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| Nicholas Kristof
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The Kaplan Family Distinguished Lecture in Public Service was developed to bring
nationally and internationally recognized leaders to the Cornell campus to share
with faculty, students, staff and community leaders his/her contributions to promoting
public service, citizen action, human rights, or social activism.
This year's event will be held April 25, 2007 and will feature Nicholas Kristof,
columnist
for the New York Times. In 1990 Mr. Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, also
a Times journalist, won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of China's Tiananmen
Square democracy movement. They were the first married couple to win a Pulitzer
for journalism. Mr. Kristof won a second Pulitzer in 2006, for commentary and
has also been honored with the George Polk Award, the Overseas Press Club award,
the Michael Kelly award, the Online News Association award, and the American Society
of Newspaper Editors award. Mr. Kristof and Ms. WuDunn are authors of "China Wakes:
The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power" and "Thunder from the East: Portrait
of a Rising Asia."
The lecture series intends to further advance Cornell University's commitment
to the pursuit of knowledge as a tool for improving the lives of those struggling
on the margins of society, while preparing a new generation of civic leaders to
be equipped to solve the complex economic and social problems our nation and the
global community face.
Past Lectures
Nicholas Kristof presents
Report From Darfur:
First Genocide of the
21st Century
5 pm
April 25, 2007
David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall, Cornell University
Free and Open
to the Public
Tickets are available at Willard Straight Hall ticket office
