Multimedia artist and educator Pepón Osorio will unveil "Side by Side," his installation for the Cornell Council for the Arts Biennial, April 20 in Rand Hall.
President Martha E. Pollack recently spoke to the Chronicle about how universities innovate, the critical importance of free speech and academic expression on campus, and what has surprised her most about Cornell so far.
Robert H. Frank, professor of economics and management at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and author of Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class, says that as real estate prices in large metropolitan areas continue to soar, the middle class people who provide essential services – teachers, police and firefighters – cannot afford to live in the areas that they serve.
Earl Lewis, award-winning scholar and president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, spoke on "When the Past Is not the Past: Slavery and the American Psyche" April 11 in Klarman Hall.
Vice President Joe Biden, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in January, will give the keynote address at this year's Senior Convocation, during Cornell's 149th Commencement Weekend.
Events on campus this week include "The Last Waltz" and "Metropolitan" at Cornell Cinema; Indonesian art; original drama at the Schwartz Center, Pao Bhangra, and ESPN's Sarah Spain '02 and Kate Fagan.
"Transforming Bodies," an interdisciplinary conference April 21-22, will explore the centrality of bodies to concepts and practices of conversion in the early modern world.
