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Upcoming Events

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April is Sustainability Month 2026

April 15, 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...

Re-Imagine: Sustainable Art & Objects

April 15, 2026
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Martha Van Rensselaer Hall

Re-Imagine: Sustainable Art & Objects features work by the Cornell Community and local artists. The exhibit is curated by the College of Human Ecology’s Green Team....

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

April 15, 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...

COC e-board

April 15, 2026
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM

E-board meeting --- Event Details: https://cornell.campusgroups.com/rsvp?id=2303380...

April is Sustainability Month 2026

April 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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...

Re-Imagine: Sustainable Art & Objects

April 16, 2026
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Martha Van Rensselaer Hall

Re-Imagine: Sustainable Art & Objects features work by the Cornell Community and local artists. The exhibit is curated by the College of Human Ecology’s Green Team....

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

April 16, 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...

Lecture and Reception: "From the Brink" Exhibits at Mann Library

April 16, 2026
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: Mann Library

Cornell University Library invites communities on campus, in Ithaca, and across the Finger Lakes to celebrate the simultaneous opening of three Mann Library exhibits that are part of our From the Brink series: Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction, in collaboration with the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, Mann Library Gallery, 2nd floor Keeping Common Birds Common: Birds and Habitat in Cornell Botanic Gardens and Beyond, in collaboration with wildlife photographer Marie Read and Cornell Botanic Gardens, Top Shelf Gallery, 1st floor Going to Gone: Earth's Biodiversity Loss and...

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