Things to Do, March 6-13

Events on campus this week include, for cat lovers, Feline Follies and an Internet Cat Video Festival; recent foreign films, Barry Strauss on Julius Caesar's assassination, and Pao Bhangra XIV.

From trauma, Fulton finds darkness, light in poetry

Written in large part after the death of her mother, Alice Fulton's new poetry collection, "Barely Composed," balances heavy themes – time, love and death – with lighter topics and humor.

Saving history, one tape at a time

A partnership between the library, CIT and the Lab of Ornithology seeks to save information across Cornell that is stored on orphaned media and in danger of decay and loss.

Charter Day panelist preview: architect Jenny Sabin

Jenny Sabin talks about the April 26 panel discussion, "Seeing and Hearing at the Cutting Edge: The Time of Experience," part of Charter Day Weekend's Festival of Ideas and Imagination, April 24-27.

New take on ‘Vagina Monologues’ aims to spur discussion

A new production of "The Vagina Monologues" on stage March 7 takes a new approach to the play and includes less frequently performed monologues staged by a male director, Aleksej Aarsaether ’17.

Oscar-winning rapper Common divulges secrets to success

A week after winning the Oscar for best original song, the rapper/actor/activist Common spoke to 1,300 Cornell students in Bailey Hall March 2 on secrets to success.

Panelists survey rise of radical right in Europe

Right-wing parties in Europe, like France's National Front, are taking advantage of anti-Muslim sentiment in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris, panelists said Feb. 27.

Translation reveals real life in the Hasidic world in Poland

Jonathan Boyarin, the Thomas and Diann Mann Professor of Jewish Studies and professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has translated a history of East European Jewry.

Gettleman shares anecdotes, offers advice

Jeffrey Gettleman ’94, East Africa bureau chief for The New York Times and a Pulitzer Prize winner, shared anecdotes from his time at Cornell and his career Feb. 25.