Cornell Institute of Public Affairs announces its spring lecture series
Economist Robert Frank and legal scholar Martha Fineman are among the distinguished Cornell faculty speakers launching a new honors program through the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA).
The institute's Distinguished Faculty Spring 2003 Lectures are open to the public and will be held on Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. in 165 McGraw Hall. CIPA is a universitywide institute offering a two year graduate program leading to a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree.
The following is a list of dates, guest speakers and lectures:
Feb. 20: Kathryn March, associate professor of anthropology, "Global Village? An Anthropologist's View From Below."
Feb. 27: Martha Fineman, professor of law, "Wealth and Entitlement: A Case Study."
March 6: Robert Frank, professor of economics, "Does Rising Inequality Harm the Middle Class?"
March 27: Mildred Warner, associate professor of city and regional planning, "Devolution and Spatial Inequality."
April 3: Ralph D. Christy, professor of applied economics and management, "Emerging Markets in a Global Economy: From Inter-Independency to Economic Integration."
April 17: Dr. Alvin I. Mushlin, M.D., public health professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, "The Role of Economic Evaluation in Medical Care."
Speakers for the inaugural series were selected by a committee composed of CIPA students and faculty in fall 2002 from a list of 75 nominees. Faculty were chosen based on contributions to teaching, research and professional practice related to public policy and public affairs. Guest lecturers are part of a new program that also offers CIPA fellows the opportunity to work one-on-one with these professors doing "honors" research.
"This is quite unlike anything available at any other leading public affairs programs in the United States," said David Lewis, professor of city and regional planning and CIPA chair. "It represents an extraordinary opportunity for CIPA students to do thesis work with world-class authorities doing research at the cutting edge of knowledge."
CIPA distinguished faculty work closely with one or two CIPA fellows serving as research assistants. Fellows are chosen from applicants representing the CIPA student body. Students selected for these positions will form the core of a new CIPA honors recognition program and, at graduation, will receive an honors designation on their college transcript.
CIPA's distinguished faculty and their supporting CIPA research assistants will present the results of their work at a conference scheduled for April 25-26 at the Appel Commons Conference Center on campus.
For more information, contact the CIPA office, 473 Hollister Hall, at 255-8018.
