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Adult courses

Adult courses meet daily. Please register for one course per person per week.

Week 1: July 7-13, 2013

Witnessing the Cosmic Dawn: The Birth of Stars, Galaxies, and Black Holes
Led by Martha P. Haynes
Writing Your Life
Led by Katherine K. Gottschalk
The Brave New World of Fiber
Led by Juan Hinestroza
Taking Flight: An Introduction to the World of Birds
Led by Scott Haber and Scott Taylor
A Room of Her Own: Virginia Stephen Woolf in the 1920s
Led by David Faulkner
Focus on Aesthetics: A Photography Workshop
Led by Jessica Evett
The Harried Gourmet Does Italian Dishes from the North to the South
Led by Therese O'Connor
Thrills and Skills
Led by David Moriah

Week 2: July 14-20, 2013

Whose Promised Land? The History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Led by Ross Brann
Math: Personal Paths and Occasional Prodigies
Led by Mircea Pitici
Marriage Times Five in Iconic Films
Led by Donald L. Fredericksen
Planning Your Own Well-Designed Garden
Led by Irene M. Lekstutis
Sculpture Studio: Constructions in Wood
Led by Roberto G. Bertoia
Deconstructing Julia: Accessible French Cooking
Led by David D'Aprix
The Golf Clinic
Led by James M. (Matt) Baughan and staff of Cornell's Robert Trent Jones Golf Course
The Rowing Clinic
Led by Todd P. Kennett

Week 3: July 21-27, 2013

Healthy Eating for Healthy Living -- From the Womb Onward
Led by Patrick Stover
The Psychology of Suspense in Art: From Shakespeare to Rembrandt to the Beatles
Led by Harry Segal
Life on a Silken Thread
Led by Linda S. Rayor
Recent Financial Crises: What Lessons Can We Learn from the Past Decade?
Led by Vicki L. Bogan
Gorgeous Gorges of the Finger Lakes
Led by Warren D. Allmon
The Wines Course 2013
Led by Abby S. Nash
The Tennis Clinic
Led by Anda Perianu
The Sailing Clinic
Led by Patrick Crowley and Frederick W. DeBruyn

Week 4: July 28-August 3, 2013

Great Trials: Individual Liberty, Privacy, and Religious Freedom
Led by Glenn C. Altschuler and Faust Rossi
The Joys of Classical Music Played on the King of Instruments
Led by Annette Richards and David Yearsley
Who's Sorry Now? Apologizing Well from Socrates to the Present
Led by Masha Raskolnikov
So That's How It's Done: Creating an Exhibition for the Johnson
Led by Nancy E. Green
Natural History in the Field
Led by Charles R. Smith and Jeffrey Keller
Well-Being through Meditation and Creative Visualization
Led by Diane Hecht
Bike the Finger Lakes!
Led by The Staff of Cornell Outdoor Education