Hegel and Haiti

Susan Buck-Morss, the Jan Rock Zubrow '77 Chair of Social Sciences at Cornell, will discuss her new book "Hegel, Haiti and Universal History," March 27 at 2 p.m. in the Cornell Store. Buck-Morss draws new connections between history, inequality, social conflict and human emancipation in the book and offers a reinterpretation of Friedrich Hegel's master-slave dialectic.

Nantastic

Visit the Sciencenter March 28 to participate in more than 20 hands-on activities about nanoscience and nanotechnology and dress up as a nanoscientist in a head-to-toe "bunny suit" like siblings Quiana, 8, and Jaelon Lynch, 5. Free admission. Co-sponsor: Cornell Center for Nanoscale Systems Institute for Physics Teachers.

Ritmo caliente

Seven-time Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri brings his Latin Jazz Band to Bailey Hall March 28 at 8 p.m. Palmieri, a professional musician for more than 50 years, is best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms. Information:http://www.cornellconcertseries.com.

War and peace

"War Child," March 28-29 at Cornell Cinema, is a documentary following London-based hip-hop star Emmanuel Jal on his journey to bring worldwide attention to the plight of war-torn Africa. As a child in the 1980s, Jal was one of many "lost boys" fighting for the Sudan People's Liberation Army.

Also this week, Cornell Cinema's Jewish Film Festival concludes with "Waves of Freedom" and "Strawberry Fields," March 29 and 31. Admission to "Strawberry Fields" -- the story of the Gazan strawberry, focusing on globalization, politics and occupation -- is free with admission to "Waves of Freedom," about American volunteers who worked on barely seaworthy vessels to run the British blockade and smuggle Holocaust survivors into Israel.

Grad students meet

The Student Advocacy Committee of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly will hold an open forum March 30 at 4 p.m. in the Big Red Barn. Refreshments, raffle and door prizes. Open to graduate and professional students.

Soirée musicale

Les Petits Violons de Cornell, a period instrument (violone, harpsichord) baroque orchestra led by Heather Miller Lardin, performs April 1 at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall.

Collaborative engineering

The Cornell Engineering Research Conference will be held April 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Duffield and Upson Halls. The event is organized by graduate students and the Cornell Office of Research and Graduate Studies to unite Cornell engineers with other campus researchers and foster interdisciplinary collaboration. Open to all. Program: http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/student-services/rgs/graduate-conference.

Food under siege

An open conference on "Visible Warnings: The World Food Crisis in Perspective" will be held on campus April 3 and 4. Presenters will examine the politics of food security and its relation to development policies over the past half century; the implications of global de-peasantization; the food riot phenomenon; corporate control of the world food system; and agrofuels. Free and open to all. Schedule: http:..www.polson.cals.cornell.edu.

Vet open house

The College of Veterinary Medicine holds an open house April 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Veterinary students and members of the faculty and staff host this annual event that provides a chance for those interested to get a closer look at veterinary medicine. Careers in veterinary medicine have traditionally involved working with dogs, cats, cows, horses, sheep and pigs. Today this rapidly growing field also provides opportunities to work in the animal health industry, government, armed forces and with many other species in zoos and wildlife refuges. Among the highlights of the day: a petting zoo with baby farm animals; exhibits with exotic pets and wildlife; cow milking; pet anatomy; and horse shoeing.