Cornell in the Capital

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 |
David HarrisRace and ethnicity, stratification, and public policy Deputy provost, vice provost for social sciences, professor of sociology |
Sarah KrepsInternational relations, alliances, conflict, and weapons proliferation Assistant professor of government |
Alice PellInternational rural and agricultural development Vice provost for international relations, professor of animal science, director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development |
Michael WaldmanApplied microeconomics Charles H. Dyson Professor of Management, professor of economics, director of the Institute for the Advancement of Economics at Cornell |
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.

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.



Joseph Fins
David Harris
Sarah Kreps
Alice Pell
Michael Waldman