on our show because david column is here he's the betty are miller professor of chemistry at cornell university and author of the year in review out for two thousand and twelve today so first thanks for being on the show it's my pleasure second let's talk about why you as an organic chemistry professor or are known for writing a financial economic investment year in review that's out today why does anybody care about your views on this subject. it's an excellent question actually. i'm pretty good at distilling complexity down to simplicity so i take a weed whacker to these complex markets we have and it's a hobby of mine and and at the end of each year i summarize what i see. and and i i try to find the plotline within the noise so there's huge numbers of offense that. occur during a year but come up michael lewis' way i attempt to figure out where there's actually a theme occurring and where the most interesting one and it's sort of a wise guy so that is why the guy people always appreciate that before we get into what some of the main themes are for this year before do you think your investme

cornell university law prof. lynn stout has written a book about shareholder value. a recent lecture in arkansas, a professor said a focus on shareholder value has prevented corporations from making a full contribution to solving the problems of the world. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> good evening, everyone, and welcome. professor lynn stout is a distinguished professor at the cornell university law school. her work focuses on the intersection of law, business, and morality. she has worked with many organizations around the world, including the clinton global initiative. in 2012, she was named top on the economy. her new book is "the shareholder values myth." please welcome professor lynn stout. [applause] >> thank you, charles, for that kind introduction. i want to start by saying what an honor it is for me to speak in front of this audience in particular, especially the students in the clinton school. i, myself, have a master's from the princeton school of public policy, and i have always found it amazing that i have been able to carve a career for mysel

a school within a school, it's a separate college at cornell university, part of the prestigious ivy ague. >> the school of hotel administration is a school that was started in 1922 here at cornell, to provide students an opportunity to develop a career path in the hospitality industry. >> what kinds of courses do students take? >> well, they take all kinds of courses. they get a very grounded education in the basic business disciplines -- things like... but then, they also get classes that are very directly related to the industry. >> just click that. it'll bring up your rate screen. >> that means learning how to run a hotel or restaurant, and learning how to buy one, too. >> eventually, we want them to grow, as well, to not just run hotels but to someday own them and own entire chains of hotels. >> what do you like best about this school? >> i mean, if "everything" was a choice or an answer, i would choose everything. the hotel school is great. you learn all the great business practices that you learn at a typical business school, but applied to hospitality. >> so, where are we goin

use the word calamity, and maybe i'll use-- we're talking 2 to 4,000 it temporary jobs from cornell universityse the price of gas and decemberiesel, thee the carbon food prints, tar sands versus regular extraction and the idea it won't cause environmental damage, defore-- deforesting. >> and all the states it would go through approved? >> number one, it's not just this pipeline. by getting this pipeline approved we now start the wheels for the 12 other pipelines that we need because if we get those pipelines built we will be larger exporter of oil than saudi arabia, number two, if you look at the pipeline disasters we've had and all of them, they do happen, they have not amount today an absolutely hill of beans. this technology is built in the 21st century now, the pipelines we've had problems with were built in the 19th century, could be 5 million, 6 million jobs. >> brenda: john, do you agree good for the economy? >> yes, look good for the economy and look at gary b. this is beyond stupid. there are 25,000, professor, listen to this, 25,000 miles of pipeline right now that go across that car

on our show because david column is here he's the betty are miller professor of chemistry at cornell university and author of the year in review out for two thousand and twelve today so first thanks for being on the show it's my pleasure second let's talk about why you as an organic chemistry professor are known for writing a financial economic investment year in review that's out today why does anybody.

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there was an economic study done by the university on top of a cornell university study that showed thenomic impact over 10 years would be somewhere around $1.8 billion. so, it is pretty significant. and the aquifer covers almost the entire state of from the beginning the governor's goal was to get it off of the scandals, which is a sensitive soil area. -- get it off of the sand hills. the environmental studies -- there have been two gone, significant studies that show that it does not have an environmental impact on the aq uifer. i have to take into account and the studies about whether there are leaks and impact on the aquifer and it has been studied and it showed the risks were minimal. host: a viewer rights in and asks -- guest: that is a good question. they can still bring it into the united states by rail or truck and go to refineries. it is a very inefficient way to move it. but china is making a power grab. they already bought one of the larger energy companies extracting the oil and encouraging canada and willing to pay for a pipeline to lead it to go west coast of canada and e

jeffrey hancock is an associate professor of communication at cornell university. we showed you a montage of people. some came right out and said i'm so sorry, i lied and thing got back to normal. we have these very public profile people lying. doesn't that just create a sense in society that everybody's lying and how can you really trust in anything anyone says and ultimately not say, well what's the difference if i lied? they're all lying. >> i have to admit it's been a crazy couple of weeks of lying. everybody's talking about these major cases of deception and it is -- it becomes a worry. people think everybody around me is lying and i can't trust anybody. but humanity and the way society is built is bit on trust. some will lie a little bit. on my way when i'm not. but the big lies are actually much more rare. when they get caught they throw a wrench in the way we think about each other. >> they're destructive to society as well as individuals. >> it showed decreased trust in communities and government. >> are all lies created equal? i mean is there a difference

university, and the tory retaking afterwards? >> tonight, doors open at 5:00. we go live on c-span tonight at 6:34 a spirited debate. geoffrey sax, cornellt, newt gingrich and others. how we make poverty a priority. then we go to colleges and universities for the next week were to try to get young people engaged in this issue of making poverty a priority in the nation. >> tavis smiley, thank you for being with us, tonight at george washington university, a summit on poverty. on monday we will be broadcasting live from the capital on martin luther king day in the inauguration, broadcasting from and a clock eastern -- 8:00-1:00. we will be bringing in different voices from all over the country. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]

