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Cornell in the Capital

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Over 500 capital-area alumni, parents, students, and friends gathered for Cornell in the Capital on April 3, 2009.

President Skorton led prominent Cornell professors in A Meeting of the Minds: Shaping Policy in Changing Times, a conversation about today’s most significant policy issues—and academia’s potential to address them. 

Faculty Panel

Joseph Fins
Medical ethics

Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, professor of medicine, professor of public health, professor of medicine in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College

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David Harris
Race and ethnicity, stratification, and public policy

Deputy provost, vice provost for social sciences, professor of sociology

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Sarah Kreps
International relations, alliances, conflict, and weapons proliferation

Assistant professor of government

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Alice Pell
International rural and agricultural development

Vice provost for international relations, professor of animal science, director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development

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Michael Waldman
Applied microeconomics

Charles H. Dyson Professor of Management, professor of economics, director of the Institute for the Advancement of Economics at Cornell

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Registration

Schedule

Friday, April 3, 2009

  • 6:00–6:45 p.m. | Atrium        
    Event registration
    Reception with refreshments and hors d’oeuvres     

  • 7:00–8:30 p.m. | Atrium Ballroom   

    A Meeting of the Minds:
    Shaping Policy in Changing Times

  • 8:30–9:15 p.m. | Atrium
    Reception with refreshments and dessert

Venue

The Ronald Reagan Building and International
Trade Center

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
Please use the building’s 14th Street entrance.

The Ronald Reagan Building and International

Parking

An underground parking garage is available at the center. Entrances are on 13 1/2 Street (off Pennsylvania Avenue) and on 14th Street. All vehicles and guests are screened upon entry, so please allow extra time.

  • Phone: 202-312-1300
  • Hours: 5:00 a.m.–2:00 a.m.
  • Fee: $10 after 5:00 p.m.

Accommodations

JW Marriott Pennsylvania Avenue
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

JW Marriott Pennsylvania Avenue

A block of rooms has been set aside, under Cornell University. To reserve a room, call 800-228-9290 or 202-393-2000. The reservation code is 1-TWO8CD.