A look at what's in Cornell University's Charter, and information on when it and other sesquicentennial exhibits will be on display for extended hours during Charter Day Weekend.
Thousands of alumni will visit campus April 24-27 for Charter Day Weekend: A Festival of Ideas and Imagination, featuring more than 40 events celebrating Cornell's global contributions.
Artist and design professor Jack Elliott's new installation at the College of Human Ecology features classical plaster casts, new works of sculpture and the remains of a 150-year-old tree.
Three undergraduates have received top prizes in the "My Cornell" writing and video contests held in honor of the university's sesquicentennial year. The winning essays and video will be showcased at the April 25 "Sights and Sounds” panel.
Hadas Kress-Gazit, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, will speak about robotics at Charter Day: A Festival of Ideas and Imagination, April 26 in Rockefeller Hall.
Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, will speak on “Six Degrees of Separation” Sunday, April 26, 1-2:15 p.m. at Bailey Hall, as part of Charter Day.
Three documents related to Abraham Lincoln go on display Saturday, April 11, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, level 2B of Kroch Library.
“Poetry & Pastry: an elegant soiree of Near Eastern & New York Poetry" on April 16 will combine literature, art, pastry and the launch of a book of poetry. The event will be held at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