during the show, after the show as well as the whole northwestern university law school event, with the speech of tavis smiley, cornell west, lupe the great musician, and many others came. it was amazing. it had been organized about a week before and 1000 people came out. two days after the reelection of president obama. in the book, they write there are nearly 150 pour and near poor people in america who are not responsible for the damage done by the great recession, yet they pay the price. they did not create the deindustrialization of america. one of the largest economic institutions in the world were brought to their collective knees, they went crawling to the government in search of salvation. the government obliged, allowing them to socialize on the backs of mainstream americans. the housing and job crisis they created fostered a poverty unseen in generations not just an inner-city ghettos, but also in suburbs and rural areas, crossing racial, age, and gender lines. nearly one-third of the american middle-class, mostly families with children have fallen into poverty. the book is yours for $75. the dvd of our ful

dewey cornell, forensics psychologist at the university of virginia reminds us that if your schools preventionplan begins from the shooter is at the door, it's too late. and so, it is one initiative which seeks to replace what the fun cause the credo to prison pipeline to cradle to college and career pipeline, the attorney general blue-ribbon commission report on how to reduce problems associated children exposed to violence is published only a few months ago. he uses focuses on prevention and early intervention and uses the phrase evidence based on virtually every page. it urges us to follow evidence and research underwear slogans and look at approaches that are not affect his. so if we do what we know what we need to do and agree that our recommendation will reform to sound research, we can have confidence better recommendations to make a difference in children across the nation will be protected. we have people from virginia that affect to recognize, laurie and the others who want to stand out. those at the virginia tech tragedy, too. hot mark >> banks. but we are now going to do is first o

cornel west, tavis smiley, and others will be holding a forum at george washington university. you know the kind of broadcast you look forward to. we are asking you to make the call that makes a difference. if you appreciated our discussion today on guns, as president obama makes his call for a ban on assault weapons, for high capacity ammunition magazines, and other executive order that he will be announcing, if you appreciated hearing colin goddard. we have had him on for years. we went down to blacksburg, va. colin goddard a few months ago before the first presidential debate. so many were calling on the debate to raise the issue of gun violence. the first presidential debate hr that was moderated by jim leyritz took place in colorado, not far from columbine and aurora. we went with colin goddard to virginia tech and he took us through the hall where he was shot four times, and most of his classmates and french professor were killed. we have been doing this work for a long time. then we brought you an interesting debate today on police officers in schools, a new ones, import

university of colorado was one of the opening day students. he addressed students about the latest research into a category of quantum chemistry called electronic structure. cornell won the nobel prize for physics in 2001. >> translator: i often have lectures in my research field. but i'm looking forward to lectures by nobel laureates in totally different fields. i'm eager to learn as much as possible from them. for my research. >> singapore aims to become a hub for knowledge intensive industries. the government designed the event to attract rising scientific talent. participants are scheduled to visit a medical study center and other cutting edge research facilities in the city state. >>> the indochina peninsula is famous for its rich biodiversity including fresh water fish but the region's rush to modernize has dented the balance of the natural world in unexpected ways. nhk world reports from the northeastern thailand on a threat to the food chain. >> reporter: still waters in northeastern thailand. at first glance, this man-made lake looks like a fisherman's paradise. >> yes! >> reporter: but these people aren't fishing just for fun. they are trying to catch o

cornell, jamie foxx, jennifer hudson and marc anthony. and some of the inauguration ball will include stevie wonder. and university sponsor ball, men's warehouse tuxedo has been working with gw u for the past three inaugurations to help men look their bells for the big celebration. the university has been holding their own ball for the inauguration since 1933. >> we have almost 390 tuxedos. we have students who went into our stores all across the country if they didn't make it in for the fitting here on campus. we have them from all over the united states. >> this year's gw inaugural ball is on monday night at the omni shoreham hotel. >> since president obama took office in 2008, all eyes have been on first lady michele obama. the editor of essence magazine are releasing a book to commemorate michele obama. it member rates her journaley from the south side of chicago all the way to the white house in the book, a salute to michele obama. >> i'm a huge fan, essence subscriber for many, many years. >> wonderful. >> i love this book. it captures mrs. obama in unscripted moments. why is that so important to show. >> ve

cornell, the forensic psychologist at the university of virginia, frequently reminds us if your school shooting prevention plan begins when the shooter is at the door, it's too late. so the youth promise act is one initiative which seeks to replace what the chern's defense fund calls a claim on the -- a cradle to prison pipeline, the cradle to college and career pipeline. the attorney general blue ribbon commission report on how to reduce problems associated with children exposed to violence was published a few months ago. it focuses on intervention and uses the trade evidence-based on virtually every page. it urges us to follow evidence and research and to avoid slogans and feel-good approaches that are not effective system of if we do what we know what to do and agree that our recommendations will conform to evidence-based approaches, we can have confidence that our recommendations will make a difference and our children across the nation will be protected. we have people from virginia tech that i'd like to recognize, laurie and the others, if you would stand up, those associated wit

cornell west, marcia fudge, and former house speaker newt gingrich. this is 2 1/2 hours. [applause] >> good evening. in the nation's capital on the campus of george washington university. we have been here now three years always trying to bring the nation to come to terms -- help the nation come to terms with an issue of national importance. for the last few years, we have been talking ad nauseum about the issue of poverty and how it is we get serious about making poverty a priority in this country. we will mix this up tonight. it seems to me that teetering on cliffs and bumping up against ceilings is not a good economic policy for a nation. we are going to talk tonight about what each and every one of us can do as americans, what agency we have to push our leaders to make the reduction and eradication of poverty a priority in this nation, and there is something specific that we want your help tonight to do to help push president obama as we sit here tonight on the campus of gw. the president will be inaugurated for a second term in just a few days, on a holiday honoring the person i regard as the greatest american this country has ever produced -- that is my own asses