Things to Do, March 11-18, 2016

Events this week include the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Pi Day, a Science Cabaret on insects in pop culture, a reading by poet Gjertrud Schnackenberg and Union Days at the ILR School.

Community carnival to benefit United Way

The annual Hilltop Jamboree at Barton Hall, Sunday, March 13, from 1 to 5 p.m. is geared to the local community and families and will feature festival food, displays, games and inflatables.

Cornell in Turin cited for study of 'model' community center

The Cornell in Turin program was recognized in an Italian newspaper for students' work with community centers in their research studies of migration and services for immigrants in Italy.

ILR School research finds persistent gender pay gap

ILR School professors Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn finds an eight percent wage gap that cannot be accounted for, even after controlling for variables that influence workers' pay.

Garrett memorial gathering set for March 17 in Bailey

A memorial gathering for President Elizabeth Garrett will be held Thursday, March 17, at 3 p.m. in Bailey Hall. The event will be live streamed on the newly launched In Memoriam website.

Women MBA students host NYC Johnson tech conference

Cornell and other top business college students tested the popularity of their technical and marketing skills on March 4 during the third annual Johnson Women in Technology conference in Manhattan.

Alum wins physics prize named for Cornell Nobelists

Mohammad Hamidian, Ph.D. ’11, has been named the 2016 winner of the Lee-Osheroff-Richardson Prize for his discoveries of new forms of electronic matter at the nanoscale and at extreme low temperatures.

With songs, stories, students honor Garrett's legacy

Holding candles flickering in the twilight of March 8, hundreds of students gathered on Ho Plaza to honor Cornell's 13th president, Elizabeth Garrett, who died of colon cancer March 6.

Cancer research fund set up at Weill Cornell in honor of Garrett

On March 8, Dr. Laurie Glimcher, dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, announced the launch of the President Elizabeth Garrett Fund for Colon Cancer Research.