Study: Ag policy in India needs to account for domestic workload
Women’s increased agricultural labor during harvest season, in addition to domestic house care, often comes at the cost of their health, according to new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for...
View ArticleWater crisis took toll on Flint adults’ physical, mental health
The Michigan city’s adult residents suffered a range of adverse health symptoms potentially linked to the water crisis that began in 2014, with Black residents affected disproportionately, according to...
View ArticleTeach-in scheduled to confront anti-Asian bias
Avery August, vice provost for academic affairs and presidential advisor on diversity and equity, and Wendy Wolford, vice provost for international affairs, issued a statement April 15 providing...
View ArticleProduce Safety Alliance offers training in new languages
Recognizing that produce is grown and harvested by farmers of many different backgrounds, the Cornell Produce Safety Alliance has expanded to include education and training for Spanish, Chinese and...
View ArticleFinal ‘Racism in America’ webinar to focus on economic system
In the final webinar of the College of Arts and Sciences’ yearlong series, “Racism in America,” panelists will focus on the impact that racism has on the economy. The event is on April 27 at 7 p.m.
View ArticleProgram will support diverse founders of climate tech startups
Diversity in ClimateTech is a new entrepreneurship program powered by Cornell and Chloe Capital, and supported by NYSERDA, with the purpose of supporting underrepresented innovators working on...
View Article‘Emancipation’s Daughters’ celebrates five iconic Black women
In her new book, Riche Richardson examines iconic Black women leaders who have contested racial stereotypes and constructed new national narratives of Black womanhood in the United States.
View ArticleWeill Cornell Medicine addresses vaccine hesitancy, access
Diversity leaders at Weill Cornell Medicine have launched ambitious community vaccination and education efforts, with the goal of improving uptake and helping those who are reluctant to get the vaccine.
View ArticlePanelists discuss ways to address harassment
The discussion followed the screening of the award-winning documentary, “Picture a Scientist,” about three women scientists who confronted harassment and made science more equitable.
View ArticlePanel: Pandemic and protests laid economic injustices bare
Four faculty members and a Washington Post reporter discussed the ways racism shapes economic policies, and how economic policies shape inequality in America – historically and today.
View ArticleAfricana Library exhibit explores MLK’s labor activism
Exhibit features MLK's ties to labor movement
View ArticleRadio show features Derek Chang on anti-Asian/Pacific Islander bias
The May 4 episode of All Things Equal featured Derek Chang, Cornell Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies. Chang discussed the context and history of the rise in anti-Asian/Pacific...
View ArticleSpirituality on campus: all about finding meaning
Oliver Goodrich and everybody associated with the Office of Spirituality and Meaning-Making, which includes Cornell United Religious Work, are helping people discover purpose in their lives during a...
View ArticleIn historic vote, Eve De Rosa elected dean of faculty
For the first time in 149 years, Cornell’s faculty has elected a woman, person of color, and professor from the College of Human Ecology as dean of faculty. Her term starts July 1.
View Article$2M gift to grow CATALYST Academy for minority students
The College of Engineering will grow the number of students it invites to its CATALYST Academy – a program aimed at inspiring minority students to study engineering – thanks to a $2 million gift from...
View ArticleGrants to improve access to care for NYC blood cancer patients
A Weill Cornell Medicine research team will receive $1.3 million over five years to address socioeconomic and racial disparities and increase access to clinical trials for underserved patients with...
View ArticleCornell shares land acknowledgement
The university’s acknowledgment states that the Ithaca campus is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ', also known as the Cayuga Nation.
View ArticleCornell Students 4 Black Lives wins annual Perkins Prize
A student-led organization that last year formed a diverse coalition of more than 290 organizations was awarded the 26th annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and...
View ArticleFaculty profiles: From circular construction to academic law ambition
Meet Felix Heisel, Madeline Kneeland, Michelle Moyal and Brian Richardson, who are bringing their expertise to Cornell.
View ArticleCTI launches June inclusive teaching programs
This June, the Center for Teaching Innovation is offering a series of online programs on inclusive teaching for the Cornell community.
View ArticleInfo sci student’s startup seeks to elevate Black businesses
For entrepreneurs of color, seed funding can be hard to come by. Anthonia Carter, a doctoral student in the field of information science, is addressing that problem with EGK Starters, which is helping...
View ArticleOnline game replicates frustrations of research and disability
With a grant from the Society for the Humanities, Julia Chang has developed an online game with an undergrad computer science researcher, based on her research on disability in modern Spain. The game...
View ArticleRadio interview highlights local history
Local history on display at The History Center in Tompkins County at the Tompkins Center for History and Culture.
View ArticleCornell Cooperative Extension sets path toward becoming model antiracist...
A statewide team charged with transforming Cornell Cooperative Extension into a model antiracist organization includes more than 80 members representing varying levels of the organization — from county...
