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Detail from Ilona Karasz’ 1930 print “On the Lawn,” included in the print exhibition “Imprint/In Print” at the Johnson Museum.

Dump and Run

Cornell’s 13th annual Dump and Run Sale, Aug. 22-23 at Helen Newman Gym on North Campus, offers incoming students everything needed to furnish a dorm room or apartment at bargain prices.

The sale is open to the Cornell community and the public, Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thousands of recycled and used items on sale include furniture, clothing and shoes, appliances, electronics, school supplies and sporting goods.

The waste recovery and recycling initiative sponsored by Campus Life collects reusable goods from students leaving campus in the spring. All proceeds from the sale benefit Cops, Kids & Toys and other Ithaca-area charitable and nonprofit organizations through the Cornell Student United Way Campaign and the United Way of Tompkins County. 

Printed matter

As an early method of communication, prints had an incalculable effect on human knowledge as revolutionary as Gutenberg’s invention of movable type.

This impact resonates today at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, where an extensive fine art print collection is used to teach in all disciplines at Cornell. The new exhibition “Imprint/In Print,” through Dec. 20 in the Bartels Gallery, highlights printmaking from the very beginning of the medium to the present day.

Curated by Nancy Green with assistance from Christian Waibel ’17, the exhibition features everything from masterworks by Dürer and Rembrandt, 20th-century works by artists including Henri Matisse, Walter Williams and Wassily Kandinsky, and contemporary prints by international artists.

The best for free

Cornell Cinema reopens for the school year Sunday, Aug. 23 in Willard Straight Theatre with Ridley Scott’s rarely screened “Blade Runner: The Final Cut.” Admission is free for new students with ID (freshmen, graduate students and transfers) at all screenings through Friday, Aug. 28 (all students attend free on Aug. 28).

Orientation Week also offers an introduction to one of the best campus film exhibition programs in the country. “An Orientation to Cornell Cinema,” Aug. 24 at 7:15 p.m., is free to everyone and includes trailers of coming attractions, student films, short films, free popcorn, door prizes including movie posters, cinema passes and T-shirts, and information on how to become involved in Cornell Cinema.

Other films screening include Vittorio De Sica’s “The Bicycle Thief,” Aug. 25; “Pitch Perfect 2,” Aug. 25 and 28; the Ithaca premiere of “The Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles,” Aug. 26 and 30; Welles’ 1941 directorial debut, the masterpiece “Citizen Kane,” Aug. 27 and 29; and two new releases: “Ex Machina,” Aug. 27; and “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” Aug. 28-29.

Land-grant, library essentials

What’s so special about Cornell University? Its land-grant mission, for starters. Learn about the university’s lively culture of public engagement in “Knowledge with a Public Purpose: Voices from the Field in Cornell’s Land-Grant History,” an interactive exhibition through Aug. 31 in the Mann Library Gallery. Free and open to the public.

From its earliest beginnings to today, many Cornellians have focused on making a difference and helping people solve problems to make their neighborhoods, farms, cities, towns and natural environments thriving places to live, work and learn.

Mann Library houses extensive life sciences, agriculture and human ecology resources and collections. Half-hour tours for new and returning students, researchers and faculty are Aug. 25-27 starting at 4:15 p.m. in Mann Lobby; one of several Cornell University Library Orientation events.

Further curiosity about many aspects of Cornell’s unique history can be satisfied with the sesquicentennial exhibition “150 Ways to Say Cornell,” through Sept. 30 in Kroch Library’s Hirshland Gallery.

BEAR Walk

Cornellians are invited to join the second annual BEAR (Being Engaged and Responsible) Walk on Sept. 1 to help maintain and enhance a greater sense of community in the Collegetown and lower Belle Sherman neighborhoods, where students live alongside permanent residents.

From 6:30 to 7:15 p.m., volunteer teams of students, staff and city of Ithaca officials will go door-to-door with informational door tags offering tips on being good neighbors and building community, and invite residents to attend a Health and Safety Info Fair from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on College Avenue’s 400 block.

President Elizabeth Garrett, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 and Student Assembly President Juliana Batista ’16 will make remarks at 7:15. Also featured: a cappella groups, Cornell Dairy ice cream and raffle prizes after 7:40.

To participate, register online before Monday, Aug. 31 at 8 a.m. Participants will be entered into drawings for an iPad and Campus-to-Campus bus tickets. The BEAR Walk and Info Fair are co-sponsored by Campus Life, Cornell University Relations and the city of Ithaca.