Things to Do, April 5-12

Events this week include Jason and Alicia Hall Moran in Barnes Hall; 'Chasing Ice' at Cornell Cinema, a community project with artists and survivors of assault, and the American Indian Program's 30th anniversary conference.

Class of 1950 helps fund theater upgrades

An anonymous donor and the Class of 1950 are aiding student performance groups by supporting upgrades to the theater in Willard Straight Hall.

Expo features flyers, hoverers, soarers and wind catchers

The first on-campus Aeronautics/Alternative Energy Expo March 28 showed visitors the power of flight and wind.

Faculty stir up solutions at climate change forum

About 100 faculty members and graduate students from fields ranging from the physical and natural sciences to economics and the humanities gathered March 28 at the Interdisciplinary Climate Change Forum.

Philosophy of 'Levantinism' still relevant today

Professor's new book shows how Jacqueline Kahanoff's philosophy of 'Levantinism,' advocating a multicultural society in Israel is still relevant today.

Fields '99 will give Munschauer lecture April 11

Natalie Bridgeman Fields '99, defender of environmental and human rights around the world, will give the Munschauer Career Lecture on April 11.

How philosophy and music intertwine

French philosopher Francois Noudelmann took to the piano to demonstrate the intersection of philosophy and amateur music making, the subject of his new book, March 14 in A.D. White House.

Graffiti, film, photo archives expand Hip Hop Collection

Cornell University Library's Hip Hop Collection has recently acquired several collections of graffiti art, photography and other materials, to be featured in an exhibition opening April 4.

Exhibitions, events celebrate hip-hop culture

Hip-hop pioneers return to Ithaca April 4-7 for the opening of the Cornell Hip Hop Collection’s first major exhibition and a community-wide celebration of 40 years of hip-hop culture.