"A Tale of Three Cities: Reading Turin, Trieste and Rome," a talk by Kora von Wittelsbach, will be held at the Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St. in New York City.
At Social Mobility in an Unequal World Conference April 20, Stanford's David Grusky's discussed absolute mobility rates: children who earn more than their parents did at the same age.
Sustainability improvements, including new climate control technology, at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art have cut overall energy usage by 40 percent.
More than 200 people gathered April 24 to honor the civic outreach of Cornell students at the 2017 Community Engagement Showcase, which displayed several dozen projects associated with the community.
Cornell President Martha E. Pollack attended the spring meeting of the presidents and chancellors of the AAU member universities this week and supports the statement they released on federal support of research funding.
Professor Emeritus Robert Hughes, Ph.D. '52, who taught chemistry at Cornell from 1964 to 1980 and served as assistant director of the National Science Foundation, died in Virginia April 2. He was 92.
More than 600 office professionals attended the Jennie T. Farley Office Professionals Celebration April 26 and had the opportunity to welcome Cornell's new president, Martha E. Pollack, eight days into her tenure.
Events this week include a memorial celebration of Susan Christopherson's life and work, collegial collaborators Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and Dagmawi Woubshet, and "Psycho" in Willard Straight Hall.