Event Recap

It was billed as a public program at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, but it felt more like an intimate dinner party with Arthur Laurents '37 as guest of honor. Before a capacity crowd April 6, Laurents, librettist and director of the critically acclaimed revival of the musical "Gypsy," regaled his audience with stories of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee and her family. Laurents' new play, "New Year's Eve," opens this spring at the George Street Playhouse, and he is writing a show for Bernadette Peters.

Alumni

Spring Multi-School Happy Hour, April 17, 6 p.m., Stout NYC, 133 W. 33rd St. Information: http://spring2009multischool.eventbrite.com.

Cornell faculty members James E. Turner and Richard Polenberg, along with Andree McLaughlin, Ph.D. '70, and Zachary Carter '72, will speak April 17 at 6 p.m. in NYC about the Willard Straight Hall takeover. Hosted by Jay Waks '68 at the law offices of Kaye Scholer, 425 Park Ave. at 55th Street. Information: rta3@cornell.edu.

All-Ivy LGBT Spring Fling in Manhattan, April 10, HK Lounge, 405 W. 39th St., 8 p.m. Information: http://tigernet.princeton.edu/~ffr-gala/Events2009/090410NYC.html.

Cornell University Cooperative Extension

Urban Horticulture and Ecology Training Program on bulbs, with Diane Schaub, Central Park Conservancy, April 15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information: Veronique Lambert, 212-340-2983.

Faculty

Professor Roald Hoffmann speaks on "Science and Ethics: A Marriage of Necessity and Choice for This Millennium" April 16, 8:15 p.m., 92nd St. Y., 212-415-5500. The Nobel Prize-winning chemist argues that the nature of science is changing so that successful actions are accompanied by ethical and environmental assessments.

ILR School

Union Leadership Workshop: Effective Union Preparation for Arbitration, April 15-17, 16 E. 34th St., 6th floor, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Information: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/laborprograms.

Weill Cornell Medical College

Iris Cantor Women's Health Center Health Education Seminar: Cancer Screening and Early Detection Guidelines, April 16, 6:16 p.m., Weill Greenberg Center, 1305 York Ave. Speaker: Marcelle Kaplan, R.N., M.S., AOCN. Q &A to follow. Information: womenshealth@med.cornell.edu.