Events
Figures and Types
Exhibit / Architecture, College of Architecture, Art and Planning
Architectural vernaculars at their best are like familiar faces in which we recognize a deep character and rediscover the essential qualities we value most...
Sibley Hall
Maria Park Exhibition: Shelf Life
Exhibit / Art, College of Architecture, Art and Planning
Shelf Life explores the reciprocal production of nature and culture in an installation comprised of paintings, objects, and the arrangement of objects and...
Milstein Hall
Of Tropical Fish and Mermaids: Louis Renard's... 8:00am
Exhibit / Mann Library, Cornell University Library
First published in 1718, when little was known about East Indian ocean life, Louis Renard’s book presented to his readers a fantastic array of sea creatures...
Mann Library
Beyond the Garden Wall: Wild Foods from Page to... 8:00am
Exhibit / Mann Library, Cornell University Library
From locusts and nettles to truffles and fiddleheads, throughout human history wild foods have sustained the hungry and delighted the connoisseur. Featuring...
Mann Library
Collecting Imagination: Treasures from the... 9:00am
Exhibit / Cornell University Library
Through a remarkable array of rare books, manuscripts, and artifacts from the collection of Jay ('77) and Eileen ('76, '78) Walker, this exhibition showcases...
Kroch Library
Mirror of the City: The Printed View in Italy... 10:00am
Exhibit / Johnson Museum of Art
This exhibition of prints, drawings, and books aims to assert the crucial role of the repeatable image in developing the Western concept of the city. It...
Johnson Museum of Art
Cinemania: Harun Farocki and Holly Zausner 10:00am
Exhibit / Johnson Museum of Art
"Cinemania" turns the gallery into a laboratory for film, much like an editing room, where individual shots are closely examined before being assembled into...
Johnson Museum of Art
Cornell Ring Event 10:00am
Special Event
Five Days Only! Purchase your official Cornell ring during Homecoming Weekend. Save up to $225 on selected rings.
Cornell Store
Harry Bertoia: Sound and Vision 10:00am
Johnson Museum of Art
Born Arieto Bertoia in Italy, Harry Bertoia (1915–1978) emigrated to the United States with as a teenager and became a prolific sculptor, printmaker, and...
Johnson Museum of Art
Occupy America? 10:30am
Lecture / CAPE: Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti
Sid Tarrow, Maxwell M. Upson Professor and Professor Emeritus to present
Boyce Thompson Institute
Art for Lunch: Mirror of the City 12:00pm
Tour / Johnson Museum of Art
Andy Weislogel, curator of European art before 1800, will discuss "Mirror of the City: The Printed View in Italy and Beyond, 1450–1940."
Johnson Museum of Art
Social Media Panel 12:00pm
Lecture, Networking, Panel Discussion
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Scoop.it, Pinterest, Google + ... How are your colleagues at the university, division, and college level managing the...
Physical Sciences Building
The Soviet Biological Weapons Program, 1928 to... 12:15pm
Seminar / Reppy Institute
Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies brown bag seminar luncheon.
Uris Hall
Welcome Back Lunch: Caregiver Support &... 12:15pm
Meeting
Whether you’ve been here before or this is your first time, welcome to the Caregiver Network! Are you providing care for an adult family member, spouse, or...
Weill Hall
Facebook is Using You 1:30pm
Lecture / CIT
Facebook and other online networks sell ads to companies that want to reach us, and the information they have about each of us is stunning. Professor and...
Statler Hotel
Introductory EndNote 3:00pm
Class/ Workshop / Mann Library
Having trouble keeping track of the research that you find? Working on a long paper or thesis? Manage your own database of references using EndNote. This...
Mann Library
ORIE Colloquium: Stephen Boyd (Stanford... 3:00pm
Seminar / Operations Research and Information Engineering, College of Engineering
Convex optimization has emerged as useful tool for applications that include data analysis and model fitting, resource allocation, engineering design,...
Upson Hall
TS: Discussion Leading: How to Start It and How... 3:00pm
Seminar / Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
In-class discussion is an effective tool for engaging students and promoting learning. Facilitators will discuss strategies to generate fruitful and...
Physical Sciences Building - Room 401
Book Reading for Kids (K-5) 3:30pm
Reading
Title: Flute's Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush written and illustrated by Lynne Cherry Free admission Description: Join us for this wonderful story...
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Whole Truths about wholesome labeling 4:00pm
Seminar / Food Science
The Latest About Food Labeling Controversies, Marketing Trends, Hot Issues & Government Rules. Lots of details and decisions influence what ends up on food...
Ives Hall
"Amorphous Oxide Semiconductor Thin-Film... 4:00pm
Seminar / Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
MSE Fall Seminar given by Prof. John Wager from Oregon State University. Refreshments will be served at 3:30pm in 260 Bard Lounge.
Kimball Hall
Dilmun Hill Work Party 4:00pm
Field Day / Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Sustainability
Experience the latest in sustainable agricultural practices and support our student farm. Come help us plant, tend and harvest vegetables, herbs and flower....
