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Friday, April 21

April Is Sustainability Month 2023

Cornell University celebrates all things sustainability during the entire month of April, with dozens of events in film, fashion, art, wellness, social...

CURBx Research Conference

Are you interested in learning more about undergraduate research at Cornell? Join the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board for our 11th Semiannual CURBx...

Record artifacts from Justin Timberlake, Weezer from "Drop the Needle" exhibit

From Schubert’s “Gretchen am Spinnrade” to the 1950s romantic ballad “Blue Velvet,” fabrics like silk, satin, velvet, and cotton have loomed large in the...

Exhibit: Seeds of Survival and Celebration

The mission of Cornell Botanic Gardens is to share the deep and enduring connections between the rich diversity of the plant world and the equally rich...

LIFE AFTER: Material Manifestations of Loss

How do we use clothing and textiles to mourn? In my research and curation, I chose to share the voices of those whose mourning practices might be inspiring,...

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Looking In [past event]

Milstein Hall, which opened in 2011, is a 47,000 square-foot building that includes 25,000 square feet of flexible studio space and a 250-seat auditorium....

Photo Source: Cornell Maple Program

Spring Rolls for Spring - 4-H Families Cook April 21, 2023 5:00pm to 7:00pm Make memories in our 4-H kitchen with a family cooking class. We'll make...

Textiles of Asia: Patterns & Processes

As part of the Threads of History exhibition series, Kroch Asia presents Textiles of Asia: Patterns & Processes. There is a rich history of textiles in...

Image of different colored threads going through the eye of a needle

Using needle and thread, warp and weft, 28 artists mend and explore the meaning and self-expression behind textile creation and envision a future of textiles...

Ties that Bind: Quilting at the Clarke Africana Library

Visit this two-part exhibit celebrating quilting in the African American community. [Featured image: "Dearly Beloved" by LaQuita Tummings] Precious...

The 98th Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell

Hotel Ezra Cornell is a three-day, student-run business conference for hospitality industry leaders and members of the Cornell community from across the...

BLUE SPACE: An Immersive Waterscape Exhibit to Reduce Stress

This gallery exhibit will feature an immersive sensory waterscape environment in which all students, staff, and faculty can utilize to relax, unwind,...

Photo of overfull clothes wrack with text: Sustaining Style: Towards More Responsible Fashion

Booming fast fashion has made stylish clothing more affordable than ever before, but costs to industry workers and the natural environment have been serious....

Transmuting Trash: Diverging Invasive Waste into Artistic Treasures

Sponsored by the College of Human Ecology's Green Ambassadors, Transmuting Trash is a collaborative effort by students and staff at Cornell and across the...

Come work with Cornell Dining! Open Job Call!

Cornell Dining is looking for enthusiastic and service-minded cooks to join our team. We have opportunities in all areas from large diverse teams to small...

Individual sitting with hands on knees and eyes closed in deep thought

Running February 3 through March 24 w/Ruth Merle-Doyle and March 31 through May 19 w/Kerry HowellThis offering will be provided through Zoom liveRegister...

9am
Virtual Event
Members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, hold rally flyers as they participate in the New York Chinatown Strike of 1982 to demand better wages and benefits.

Social Fabric: Land, Labor, and the World the Textile Industry Created tells the story of the communities affected by the textile and garment industries in...

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Join HEC 98’s Programs Director, Lucas Arulpragasam, as he holds a fireside chat with Gilda Perez-Alvarado, Global CEO of JLL, about sustainable and...

Prototopia- Prototyping for Innovators

This lecturet will cover different aspects and strategies prototyping ideas, products and services for the purpose of raising funding, developing innovation...

10:30am
Virtual Event
A Day with Daphne Frias

Keynote Speaker | Sustainability Month Creating an Environmentally Safe and Socially Just World Where Humanity Can Thrive: A Day with Daphne Frias Join...

Cherry Blossom Pop-up table

Explore the rich cultural history of the cherry blossom with the Garden Ambassadors of Cornell Botanic Gardens. Stop by our table at Art of Ag day to learn...

Ingredients: A Pop-up Shop

Join Thread, Cornell's largest fashion, art, and culture magazine, in its collaboration with Cornell Dairy and some Depop sellers! An effort to promote...

Yiddish Conversation Hour

We will provide an informal gathering "space" for any and all who wish to speak and hear Yiddish. The subject of conversation will depend on the interests of...

12pm
Virtual Event
Department of Psychology Colloquium Series - The Neisser Lecture

The Neisser Lecture: "Understanding Abstraction and Conceptual Representation Across Development and Across Species" to be presented by Daphna Buchsbaum,...

