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April is Sustainability Month 2026

April 22, 2026
All Day

April 22 is Earth Day! Cornell University celebrates all things sustainability during the entire month of April, with dozens of events in climate change leadership, health & wellness, social justice, film & art, fashion, and sustainability topics. FEATURED EVENTS 4/9 Sustainabiity Career Night Join ECO for an evening of networking and career exploration with guest speakers Bruce Monger, Allison Chatrchyan, and Mike Hoffman. Hear about their paths into sustainability, gain advice for students, and take part in a Q&A followed by networking. Refreshments provided. Note: This event will be recorded and a Zoom option is available. 4/29 Sustainable Cornell Mix & Mingle - RSVP...

Keeping Common Birds Common: Birds and Habitat at Cornell Botanic Gardens and Beyond

April 22, 2026
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Mann Library

Organized by Cornell University Library in collaboration with Cornell Botanic Gardens, Keeping Common Birds Common features unforgettable portraits of birds by wildlife photographer Marie Read, taken in biodiverse habitats maintained by the Gardens. This exhibit shows how managed landscapes that integrate principles of habitat conservation and native plant gardening have a key role to play in protecting and nurturing the beautiful birds that visit our backyards, neighborhoods, parks, fields, and forests, with the hopes of keeping these common birds common forever. Keeping Common Birds Common is concurrent with related exhibits at Mann Library: Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction...

Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction

April 22, 2026
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Location: Mann Library

The world has lost, or is on the brink of losing, many remarkable bird species. Meanwhile, many once-numerous bird populations are rapidly shrinking. In North America alone, research led by Cornell scientists has shown that the continent’s total number of birds has declined by an estimated 2.9 billion adults over just a few decades, reflecting widespread pressures such as habitat loss, climate change, pollution, and invasive species. A collaboration among Cornell University Library, the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, the exhibit Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction spotlights...

Earth Day: Planet-Friendly Plates

April 22, 2026
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: Willard Straight Hall

Join us at the Memorial Room at the Willard Straight Hall for the Sustainability Fair, and at Okenshields Dining Room for plant-forward lunch to celebrate Earth Day. We’ll have free samples of Cornell Dining plant-based favorites from around campus, plus vendors and educational tabling and the fair, and plant-forward menu at Okenshields. The Sustainability Fair is free! Check Cornell Dining Now for menus and pricing for lunch at Okenshields....

A Botanist’s Dilemma: The Defiant Nature of the Banana Plant

April 22, 2026
12:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Location: Cornell Botanic Gardens

In, A Botanist’s Dilemma: The Defiant Nature of the Banana Plant, artist Faye Pamintuan uses the lens of plant movement, adaptation, and the deep relationship between humans and plants to examine her own diasporic experience. With the banana plant 's journey as a starting point and through the manipulation of abaca (a banana tree indigenous to the Philippines) as paper pulp material along with paintings, ceramics, and installation, she creates imagined landscapes that trace, question, and challenge the relationship between the Philippines and the United States. Guided tours of these exhibits will take place on Thursday, April 9, 2026 from 3...

Bowers Earth Day Repair Fair

April 22, 2026
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: Bill and Melinda Gates Hall

Have broken or unwanted electronics lying around? Swing by the Earth Day Repair Fair on Wednesday, April 22 from 4 to 6 pm in the Gates Hall lobby! We can help you fix your devices, or take them off your hands and give them a second life for a good cause. And stick around to see some insightful student work on the environmental impacts of computing! This event is brought to you by Bowers, the Cornell Computer Reuse Association (CCRA), the Campus Sustainability Office, the Sustainable Computing Working Group, and R5 Operations, in partnership with Ithaca ReUse. On Earth Day, we...

COC e-board

April 22, 2026
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM

E-board meeting --- Event Details: https://cornell.campusgroups.com/rsvp?id=2303381...

April is Sustainability Month 2026

April 23, 2026
All Day

April 22 is Earth Day! Cornell University celebrates all things sustainability during the entire month of April, with dozens of events in climate change leadership, health & wellness, social justice, film & art, fashion, and sustainability topics. FEATURED EVENTS 4/9 Sustainabiity Career Night Join ECO for an evening of networking and career exploration with guest speakers Bruce Monger, Allison Chatrchyan, and Mike Hoffman. Hear about their paths into sustainability, gain advice for students, and take part in a Q&A followed by networking. Refreshments provided. Note: This event will be recorded and a Zoom option is available. 4/29 Sustainable Cornell Mix & Mingle - RSVP...

Keeping Common Birds Common: Birds and Habitat at Cornell Botanic Gardens and Beyond

April 23, 2026
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Mann Library

Organized by Cornell University Library in collaboration with Cornell Botanic Gardens, Keeping Common Birds Common features unforgettable portraits of birds by wildlife photographer Marie Read, taken in biodiverse habitats maintained by the Gardens. This exhibit shows how managed landscapes that integrate principles of habitat conservation and native plant gardening have a key role to play in protecting and nurturing the beautiful birds that visit our backyards, neighborhoods, parks, fields, and forests, with the hopes of keeping these common birds common forever. Keeping Common Birds Common is concurrent with related exhibits at Mann Library: Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction...

Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction

April 23, 2026
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Location: Mann Library

The world has lost, or is on the brink of losing, many remarkable bird species. Meanwhile, many once-numerous bird populations are rapidly shrinking. In North America alone, research led by Cornell scientists has shown that the continent’s total number of birds has declined by an estimated 2.9 billion adults over just a few decades, reflecting widespread pressures such as habitat loss, climate change, pollution, and invasive species. A collaboration among Cornell University Library, the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, the exhibit Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction spotlights...

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