Events this week include plays about love and sexuality, films about math and physics, Concerto Competition winners in concert, and a Community-Supported Agriculture Fair.
Events on campus this week include: a film on the black Panthers, several book readings, Latino conference, Locally Grown Dance and Black Gospel festivals, and a lecture by Steven Pinker. (Feb. 24, 2011)
According to Cornell professor emeritus of food science Joe Regenstein ’65, M.S. ’66, consumer fears about genetically modified food are mostly misplaced. He spoke at Mann Library Feb. 18.
Éva Tardos, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science, has been honored with an invitation from the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics to speak at its upcoming conference.
Cornell Orchestra members traveled to Argentina over spring break to collaborate with professional symphony musicians for a concert performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in the city of Neuquén.
A national commission that included leaders from CALS announced May 16 a comprehensive, coordinated effort to solve food and nutrition security challenges that pose humanitarian, environmental and national security risks.
With projections of 9.5 billion people by 2050, humankind faces the challenge of feeding modern diets to additional mouths while using the same amounts of water, fertilizer and arable land as today.