An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.
Law professors Gerald Torres of Cornell and Lani Guinier of Harvard will deliver the Robert L. Harris Jr. ADVANCEments in Science Distinguished Lecture, "The Miner's Canary and Black Lives Matter" April 18.
On-demand bike sharing – commonplace in major metropolitan areas – became a reality at Cornell April 14 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside Kennedy Hall, with about 50 onlookers eying the Zagster bikes.
The Cornell Council for the Arts' 2018 Biennial begins in September, with invited artists including Carrie Mae Weems and Xu Bing joining student and faculty participants.
Christine Smart, a professor of plant pathology who specializes in development of management strategies for vegetable diseases, has been appointed director of the School of Integrative Plant Science.
AguaClara, an Engineering Project Team that has built 14 gravity-powered surface water treatment facilities in Honduras over the last 12 years, has begun construction of its first plant in Nicaragua.
Events this week include a multimedia rock ’n’ roll opera for Halloween; a Biennial performance featuring Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon; and a talk on how automation can increase inequality.