Event Details : Road Scholar: Cornell & Ithaca: Finger Lakes Mecca for Arts and Sciences


Time: 20 September 2010 to 23 September 2010
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Experience the diverse cultural and scientific resources of Cornell University and its home city of Ithaca. Begin with early morning birds at Sapsucker Woods Laboratory of Ornithology, and then go onto campus for lunch at the StatlerHotelSchool, an exploration of Sage Chapel and a look at the Johnson Museum of Art. Journey along both sides of beautiful Cayuga Lake to waterfalls and wineries, go behind the scenes at Cornell’s Paleontological Research Institute and visit the eclectic MacKenzie-Childs hand-decorated ceramics crafts campus and antique shops in Aurora. See for yourself why “Ithaca is Gorges” at Taughannock Falls and the suspension bridge over Fall Creek then round out your experience with a lecture about university founder Ezra Cornell , a dinner cruise on the lake and a lunch at famed vegetarian restaurant, Moosewood. ($653 double occupancy / +$205 single occupancy) Road Scholar Course #17535. To register, go to www.roadscholar.org or call 877-426-8056.