To kick off the Lauren Pickard '90 Emerging Artist Series at Cornell, the campus's Willard Straight Hall will be showcasing a rising star, Sam Shaber, who has been called "the soul of New York folk."
James Lovell Jr., commander of the perilous Apollo 13 mission in 1970, will speak at Cornell April 16 at 8 p.m. in Bailey Hall. In his talk, "Apollo 13: A Successful Failure," Lovell will share a behind-the-scenes account of what was to be the fifth U.S. mission to the moon.
On Monday, April 16, Ambassador Alon Pinkas, the Counsel General of Israel, will give two talks titled "The Middle East After Israeli Elections: Thoughts on the Past and Prospects for the Future" in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall.
As if the free ice cream was not enough. Cornell University's famous a capella singing group The Hangovers will serenade holiday revelers at the Cornell Dairy Bar's fifth annual "Lighting of the Cows" Friday, Dec. 1, at 4 p.m.
The Cornell University-Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Partnership will host its first Cancer Biology Lecture in Room G-01 in Biotechnology Building on Dec. 1. Antony Burgess, M.D., co-discoverer of a powerful cellular stimulant, will discuss "Signaling Therapeutics: Designing Drugs to Treat Cancer."
The annual Cornell Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference will be held Tuesday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. hosted by Cornell's Department of Applied Economics and Management.
In a concerted effort to focus attention on the need for expanded international programs, Cornell has joined colleges and universities across the nation to celebrate the first U.S. International Education Week, Nov. 13-17.
