Things to Do, April 8-15, 2016

Events this week include a regional student film festival at the Schwartz Center, Wu Man and The Shanghai Quartet in Bailey Hall, and 'The Messenger' and 'A Space Program' at Cornell Cinema.

Cornell introducing new job application system

Workday Recruitment, a new employment application system for nonacademic employees and librarians, will launch April 18 in Workday.

Alice Li will direct Cornell's technology transfer group

Alice Li has been named executive director of Cornell’s Center for Technology Licensing, the university's patent and technology transfer arm. She had been serving as the group’s interim director since August 2014.

Alternative Spring Breaks teach more than service

Instead of venturing to a beach or other vacation destination during spring break, more than 120 Cornell Alternative Breaks students traveled the East coast to volunteer with service agencies.

'China on Strike' offers modern-day workers' narratives

Workers in contemporary industrial China give their first-hand accounts and uncensored views of their struggle for their rights in a new book co-edited by ILR School assistant professor Eli Friedman.

Sexual assault awareness is focus of April 11-15 events

Cornell's second annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week is April 11-15, featuring Kate Harding, author of “Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture – and What We Can Do About It.”

Media studies at Cornell ask questions of culture

The emerging field of media studies embraces computer science, the physical sciences, psychology, fine arts, history, sociology and literature.

ISS wraps up 'creativity' project

The Institute for the Social Sciences recently concluded theme project tackled tried to learn how sociologists, psychologists, economists and others struggle to understand one another.

Showcase celebrates community engagement April 11

The fourth annual Community Engagement Showcase will be held Monday, April 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Physical Sciences Building Atrium.