Events this week include Ag Day and Spring Fest sustainability activities on the Ag Quad; comics and pop culture; Pedal for Pets; a public lecture on civil society and public protest; and locally made films.
Recent transfer student and horticulture enthusiast Justin Kondrat ’14 has led a project with the help of nearly 100 Cornellians to plant some 50,000 blooming flowers that spell out the word “rooted” in 10-foot letters on Libe Slope; the display will glow nightly until May 1.
Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde, who conjures clouds in empty exhibition spaces, gave a public lecture on campus April 21 and unveiled his latest work, created in Milstein Hall last weekend.
A $3.8 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation will fund a new research project on hope and optimism, co-directed by Cornell philosophy professor Andrew Chignell.
For one day only, April 23, Cornell Library is putting all four of its 17th-century folio editions of William Shakespeare's collected plays on display to celebrate the Bard's 450th birthday.
Events this week include Cornell Yamatai's annual concert, 'Far From Canterbury' at the Schwartz Center, Roby Lakatos Ensemble in Bailey Hall, and a lecture on tennis legend Arthur Ashe.
Performing Arts for Social Change, a program of the Center for Transformative Action, uses theater to help empower people to express themselves and stage their stories.