View ArticleCOVID-19 takes the life of a Harlem veterinarian
Dr. Julie Butler, D.V.M. ’83, cared for Harlem and its pets for 30 years. Her death due to COVID-19 inspired the College of Veterinary Medicine to establish a scholarship in her name.
View ArticleNew A&S faculty bring Indigenous studies expertise
Two new faculty members who specialize in Native American and Indigenous literatures will join the Department of Literatures in English for the fall of 2021.
View ArticlePay inequity among peers affects turnover
According to new research, workers receiving less pay than that of their same-sex and same-race coworkers respond significantly stronger than workers receiving less pay than coworkers of a different...
View ArticleJuneteenth reverberates with triumph, pain, past and present
The holiday celebrates the day enslaved people gained their freedom. But they lacked political power then, as Black people too often do today, says associate professor Jamila Michener.
View ArticleReunion panel steers racism conversation toward action
The panel, moderated by Noliwe Rooks, discussed ways to steer conversation toward meaningful action, including: listening to scholarly experts; implementing new initiatives; and engaging students and...
View ArticleSpreading Big Red spirit around the world with Virtual Reunion
Cornell Reunion took place online, bringing together alumni from across the globe. Cornellians from six continents tuned in June 10-13, with alumni from Ithaca to the United Kingdom to Japan joining in...
View ArticleData policy program boosts high school students
More than 100 underserved high schoolers participated in an expanded eCornell data policy and analysis program, in which they explored pressing policy issues such as income inequality, racial justice...
View ArticleReport outlines how to make care systems more equitable
Women of color help form the backbone of the frontline direct care workforce, yet confront challenges accessing the care they need for themselves and their families, according to a new report published...
View ArticleTwenty receive awards recognizing inclusive excellence
Students, faculty and staff were recognized for their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and excellence within the graduate community at the 2021 Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards and...
View ArticleRadio interview highlights "ABCs of Black History" community engagement project
Radio interview highlights CU Black Students' United community engagement initiative
View ArticleLewis, Michener honored for diversity contributions
Mark E. Lewis, director of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, and Jamila Michener, associate professor of government, are the recipients of this year’s Faculty Award for...
View ArticleRadio interview examines pandemic impacts on K12 education
TST BOCES Superintendent discusses meeting the needs of K12 students and school districts during the pandemic.
View ArticleJuly Fourth and early Black Americans: It’s complicated
Black citizens in early America confronted a "national double-speak" in which white Americans celebrated freedom while supporting the enslavement of Black people.
View ArticleSatellite monitoring documents cultural heritage at risk
Cornell researchers are using satellite imagery to protect endangered and damaged cultural heritage in the South Caucasus, where an ethnic conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has raged for decades.
View ArticleKevin Jensen named executive director of financial aid
Jensen, who is committed to advancing diversity, will lead the team that awards hundreds of millions of dollars annually in support of Cornell’s need-blind admission and affordability policies.
View ArticleBlack patients with liver disease may face obstacles to transplants
Black patients who have chronic liver failure, also known as end-stage liver disease, are less likely to be placed on a waiting list for a life-saving liver transplant than other racial and ethnic...
View ArticleSummer CIS programs foster diversity, community
Diversity is a major priority of the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, and three summer offerings – CSMore, SoNIC and the Designing Technology for Social Impact...
View ArticleRadio interview features Cornell employee elected trustee Reginald White
Reginald White discusses his experience serving on the Cornell Board of Trustees as the employee elected trustee.
View ArticlePoliticians in areas with most climate risk tweet about it least
Almost all U.S. politicians tweet about climate change based on party affiliation and the opinion of their constituents, not actual climate risk to the areas they represent, a new multidisciplinary...
View ArticleSupport for future k12 educators from underrepresented populations
Karije Henderson, 2021 Ithaca High School graduate, Ithaca Public Education Initiative board member, and recipient of IPEI's first Aspiring Educators Award discusses his interest in pursing a career in...
View Article‘Codeswitching’ considered professional, study finds
Black employees who engage in racial codeswitching are consistently perceived as more professional, by both Black and white individuals, than employees who do not codeswitch, according to new ILR...
View ArticleThe state of labor in a shifting workplace
ILR School experts continue to help the public, policymakers, labor, management and others understand how the pandemic is impacting the future of work. This Labor Day, we’re highlighting some of the...
View ArticleRadio interview highlights local "Reimagining Public Safety" initiative
Deanna Carrithers, Chief Equity and Diversity Officer for Tompkins County, updates progress on the County and City of Ithaca's joint "Reimagining Public Safety" initiative.
View ArticleCaribbean studies finds home at Einaudi Center
The newly renamed Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program is expanding its Caribbean focus – thanks to a collaboration with Caribbean undergraduates.
View ArticleCreator of 1619 Project to give Kops Lecture
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, will give the Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture on Sept. 9 at 5...
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