Ezra's Round Table / Systems Seminar: Wang Shengwei (Hong Kong PolyU)

Smart, Energy-efficient and Grid-interactive Buildings: Technology Development and Benefits Effective use of renewable energy resources together with...

Michael Manville and Rosie Tighe: YIMBY-ism — Is Upzoning a Viable Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis?

Abstract In recent years, local governments across the United States have turned to lifting zoning restrictions as a mechanism to attenuate the affordable...

 LMSS @ Cornell Tech:  Yiling Chen (Harvard)

Learning Machines Seminar Series What: LMSS: Yiling Chen (Harvard) When: Friday, April 21, 12:30 p.m. Where: Room 091, Bloomberg Center, Cornell Tech...

Flying Higher: Innovative Loyalty in the Airline Industry

President of Air Canada Aeroplan, Mark Nasr ‘07, will speak about the crucial role loyalty plays in the hospitality and aviation industry. Mr. Nasr has a...

William Shakespeare

In 2023, the world marks the 400th anniversary of the first publication of Shakespeare’s collected plays, and Cornell University Library celebrates this...

Composers Forum: Marina Rosenfeld

Marina Rosenfeld (b. 1968) is a composer and artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Working across the disciplinary boundaries of music and visual art, she has...

PIHE: Hospitality Business Plan Competition Finals

Join us! The Hospitality Business Plan Competition provides an experiential learning opportunity to rising entrepreneurs looking to make their mark on the...

Triadisches Ballett (Triadic Ballet)

The next Institute for German Cultural Studies' Colloquium in the Spring 2023 series will be given by Annette Simonis on Friday, April 21, at 2:30p.m. in...

PMAPS Colloquium: Shanti Pillai & Marc Gomes

To the Academy is a multimedia performance work inspired by Kafka’s short story, A Report for an Academy, and the ancient Sanskrit treatise on performance,...

Quantum Theory Seminar - A model of d-wave superconductivity, antiferromagnetism, and charge order on the square lattice - Maine Christos (Harvard)

A model of d-wave superconductivity, antiferromagnetism, and charge order on the square lattice Faculty Hosts: Chao-Mian Jian, and Debanjan Chowdhury

3:30pm
Virtual Event
The words, 'classical Chinese' appear in classical Chinese characters in brown against a parchment background.

Xingke tiben: A Murder Case from 1762 CCCC with Matthew Sommer (History, Stanford) The Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium (CCCC) 古文品讀 is a reading group...

Conversation Hours logo

Come to the LRC to practice your language skills and meet new people. Conversation Hours provide an opportunity to use the target language in an informal,...

How would your employees rate you? Analyzing HR in Hospitality

Elizabeth Ngonzi ‘98 (Founder and CEO of the The International Social Impact Institute), will moderate a panel of Vaibhav Garg (Cluster Director of Talent...

Brotherless Night book cover

Brotherless Night [past event]

Reading by V. V. Ganeshananthan (Novelist) Jaffna, 1981. Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, a vicious civil war...

Han Xu DMA recital: CU Music

Composer Han Xu presents a DMA concert featuring video installations and percussion.

Wizards Feast

Wizards Feast [past event]

Come enjoy a magical evening featuring a special menu, chocolate frogs, and more!

Megan R. Luke

The late 1830s witnessed the near-simultaneous announcement of two inventions that would redefine the relationship between art and industry in the decades to...

Laudato Si': Taking Stock and New Challenges

A capstone event for COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture's semester study on Science, Religion, and the Environment. Speakers: Benjamin de Foy...

Café con Leche

Café con Leche [past event]

Join us this Spring for the Latino Living Center Café con Leche Series. This series allows students, student organizations, programs and departments to...

Rich Booth

The Cornell Baseball Association and the Department of Athletics and Physical Education invites you to celebrate the new facility with a weekend of special...

Nature’s Play: An Invasive Performance

Nature’s Play: An Invasive Performance Adam Shulman '23, the creator of "Nature's Play: An Invasive Performance," has spent a year tending to a degraded...

The Queen

The Queen [past event]

1968 > US > Directed by Frank Simon With Jack Doroshow, Crystal LaBeija, Rachel Harlow, Andy Warhol A restored documentary of a pre-Stonewall drag...

Electrolyte plays The Downstairs

Electrolyte is an eclectic trio from Central New York that seeks to respectfully agitate evolving musical traditions from across the globe. Deeply rooted in...

Alcarras

Alcarras [past event]

2022 > Spain/Italy > Directed by Carla Simon With Josep Abad, Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin A family gathers for the last peach harvest in the orchard their...

Friday, April 21