College of Human Ecology students tied dozens of red ribbons on trees lining East Avenue, Tower Road and the Arts Quad, signaling the start of this weekend’s sesquicentennial celebration.
Events this week include a reading by poet Luis Urrea, a museum talk on surrealism and magic, student-designed wearable art and ticket sales for the Fall Employee Celebration.
Lawrence Glickman, professor of history at Cornell University and author of “Buying Power, a history of consumer activism in America”, comments on recent boycotts against companies that work with the NRA.
Princeton historian Kevin Kruse will deliver the LaFeber-Silbey Lecture, "Make America Born Again: Religion and Politics in the 2016 Campaign,” Nov. 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 165 McGraw Hall.
Kendra Bischoff, assistant professor of sociology and the Richard and Jacqueline Emmet Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, has been chosen a 2016 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.
Girls' Adventures in Math (GAIM), a team-based math competition for girls in grades 3-8, will be held at Cornell University on Sunday, April 29 from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.
Tracy McNulty, chair of comparative literature and professor of French and comparative literature, teaches interdisciplinary courses on as the origins of language, myth and symbolic thought.