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Upcoming Events

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Beyond Waste Campaign 2/19-3/31

March 19, 2025
All Day

Join the two-month campaign to reduce waste, improve reuse and recycling, and rethink our campus relationship to goods and materials. 2025 campaign begins February 19th and event organizing is open to all campus partners. Anyone can host an event! See the Beyond Waste website for helpful tips on how to participate, and sign up for the Sustainability Listserv to stay in the know about Beyond Waste opportunites and events. KEY EVENTS listings coming soon Find out more about the Beyond Waste Campaign....

EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup: A University Fitness Challenge for Climate Action

March 19, 2025
12:00 AM to 11:59 PM

Join the EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup! Compete for Cornell against 26 schools to log the most workout hours and remove the most carbon from our atmosphere! Track workouts (exercising (running, walking, cycling, swimming, gym workouts, rowing) on the Climate Games app from March 10 to April 22, Earth Day. Those workouts are then converted into an environmental currency which will be used to fund a coral restoration project, thus reducing the release of carbon into the atmosphere. The school that exercises the most in total over the six weeks of the competition wins the Cup!...

Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina, PhD., associate professor, retired

March 19, 2025
All Day
Location: Cornell Botanic Garden Nevin Welcome Center

Conceived and created as an aid for teaching her math students the properties of hyperbolic planes, Daina Taimina presents a colorful display of crocheted shapes, on display in the gallery of the Nevin Welcome Center. These artistically designed representations of hyperbolic planes provide a tactile connection between geometry, art, and nature. Taimina retired from teaching math at Cornell in 2015 but continues to teach mathematical concepts we all experience in our daily lives to a broader audience through her crochet artwork. Hyperbolic geometry is present in many shapes in nature such as the fluted surfaces of lettuces, fungi, and...

Electronics Recycling Month

March 19, 2025
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Location: Cornell Recycle Center

Hosted by R5 Operations every Wednesday in March: 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 Recycle your home and office electronic waste sustainably (and for free) by bringing items to the Cornell Recycle Center (251 Solidago Rd) between 8:00am-3:00pm on Wednesdays throughout March. Accepted: CDs, computers, TVs, cameras, VCR/DVD players, microwaves, phones, cables, remote controls, extension cords, power strips, printers, monitors, fax/answering machines, pagers, typewriters, stereo/tape/record/8 track tape players, light bulbs, batteries, and anything with a cord! NOT Accepted: Smoke detectors and refrigerated devices like air conditioners, refrigerators, dehumidifiers, etc. Note: R5 reserves the right to not accept items that may pose a safety hazard and/or could...

EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup: A University Fitness Challenge for Climate Action

March 20, 2025
12:00 AM to 11:59 PM

Join the EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup! Compete for Cornell against 26 schools to log the most workout hours and remove the most carbon from our atmosphere! Track workouts (exercising (running, walking, cycling, swimming, gym workouts, rowing) on the Climate Games app from March 10 to April 22, Earth Day. Those workouts are then converted into an environmental currency which will be used to fund a coral restoration project, thus reducing the release of carbon into the atmosphere. The school that exercises the most in total over the six weeks of the competition wins the Cup!...

Beyond Waste Campaign 2/19-3/31

March 20, 2025
All Day

Join the two-month campaign to reduce waste, improve reuse and recycling, and rethink our campus relationship to goods and materials. 2025 campaign begins February 19th and event organizing is open to all campus partners. Anyone can host an event! See the Beyond Waste website for helpful tips on how to participate, and sign up for the Sustainability Listserv to stay in the know about Beyond Waste opportunites and events. KEY EVENTS listings coming soon Find out more about the Beyond Waste Campaign....

Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina, PhD., associate professor, retired

March 20, 2025
All Day
Location: Cornell Botanic Garden Nevin Welcome Center

Conceived and created as an aid for teaching her math students the properties of hyperbolic planes, Daina Taimina presents a colorful display of crocheted shapes, on display in the gallery of the Nevin Welcome Center. These artistically designed representations of hyperbolic planes provide a tactile connection between geometry, art, and nature. Taimina retired from teaching math at Cornell in 2015 but continues to teach mathematical concepts we all experience in our daily lives to a broader audience through her crochet artwork. Hyperbolic geometry is present in many shapes in nature such as the fluted surfaces of lettuces, fungi, and...

Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina, PhD., associate professor, retired

March 21, 2025
All Day
Location: Cornell Botanic Garden Nevin Welcome Center

Conceived and created as an aid for teaching her math students the properties of hyperbolic planes, Daina Taimina presents a colorful display of crocheted shapes, on display in the gallery of the Nevin Welcome Center. These artistically designed representations of hyperbolic planes provide a tactile connection between geometry, art, and nature. Taimina retired from teaching math at Cornell in 2015 but continues to teach mathematical concepts we all experience in our daily lives to a broader audience through her crochet artwork. Hyperbolic geometry is present in many shapes in nature such as the fluted surfaces of lettuces, fungi, and...

Beyond Waste Campaign 2/19-3/31

March 21, 2025
All Day

Join the two-month campaign to reduce waste, improve reuse and recycling, and rethink our campus relationship to goods and materials. 2025 campaign begins February 19th and event organizing is open to all campus partners. Anyone can host an event! See the Beyond Waste website for helpful tips on how to participate, and sign up for the Sustainability Listserv to stay in the know about Beyond Waste opportunites and events. KEY EVENTS listings coming soon Find out more about the Beyond Waste Campaign....

EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup: A University Fitness Challenge for Climate Action

March 21, 2025
12:00 AM to 11:59 PM

Join the EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup! Compete for Cornell against 26 schools to log the most workout hours and remove the most carbon from our atmosphere! Track workouts (exercising (running, walking, cycling, swimming, gym workouts, rowing) on the Climate Games app from March 10 to April 22, Earth Day. Those workouts are then converted into an environmental currency which will be used to fund a coral restoration project, thus reducing the release of carbon into the atmosphere. The school that exercises the most in total over the six weeks of the competition wins the Cup!...

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