Institute for African Development Weekly Seminar Series

In this seminar, we will explore promising avenues to improve the science-policy interface in Africa. The seminar will cover multiple themes under this broad umbrella, including (a) reviews of productive modes of interfacing science and policy, (b) detailed explorations of the policy-making process in the region, including current obstacles to building strong S/P interfaces, (c) efforts to train the region’s scientists in policy communication, (d) the role of mass media, new media, and civil society in the process, (e) the role of national and regional think-tanks, (f) advocacy efforts directed at policy-makers to promote an evidence-based culture.

Faculty and staff are invited to join for an overview and open discussion of the Global Hubs initiative.

Vice Provost Wendy Wolford will explain the purpose of the Global Hubs, and faculty leads for several of the Hubs locations will discuss their experiences with institutional partners and ways for faculty and staff to be involved.

Please bring your questions about the Hubs and join us in person on March 13 at 11:30 a.m. in G10 Biotech.

Moderator:

Wendy Wolford, Vice Provost for International Affairs

Faculty Presenters:

Gustavo Flores-Macias, faculty lead for Tecnológico de Monterrey, MexicoNate Foster, faculty lead for University of Edinburgh, United KingdomYing Hua, director of Cornell China Center, BeijingLee Humphreys, faculty lead for DenmarkTom Pepinsky, faculty lead for National University of Singapore, SingaporeMark Milstein, representative for the Faculty Senate CAPP on the faculty advisory committeeRachel Beatty Riedl, director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International StudiesKen Roberts, faculty lead for Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador

Leading gamelan musicians in the US join the Cornell Gamelan Ensemble for a klenengan, a long and relatively informal gathering that best accommodates the temporal expansiveness of Javanese gamelan music. Audience members are free to come and go, to enjoy snacks, and even to chat quietly with one another. The relaxed atmosphere fosters a mood in which focused concentration is tempered by an equal sense of calm and comfort. The musicians will begin playing at 4pm, taking a break for dinner around 7pm before resuming at the advertised start time of 8pm, and continuing until at least 10pm. Dedicated to the memory of two masters, Ki Saguh Hadi Raharjo and Nyi Panut, this klenengan is directed by their son, Darsono Hadiraharjo.

As part of the Cornell China Center's student career series this spring, this virtual career panel showcases three recent Cornell alumni pursuing diverse career paths to construct a more sustainable future for the world. They share the identity of international students coming from China, while devoting themselves to sustainability in the fields of public policy, energy transition consulting, and city planning. As international students, how have they utilized their international experiences and multicultural strengths to empower their sustainability careers? How do they address the challenges and differences posed in different contexts and ecosystems in the United States and their home country? Register here.

Panelists:

Kevin Li ESS '20: MPP at Harvard Kennedy School, Co-founder of US-China Climate Forum, formerly with Deloitte Climate & Sustainability and with the United Nations in ChinaCarolyn Wang ESS '21: Energy Transition Consultant @ McKinsey & Company, MPA from Columbia UniversityChun Xu MRP '22: Cornell Women Leaders in Sustainability Fellow '21, Planning Consultant at WSP USAModerators:

Yingyun Zhang '23 (Information Science and Government)Ying Hua, Director of the Cornell China Center and Associate Professor at Cornell University

NOTE: The tour will take place from 10:30-11:00 am. (The second tour formerly listed from 11:15-11:45 am is canceled.)

You're invited to join a guided tour of the 2023 Preston H. Thomas Memorial Symposium Exhibition on the theme of "FRINGE: New Centers for Architecture and Urbanism," which highlights the work of leading creative experts around the world. The exhibition at Cornell (February 28-March 23) explores and integrates regional cultural, material, technological, and spatial practices in the rural-urban territories of East and Southeast Asia.

Through a collection of visual materials and augmented reality (AR) experiences, the exhibition provides an immersive and interactive experience of works that challenge preconceived notions of the rural-urban binary and propose exciting potentials for rethinking construction technologies, sustainability, and citizen agency in the built environment.

The exhibition features the work of 1+1>2 Architects, Amateur Architecture Studio, ArchiUnion, Bangkok Project Studio, DnA Design and Architecture, Drawing Architecture Studio, Future Cities Laboratory, Rural-Urban Building Innovation Laboratory, Rural Urban Framework, Studio Anna Heringer, SUP Atelier. Meeting location: Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall. Led by Hanxi Wang, Architecture Design Teaching Fellow. This tour is co-hosted by the Cornell China Center, Cornell Rural-Urban Building Innovation Lab, East Asia Program, and Southeast Asia Program.

Register here.