Feb 2026

• February 9, 6:45 p.m, Sage Chapel
  This year’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration will feature Tricia Hersey, a multidisciplinary artist, writer, theologian, and community organizer. Founder of The Nap Ministry, Hersey will speak on the liberatory, restorative, and disruptive power of rest as a fundamental human right and essential to advancing racial and social justice on. More info on the registration page, including additional opportunities to participate in rest sessions with Hersey on the 10 and 11. The event is free and open to the public. Live captions will be available for the lecture. Also available via livestream. 
• February 11, 12-1pm, CVM Well-being Community Room (S1-017)
  Free self-defense workshop in collaboration with CUPD, focused on verbal and non-verbal skills to help keep you safe. Sign up to the self-defense workshop to attend this course. 

This semester

• Did you know that Cornell Dining regularly offers themed dinner series and resources to honor a variety of holidays, cultural celebrations and religious observances? Check out the CU Dining events page to learn more about upcoming dinners celebrating Black History Month, the Lunar New Year, and St. Patrick’s Day, as well as resources for those observing Ramadan, Lent, and Passover. It’s a great page to bookmark and visit regularly!
• Borrow fun stuff at CVM's Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library:
  • Light boxes
  • Thera cane massagers
  • Noise machines
  • Breathing Buddhas
  • A NYS Parks Empire Pass