Flags of Many Colors Three Undergraduates Win Goldwater
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ILR School will establish institute to study conflict resolution By Darryl Geddes nouncement, applauded the formation of cated to "hands-on" engagement in conflict "The School of Industrial and Labor the institute, saying that he had "very high prevention and resolution throughout con Relations is exactly the school at Cornell to Cornell, with support from the newly cre expectations"for its work and thatofPERC. temporary society and to stimulating take the lead in establishing an institute for ated Foundation for Prevention and Early Cornell President Hunter Rawlings also thoughtful public discourse on the theory prevention and resolution of all types of Resolution of Conflict (pERq, plans to es has endorsed the institution's creation. and practice ofdispute prevention and reso conflicts," Kheel said. "The School of In tablish an institute at the School of Industrial "The new institute will enable Cornell lution. Theodore W. Kheel, PERC's presi dustrial and Labor Relations has now en and Labor Relations for the study ofconflict University and the School of Industrial and dent, has served as a mediator or arbitrator in joyed 50 years ofinten e experience coping resolution. The institute, to be located on Labor Relations to bring their commitment thousands of disputes. PERC co-chairmen with labor-management disputes under the campus, is expected to open in August. to public service and applied research to a areThomasDonahue, former presidentofthe procedures ofthe National Labor Relations Cornell and PERC made the joint an new level," he said. AFL-CIO, and William L Lurie, formerpresi Act. That law is a model statute on the nouncement on Monday at the National Under this strategic alliance, PERC will dent ofThe Business Roundtable. techniques and procedures of conflict pre Press Club in Washington, D.C. entrust key research and instructional re Kheel '35, LLB '37, said that PERC vention and resolution. They can be applied Secretary ofLabor Robert B. Reich, who sponsibilities to the new Cornell institute. would benefit immeasurably from its strate with equal force to all types of disputes. attended the reception following the an- PERC, a non-profit institution, is dedi- gic alliance with Cornell. Continued on page 4 Flags of many colors Cornell will lead state consortium on transportation By Larry Bernard Cornell researchers in civil and environmental engineering and other disciplines are helping ew York state address a broad range oftransportation problems, from how to promote car pooling and optimizing highway mainte nance management to how to get trains and freight trucks on coor dinated schedules, and a host of Meyburg other issues related to making transportation more efficient, safe and less costly. The effort will make research results from universi ties and national laboratories and other institutions avail able to the New York State Department of Transporta tion. The three-year contract has an anticipated budget of $1 million per year. "This is a win-win situation," said Arnim Meyburg, professor and chair of Cornell's School of Civil and Envi ronmental Engineering, who leads the effort. "New York state gets access to problem-solving skills in a very short time, and we can introduce practical issues into the aca demiccommunity, providingopportunitiesfor us to educate Adriana Rovers/University Photography students using real-world problems. YSDOT is looking at Kicking off this month's Intemational Festival on campus was a flag.painting event in the Big Red the academic community as a think-tank for solving prob Bam, April 4. Deddy Supriady, right, a Ph.D. student in regional science, and his children, Decky, lems in the transportation area." center, Dwiky and Dyane, center rear, help paint the Indonesian flag on an international banner. TheTransportation Infrastructure Research Consortium, Continued on page 2 Three undergraduates win Goldwater Scholarships for science and math By Simeon Moss is 'true'; computer He also credits Cornell with allowing science, which tells him the freedom to form his own course of Three Cornell students have won 1996 us what is actually study in the College Scholar program. "The Goldwater Scholarships for their achieve ~ feasible; and linguis broad scope and high quality of the univer ments in science and mathematics. .: •...•..• ':. tics, which tells us sity has enabled me to study all the facets of The undergraduates are: Jessika Trancik howthehumanmind my interests effectively," he said. '97, a materials science and engineering fits into the picture. Klein is proficient in French, Spanish major in the College ofEngineering; Robert ;'.' .