Dilmun Hill Student Farm (CUAES)
Essential Research Tools 4:00pm
Class/ Workshop / Cornell University Library, Olin Library, Uris Library
Join us for a small group, hands-on workshop, and learn to navigate through electronic articles, databases, and citation management tools. We will show you...
Olin Library
Book Talk: Earth: A Tenant's Manual 4:00pm
Author Appearance / Cornell University Library, Mann Library
In “Earth: A Tenant’s Manual,” distinguished geologist Frank H. T. Rhodes, President Emeritus of Cornell University, provides a sweeping, accessible, and...
Mann Library
BME 7900: "Structure and mechanics: Two... 4:15pm
Seminar / Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
BME 7900 Seminar Series talk by Christopher Chen, University of Pennsylvania. "A long recognized tenet of biological systems is that structure gives rise to...
Weill Hall
CU Music: Musicology Colloquium 9/20 4:30pm
Lecture / Department of Music
Ph.D. student Mike Lee presents "A Moment of Self-Correction in Chopin's E-Minor Prelude."
Lincoln Hall
Claudia Emerson Poetry Reading 4:30pm
Reading / College of Arts & Sciences, English
As part of the Creative Writing Program's Fall 2012 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading series, poet Claudia Emerson will read from her work.
Goldwin Smith Hall
The Natural Way Of Life: Ital Livity In Rastafari 4:30pm
Conference/Workshop / Anthropology
Ital livity is best known for the food practices of the Rastafari movement, that represents a commitment to living a natural life while simultaneously...
215 McGraw Hall
How Like a Chimera: Transspeciated Bodies and... 4:30pm
Lecture / Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies, Science and Technology Studies
Engaging a consortium of actants and symbionts – people, gorillas, bacteria, viruses and mythological beasts – this paper stages an encounter between queer...
A. D. White House
Kops Freedom of the Press 4:30pm
Lecture / American Studies Program
"Journalism and Justice: A Look at the Trayvon Martin Case"
Goldwin Smith Hall
Jay D. Keasling lecture: Advanced Fuels from... 4:40pm
Lecture / Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Halocarbon Corporation Lecture: "Advanced Fuels from Advanced Plants" Abstract: Today, carbon-rich fossil fuels, primarily oil, coal and natural gas,...
Physical Sciences Building
GET SET: Enhance Your Teaching by Understanding... 4:45pm
Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
GET SET: Workshop Series for Graduate Students, Future Educators, and Teaching Assistants pursuing Scholarship and Excellence in Teaching Wondering how to...
Mann Library
Hatfield Lecture: Eric E. Schmidt, Executive... 5:00pm
Lecture
Eric E. Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google Inc., will help launch Homecoming Weekend when he speaks as the university's 31st Hatfield Fellow in Economic...
Statler Hall
Artist's Talk: Type A 5:15pm
Lecture / Johnson Museum of Art
Type A (Adam Ames and Andrew Bordwin) will discuss the development of "Barrier," currently installed on the grounds of the Johnson Museum.
Johnson Museum of Art
7th Annual Fall Harvest Dinner 5:30pm
Please join us in the 7th Annual Fall Harvest Dinner this Thursday, Sept. 20 from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm at Robert Purcell Marketplace Eatery. Every menu item...
RPCC
Design Connect Jam Session #1 5:30pm
Come to Design Connect's first jam session for the school year. We will have Michael Tomlan as our speaker to discuss project proposal writing. Then we will...
Sibley Hall
Beautiful Botanicals 6:00pm
Class/ Workshop / Cornell Plantations
This hands-on class offers an introduction to painting the flora of the Plantations’ botanical collections while guiding artists of all levels to greater...
Getting Started with Data Analysis 6:00pm
Class/ Workshop / Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit
Although this workshop is open to all researchers, it is especially intended to help honors students getting started with the analysis of quantitative data....
Mann Library
Trampoline Presents: I Lost It At the Movies 7:00pm
Film / Cornell Cinema
Trampoline, Ithaca's competitive storytelling event comes up the hill for a night at the movies! Celebrate the re-opening of Willard Straight Theatre with an...
Willard Straight Theatre
Cuban Cultural Night 7:00pm
Cultural, Dance (Performance), Special Event, Music, Food/Catering / Cornell Housing
Sponsored by Clara Dickson Hall, McLLU, LLC, JAM, CASA, HILC, Paul Merrill, Satya Mohanty and George Gull, this program is in celebration of Latino Heritage...
Townhouse Community Center
EMERGENCE 7:30pm
Theatre / Department of Performing and Media Arts
Amanda is no stranger to challenge: she runs her own physics lab, is engaged in a fiery romance and is planning a friend's wedding. But when her agoraphobia...
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Attenberg - Ithaca Premiere! 9:30pm
Film / Cornell Cinema
2010 > Grecce > Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari With Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Giorgos Lanthimos In this original coming-of-age movie, 23-year-old...
Willard Straight Theatre
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