Events on campus this week include music and culture from Turkey, Java, Japan and Korea; student film screenings, a Glacier Gala, a 5K walk/run benefiting local pets, and a talk on math and crocheting.
More than 700 staff enjoyed lunch, reflections and student performances at the 25th anniversary of the Jennie T. Farley Office Professionals Celebration.
On May 1 President David Skorton updated the Cornell community on the diversity planning effort Toward New Destinations, highlighting engagement with such off-campus constituents as community organizations and vendors.
Former National Labor Relations Board chair Wilma Liebman talked about the troubled state of U.S. labor law in her Milton Konvitz Memorial Lecture April 29.
In his new book, Bruno Bosteels examines the revived interest among younger Latin Americans in the ideas of Marx and Freud, after their influence on an earlier generation of activists and artists.
Three Cornell student groups each recently received the Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award, which comes with a grant of $1,500 to further their community service projects.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is honoring its outgoing president, Don Randel, former Cornell provost and emeritus professor, with an endowment for graduate student teaching fellowships in music at Cornell.