May, 2016: Actor and science advocate Alan Alda presented a public talk at Cornell’s Bailey Hall on May 16, 2016. His talk, “Getting beyond a blind date with science” emphasized the importance of conveying science and scientific research in plain language in order to be clear to the public. This lecture was sponsored by the Kavli Foundation and was part of an intensive three day faculty workshop on Communicating Science. Read more about the public talk in the Cornell Chronicle.