Author Michael Pollan to deliver Iscol lecture April 27

Michael Pollan, environmentalist and best-selling author, speaks on "Out of the Garden" at the 2017 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture on April 27, in Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.

Baptist, Hutchinson awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

Professor of history Edward Baptist and assistant professor of English Ishion Hutchinson are among the newest Guggenheim Fellowship recipients named by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Playwright Paula Vogel honored for LGBT activism

Paula Vogel's long and winding road from Ithaca in the 1970s to Broadway in 2017 was revisited April 8 in Manhattan where she was honored with the third annual Steven W. Siegel Award.

Alum producer of 'Stranger Things,' 'Arrival' to lecture

Dan Cohen '05, producer of the sci-fi movie 'Arrival' and the hit Netflix series 'Stranger Things,' will talk with students about his career April 21.

Joint statement affirms support for DACA students

Senior Vice Provost Barbara Knuth, Vice President Ryan Lombardi and Vice Provost Laura Spitz issued a statement updating the community on Cornell's policies with respect to DACA students.

Rawlings, Pollack voice support for Central European University

Interim President Hunter Rawlings and President-elect Martha E. Pollack have added their voices and strong statements of support in solidarity with Central European University in response to legislation passed by the Hungarian government that could close the university.

Ethical behavior starts at the top, says Johnson lecturer

Linda Treviño of Penn State delivered the Day Family Ethics Lecture March 28 on "Ethical Leadership Top to Bottom: When It Works and When It Fails."

Things to Do, April 7-14, 2017

Events this week include space on film and live music in Sage Chapel; a screening of "1984;" a lecture by Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis; book talks and the Centrally Isolated Film Festival.

Cornell hosts urban and rural students for food security program

More than 50 high school students from across the state visited Cornell March 31-April 1 for the New York Youth Institute, the state-level World Food Prize youth program engaging students with issues related to agriculture and food security.