~~ : f My program asacol and Italian. His activities include being a Kleinberg '97, a mathematics major in the lege scholar com math support center tutor, a Shito-Ryu ka College of Arts and Sciences; and Daniel I .. bines areas of inter- rate teacher and president of the Shito-Ryu Klein '98, a college scholar, also in t~ Klein Trancik Kleinberg action among these Karate Club, and an orientation counselor. College of Arts and Sciences. three disciplines in He said he plans to earn a Ph.D. in a field, or The national Goldwater Scholarship pro The Cornell students are among 264 an attempt to study what is behind it all. It is, fields, related to his principal interests and gram was established in 1986, in the name of Goldwater Scholarship winners nation in essence, the study of the patterns that then teach and do re earch at a university. former Arizona Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, to wide, chosen from a pool of 1,200 sopho pervade and define reality." Robert Kleinberg is agraduate ofIroquois honor students who have demonstrated out mores and juniors nominated by their He credits his academic succes to being Central High School in Elma, NY., where standing potential for and commitment to colleges and universities. raised by his mother to love learning, the he was valedictorian. His interests in math careers in mathematics, the natural sciences Daniel Klein is a graduate of Mount teachers who took the time and effort to are still very general, he aid, and he hasn't and some fields ofengineering. Each scholar Lebanon (Pa.) High School, near Pittsburgh. encourage him and enhance his abilities, yet specialized in a single field, although the ship provides winners a maximum of$7,000 Describing his Cornell studies, the sopho and his involvement since he was 8 in mar area of math in which he has taken the most per yearfor tuition, fees, books, and room and more said: "I have a fundamental beliefthat tial arts - karate in particular. "(Karate) has courses is topology. "But last year," board, with sophomores receiving two years to understand how reality works, we need to given me a confidence that has carried over Kleinberg said, "my research was in col- ofsupport and juniors one year. understand mathematics, which tells us what into the rest of my life," Klein said. Comillued 011 page 6 2 April 11, 1996 Cornell Chronicle BRIEFS Watch your step • Barton incident: A stabbing incident in Barton Hall on April 3 led to the arrest of an Ithaca youth. Tran Linh Van, 17, of Ithaca was arre ted in Barton by Cornell Police shortly after the tabbing occurred at 7:40 p.m. during an argument over a basket ball game, police report. The victim, Lun Quach, 21, of Ithaca suffered wound to his upper body and wa taken to Cayuga Medi cal Center; he was released from the hospi tal the next day. Cornell Police charged Van with second degree as ault, a felony. He wa arraigned in Ithaca City Court on April 3 and released from Tompkins County Jail on April 4. • Economics teaching fund: The Hatfield Fund to Enhance Undergraduate Economic Education is seeking proposals in support offaculty members who propo e innovative ways ofstrengthening the teach ingofeconomicsto undergraduate students. The guidelines for projects are intentionally broad, to encourage innovative proposals that would enhance traditional classroom in truction in economics for undergraduate tudent . Proposals are invited that will 1) encouragethe use oftechnology in theclass room, 2) promotechange in the pedagogy of Robert Barker/University Photography economics education, 3) create case studies During the first annual Intercollegiate and Adult Ballroom Dance Competition in the Field House on March 30, for examination of the major issues facing one of four judges, Rebecca Francoeur-Breeden from Columbia, Md., eyes the competitors. The Comell A·Team our economic system, 4) bring real-world took second and third place in the respective American style and intemational style intercollegiate team matches during the competition. In the individual couples competition, graduate student Horst Severini won the authorities as classroom speakers and semi Bolero, Intermediate Slow Foxtrot and Tango, Intermediate Viennese Waltz and Advanced Waltz Quickstep. And nar leader ,and/or5) offeractual field expe undergraduates Michael Voiles and Sarah Boscoe won the Lindy Hop competition. riencesdesigned to expose participatingstu dents and faculty to the complexities of economic decision-making. This year, the Hatfield Committee has approximately $25,000 to distribute to faculty-initiated projects. The committee is particularly inter Career Services director receives Kauffman