minimizes or cushions the adverse impacts of climate change.
In all of these actions, special attention will be given to defining how women and gender could be mainstreamed. In other words, the Congress should define how women can be given the social space to participate, influence, and benefit from global and local responses to climate change. The registration fee for the four day congress is one hundred eight thousand Philippine Pesos (P108, 000). per person for single room accommodations and Eighty eight thousand Philippine Pesos (P88, 000). per person for twin room sharing accommodations (two persons in one room). We are sending you the detailed information sheet (which contains the registration form) as an attachment to this email. The training will be held on Oct 19-22, 2008. However, the participants will be requested to be in Manila the day before, October 18, 2008 and leave Manila only on October 23, 2008. The overnight hotel accommodation on October 18, 2008 is already included in the fee. Participants will be billeted in the Dusit Hotel, the venue of the congress and hotels near the Dusit Hotel, accessible within walking distance. Room accommodations in the Dusit Hotel, the venue of the Congress will be on a first come - first served basis. You can also download the full information sheet and registration form for this Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance from our website, <http://www.capwip.org>

Job Opportunities
CALS Career Development Newsletter, "CALS Jobs, Internships, and Events", is now available on line at: http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/current/career/newsletter/

USAID Careers link (http://www.usaid.gov/careers/applicant.html)

NASULGC  Careers - NASULGC is the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.

Academic Careers Online, since 1998, is an academic job site where universities and colleges in the US, Canada, and around the globe, advertise faculty, adjunct, post doc, library, endowed chairs, administrative and senior management jobs. There is no charge for our applicant services. You can: (1) Search current job openings (and remember, new ones are added daily), (2) Post your resume for employers to review, and/or (3) Receive e-mail alerts when matching jobs are posted. To search jobs and/or open an applicant account at Academic Careers Online then select "Applicants Enter Here." Your resume will be visible within seconds to employers. If you are part of a search committee you can also post your job opening. 

Student Activities

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies - Funding Opportunities for Faculty: Visit their website (www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/displaysearch.asp) to search all international research funding opportunities for faculty. (The Population and Development Library (Room 12, Warren Hall) has copies of the Einaudi Center's recent publication, "Post-Doctoral Opportunities in International Studies." Library Hours are Monday 2:00-5:00, Tuesday 12:30-4:30, Thursday 8:30-5:00.)

EL VALOR & FOREST SERVICE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS SEEK SUMMER INTERN FOR U.S.D.A INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 2008
About USDA Forest International Programs: The USDA Forest International Programs promotes sustainable forest management and biodiversity conservation internationally. By linking the skills of the field-based staff of the USDA Forest Service with partners overseas to address the most critical forestry issues and concerns. International Programs regularly taps into the agency's wide range of expertise. Wildlife biologists, forest economists, hydrologists, disaster and fire management specialists, and policy makers are among those who comprise the staff of over thirty thousand employees.

About El Valor: El Valor’s mission is to support and challenge urban families to achieve excellence and participate fully in community life. Our programs exist to enrich and empower people with disabilities, the disenfranchised and the underserved. El Valor seeks to be an international model for inclusion of people with disabilities, to be the best in the nation in early childhood and youth enrichment and to become the premier organization developing Hispanic leadership.
Click here for information regarding these 2008 internship opportunities.

National Pork Producers Council Internship - National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is currently recruiting for its fall 2008 internship program. NPPC is seeking four interns, one for each of the following groups: communications, environmental law and policy, international trade, and science and technology . Regards, Kelsey Fourdyce Deadline For fall 2008 internships, the applications must be postmarked by June 1. For more information and applications requirements, visit www.nppc.org Working for the National Pork Producers Council The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is the global voice for the U.S. pork industry working daily to protect the livelihoods of pork producers by fighting for reasonable legislation and regulation and developing revenue and market opportunities. Our mission is to add significant value to pork producers and industry investors by achieving favorable laws and regulations that help them operate successful businesses and compete effectively and profitably in the global marketplace. NPPC’s internship program is a hands-on experience for students seeking to learn more about the pork industry, government relations, international trade and public policy. Interns have the opportunity to work under the direction of the highly respected professionals at NPPC. Senior staff members value the opportunity to mentor and teach today’s student who will be tomorrow’s leaders. Located one block from the Capitol building, the NPPC Washington Public Policy Center is in the heart of the political action on Capitol Hill. NPPC interns have the ability for professional networking with congressional staff, allied industry trade associations and federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency. If you have an interest in promoting American agriculture and want to gain real-world experience in the political arena, this is the opportunity for you! In addition to an unparalleled experience, our distinguished internship program offers a competitive stipend.

Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition for 2009-2010 - The prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers opportunities for recent graduates, graduate students, developing professionals and artists to conduct career-launching study and research abroad. The grants typically cover travel, living expenses for an academic year overseas, health benefits and tuition.

Fulbright offers a variety of opportunities for full grants in research and business and also offers travel grants, English Teaching Assistantships, Critical Language Enhancement and mtvU awards.

An applicant must:
- Be a U.S. citizen at the time of application;
- Have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent before the start of the grant period;
- Have sufficient proficiency in the host country’s language; 
- Be in good health.

Graduating seniors, graduate students, and alumni are all welcome to apply. The Cornell application deadline for 2009-2010 is Friday, September 12, 2008. Competition is keen, so applicants are encouraged to take advantage of information and counseling sessions offered through the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

Information Sessions:
G08 Uris Hall, 4:30 pm
April 3, Thursday
April 23, Wednesday

For more information please see the Fulbright website at http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html or email us at fulbright@is.cornell.edu.

Cornell’s participation is administered by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/fulbright.asp.

Non-Dept. Seminars

Call for Papers, Abstracts and Panels

Miscellaneous News

Course Evaluation Information - COURSE EVALUATIONS
Course evaluations can be requested through DUST or directly through the course evaluation website at http://courseeval.cals.cornell.edu/.  We strongly encourage faculty to consider using the online course evaluation.  The paper bubble sheets are back-ordered from our distributor; additional forms are not expected until Monday, April 7th.  Please remind faculty of the advantages of the online course evaluation.  Custom questions can be easily added to the evaluation and student comments are included in the evaluation summary sheet.  In addition, the results from the online evaluations are available at the close of the grading period, while paper evaluations must be scanned and mailed back to faculty.  These are significant advantages over the paper-based evaluation.

What's New with Course Evaluations?

• Due to faculty and student feedback, the double-negative questions on the course evaluations have been re-written.  A copy of the questions will be available online shortly for your review.
• CALS is in the process of joining a University-wide course evaluation portal.  One site is being developed to serve students in CALS, ARTS, EN, HE, and ILR courses.  If a student is enrolled in multiple courses with online course evaluations, students will be able to go to one website and access online evaluations for all their courses.  The evaluations will be available during a uniform evaluation period.  Students will receive one standard e-mail reminders to complete online evaluations instead of receiving e-mail reminders for each course and/or college.
• Faculty and staff will continue to order web- and paper-based course evaluations in the same way.  The only impact will be that web-based course evaluations will be administered between April 24th and May 7th.  The deadline to order a web-based evaluation is April 23rd.  Paper-based evaluations can be ordered and administered until the end of the final exam period on May 16th.

Deadlines:

• The deadline to order web-based evaluations is April 23rd.  (Web-based evaluations will be administered April 24th - May 7th.)
• The deadline to order paper-based evaluations is May16th.  (Paper-based evaluations can be administered until May 16th.)

Course Evaluation Brown Bag Lunch: Friday, April 4th, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., 170 Roberts Hall, R.S.V.P. to SLL33.

Update on Travel; Training for Online Tool Available -  Cornell travelers and travel arrangers,

As you are aware, the Travel Office recently lowered its prices for online ticket booking with American Express Online Travel ( also known as Cliqbook ) to $5 per ticket. This online booking tool has been available to the Cornell community for over a year;  there have been no changes to its functionality or features.   However due to the newly reduced price, we have seen a substantial increase in the number of travelers who want to take advantage of this capability but need assistance.

If you would like to make a travel reservation using the online booking tool, but feel that you need training on the functionality before you can start using it, please send an e-mail to cuto@cornell.edu with the subject line "Amex online training request".    We are planning to schedule training sessions for travelers and travel planners on Cliqbook as well as to answer any questions related to the recent migration of the agent assisted booking to American Express Business travel. Your responses will help the Travel team determine the number and nature of these sessions.

Action Item:  If you would like to participate in a training session please send an e-mail to cuto@cornell.edu with the subject line "Amex online training request".

Birth Announcement - Announcing the arrival of Eleanor Celia McConville born to Rachel Schwartz and Tim McConville. She decided to make herself known a bit earlier than expected, but with awesome parents like us, could you really blame her? Her impatience almost caused her to be born in the car, but Tim insisted that I hold her in until we arrived at the hospital. She has her Papa's hair and her Mama's nose (sorry baby!) and she enjoys pooping, squeaking, and long walks in the park.