Things to Do, April 12-19

Events on campus this week include sustainability expert/graduate student Annie Leonard with 'The Story of Stuff;' the annual Pao Bhangra show; films about bees and AIDS; the 22nd Cornell Jazz Festival and a climate readiness conference.

Indigenous hip-hop artists address social issues in their work

At an April 6 panel discussion, Native American and Filipino artists said that hip-hop provides an outlet for advocacy and an effective way to keep indigenous culture and values alive.

Assié-Lumumba elected to CIES leadership

Cornell professor N'Dri Assié-Lumumba has been elected vice president of the Comparative and International Education Society for 2013-14 and will assume the society's presidency in 2015-16.

Mayor Svante Myrick inspires students to volunteer

Students from across campus came together April 1 to hear Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick '09 speak about volunteering and diversity at Cornell during an event called 'Class of 2017: Engage, Impact, Inspire.'

Applications for admission to Cornell top 40,000

Cornell has accepted 6,062 applicants for admission to the Class of 2017 this fall, out of 40,006 applications received, the highest number of applications to date and 5.8 percent more than in 2012.

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.

Conference to honor Robert L. Harris Jr. April 5-6

Retiring Africana professor Robert L. Harris Jr. will be honored at a conference to be held at the Africana Studies and Research Center April 5-6.

Alumni donate books chronicling the black experience

More than 200 books published by the Negro Universities Press, reprinting rare historical materials on the black experience, have been donated to the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library.