Fall break may be next week, but the calendar is still full of activities, from football to music and exhibits on arts and history. Below, find a selection of upcoming events that are open to the public. 

Friday night lights

Cheer on the Cornell football team as it takes on Harvard under the lights Friday night. Can’t make it to the game? It’ll be broadcast nationally on ESPN2.

• Friday, Oct. 11, 6 p.m. at Schoellkopf Memorial Stadium or on ESPN2
• Tickets

Panel on health policy

Robert M. Califf, U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner, will join Cornell leaders for a “fireside chat” to discuss the roles of research, policy and regulation in addressing health challenges in New York state and across the U.S. 

• Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2-3 p.m. in the Memorial Room of Willard Straight Hall, 136 Ho Plaza
• Free, no tickets required

An inspiring alum

Ken Kunken ’73, M.A. ’77 – the first quadriplegic to graduate from Cornell – will sign copies of his memoir “I Dream of Things that Never Were: The Ken Kunken Story” Thursday, Oct. 17 at 4:30-5:40 p.m. at the Cornell Store, 132 Ho Plaza.

Take a break for music

Listen to cellist Hannah Soren perform solo works by Luigi Dallapiccola and Forrest Moody (premiere). Pianist Jack Yarbrough will accompany her for Salvatore Sciarrino’s Melencolia I during Midday Music.

• Thursday, Oct. 17, 12:30 p.m. at Sage Chapel
• Free, no tickets required

In the mood for mariachi? Latin-GRAMMY-nominated Mariachi Herencia de México will perform in Friday evening. Their program, Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa), combines mariachi roots with vibrant percussion traditions from Spanish Harlem.

• Cornell Concert Series, Friday, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall
• Tickets

Exhibits

Wander through several exhibits covering art, culture and history:

• Black Print: African American Writing, 1773-1910 – Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Level 2B, Carl A. Kroch Library.
• Sit, Stay: An exhibition of early dog photographs – Kroch Library, 2B, Olin Library.
• From Nabokov’s Net – Vladimir Nabokov’s contributions to butterfly science and the Cornell University Insect Collection. Mann Gallery, second floor, Mann Library.
• Alp Demiroglu and Veronika Varga: hydro-POWER: State and Energy in Central Asia – Examining water infrastructure and strategic resource development as an instrument of imperial and colonial expansion. Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Milstein Hall.
• Convergence – 2024 Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholars Fiber/Wearable Art exhibit, featuring the work of five students. Jill Stuart Gallery, Human Ecology Building.

Find more events at events.cornell.edu.