European Union leaders are meeting on Thursday to discuss how to power the bloc’s economic recovery and help its hardest-hit members weather the current crisis. Christopher Way, associate professor of government and an expert in European politics and political economy, says that the task at hand for European leaders is not easy.
The Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation’s ninth Fiber Arts and Wearable Arts Exhibition, a collection of Cornell student creations on display at the Jill Stuart Gallery in the Human Ecology Building, runs through Oct. 24.
Wolf Gruner, director of the USC Shoah Foundation Center Center for Advanced Genocide Research and a USC professor, will talk about defiance and protest of the Nazi regime by Jews on March 17.
Cornell’s Malacology Collection will get new life online when it is donated to the Paleontological Research Institution, which plans to digitize it and make it available to researchers around the world.
Thomas Wyatt Turner, Ph.D. 1921, was the first Black person at Cornell to earn a doctorate and the first Black person in the nation to earn a doctorate in botany. He was also a pioneer in the civil rights movement.
Cornell’s first Digital Agriculture Hackathon saw students from a variety of disciplines come together to develop ways of addressing some of the world’s most pressing agricultural challenges.
Event this week include book talks on aging and emotions and artist Cy Twombley's inspirations; Mac Benford on "Bound for Glory"; "Sonic Sea" at Cornell Cinema; and plays written "After Orlando."
Events on campus this week include alumni art exhibitions, a lecture on the history and nature of personally transformative objects, and stargazing at Fuertes Observatory.