With additional comments about the current work at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology by Charles Walcott and Scott Sutcliffe, Director of Individual Giving at the Lab.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Graham Visitors' Center, Washington Park Arboretum, 2300 Arboretum Dr. E, Seattle, WA 98112.

$20.00 per person

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Charles Walcott

About the Speaker:
Charles Walcott is Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University. Dr. Walcott received his AB from Harvard and his PhD from Cornell. He served on the faculties of Harvard, Tufts, and The State University of New York at Stony Brook before coming to Cornell as director of the Lab of Ornithology in 1981. After retiring as the Louis Agassiz Fuertes Director in June of 1995, Dr. Walcott returned to teaching and research. He taught the Introductory Biology Course for majors for five years, and served eight years as Associate and then Dean of the University Faculty.

In addition to research on the hearing of spiders, the navigational ability of homing pigeons, magnetoreception in bees, and vocal communication in loons, Dr. Walcott has taught undergraduate courses in animal behavior, human physiology, and evolution. He has also participated in projects designed to interest the public in science. These have included a television series for in-school use, Exploring Nature, The Elementary Science Curriculum Study, NOVA, and 3-2-1 Contact.