Smart Food

Nutritionist Ellie Krieger '88 will deliver the Dorothy M. Proud Lectureship on "Getting Through: Communicating Nutrition Effectively to Inspire Change," April 24 at 5 p.m. in Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.

The facts on Truth

Cornell history professor Margaret Washington will present "Sojourner Truth: Writing the Life of a Legend" and sign her new book, "Sojourner Truth's America" (University of Illinois Press) on April 25. Washington will be at the History Center in Tompkins County, 401 E. State St., Ithaca, from 2-4 p.m. Washington's book tells the story of 19th-century America through the life of Truth, a charismatic and influential slave who became an unlikely anti-slavery activist.

Cellular benefits

Ira Mellman will deliver a University Lecture April 28 at 2:30 p.m. in G10 Biotechnology, "From the Halls of Academia to the Shores of Industry: Basic Cell Biology for Human Benefit." Mellman is vice president of research oncology at Genentech Inc. and was on the faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine for more than 20 years.

Vintage sound

The period-instrument orchestra San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque, joined by vocal soloists Carolyn Sampson and Robin Blaze and conducted by Nicholas McGegan, performs April 29 at 8 p.m. in Bailey Hall. Program includes concerti by Corelli and Vivaldi, selections from Handel oratorios and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. Tickets: http://www.cornellconcertseries.com.

African leadership

Mo Ibrahim will deliver the Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship Lecture April 27 at 4:30 p.m. in Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall, on "Africa Works -- With Good Governance, Investment and a Little Help From Our Friends." Ibrahim, a billionaire technology entrepreneur, established the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to support African leadership in 2006. The $5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership is the world's largest. Free and open to the public.

Christo and philosophers

Cornell Cinema presents two local premieres of acclaimed documentaries this week. "Examined Life," showing April 27-28, takes philosophy to the streets, following accomplished philosophers and theorists (including Cornel West, Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek) to the places that inspire and challenge them. "The Gates," screening April 24 and 27-28, chronicles the decades-long battle by installation artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude to bring The Gates installation to Central Park in February 2005. Following the April 28 screening, Nancy McAfee '63 will discuss her experience as a project volunteer.

Piloting into history

Veteran flier Roscoe C. Brown Jr. will deliver two talks on campus April 28 about the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American pilots who served with distinction in World War II. Brown, a former member of the group, speaks on "They Said It Couldn't Be Done -- But the Tuskegee Did" at 4 p.m. in 235 Hans Bethe House; and "Models of Leadership: The Tuskegee Airmen" at 7:30 p.m. in G-1 Uris Hall.

Veterans' benefit

Pre-publication sale of the new book "The G.I. Bill," by Cornell professors Glenn Altschuler and Stuart Blumin will be held April 28 at 4 p.m. in the Cornell Store. The authors will sign copies.

Haydn at Lincoln

The New Esterházy Quartet (Lisa Weiss and Kati Kyme, violins; Anthony Martin, viola; and William Skeen, cello) will perform two Haydn String Quartets -- op. 50, no. 6 and op. 77, no. 2 -- April 29 at 12:30 p.m. in B20 Lincoln Hall. Founded in 2006, the quartet takes its name from the Hungarian estate where Joseph Haydn lived and worked for nearly three decades.