THE
CREATIVITY SPARK
How does it arise? Can it be nurtured? Is it jeopardized by today’s culture?
Creativity in Science Workshop
Leadership Program for Veterinary Students With the goal of examining the role of creativity in scientific exploration, Cornell’s Leadership Program invited award winning scientists and scholars to conduct a Creativity Workshop. The Leadership Program for Veterinary students at Cornell University is a unique summer experience for students who seek to broadly influence the veterinary profession through a science-based career. Other than carrying out a faculty-guided research project, program scholars participate in enriching discussions facilitated by Cornell faculty and external consultants, with topics ranging from emerging infectious diseases to leadership and career exploration.
Creativity in Science Workshop July 25, 2016, 9:00AM-11:30AM Auditorium, room 233, Plant Science Building Cornell University
Workshop Agenda
Welcome
Hunter Rawlings III
Interim President and Professor Emeritus of classics, Cornell University
Introduction of panelists
Prof. Rick Cerione
Panel discussion, part I
Moderated by
Prof. Rick Cerione
Coffee Break Panel discussion, part II
Moderated by
Prof. Rick Cerione
Opening remarks
Hunter Rawlings III is Cornell’s Interim President and Professor Emeritus of Classics. He was president of the Association of American Universities for five years until 2016 and served as Cornell’s 10th President from 1995 to 2003, when he focused on developing new initiatives to enhance the university’s scientific strategy. In 2016 he was voted Interim President at Cornell for the second time, thanks to his recognized leadership in academic administration.
Moderator
Rick Cerione is a distinguished molecular biologist and an unrivaled expert in explaining science to the general public. He has had a leading role in integrating the physical and biological sciences at Cornell. Amongst his many responsibilities, he serves as Director of the Biological Applications Program at the Cornell synchrotron.
Discussion panelist
Lynne Maquat is the J. Lowell Orbison Chair of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and of Oncology at the University of Rochester. Dr. Maquat is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and she is a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Amongst many honors, she was awarded the prestigious Gairdner International Award for her pioneering studies on mRNA decay and mRNA traffic in mammalian cells.
Discussion panelist
Randy Schekman is a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at the University of California, Berkeley. He shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for his ground-breaking research on membrane assembly and vesicular traffic in eukaryotic cells.
Discussion panelist
Harold Varmus is the Lewis Thomas Professor at Weil Medical College in New York City. He is a former Director of the NIH and is internationally recognized for his research on retroviruses and the genetic basis of cancer. Prof. Varmus shared the Nobel Prize for his work in 1989.
Discussion panelist
Xiaowei Zhuang is the David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Professor of Physics at Harvard University. She is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has won many awards and prizes, including the Sackler Prize and Max Delbruck Prize. She is an internationally recognized expert in the development of novel methods for the visualization of biological structures using “super-resolution� fluorescent microscopy.
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