women in tech
Women in Tech Panelists Describe ‘Incredible Sisterhood’
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A panel of experts and students gathered to discuss the progress and challenges of women in the technology industry.
trump
Trump Administration Creates a ‘Rather Strange Policy Environment’, Says Guest Lecturer
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Dr. Richard Bush, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, described the current administration’s nebulous stance on foreign policy in East Asia.
labor
ILR Professors Launch Books on Precarious Work
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“It’s really nice, [as] some of us approaching the sunset of our career, to see [the ILR students] stepping up out there and doing good things,” Turner said.
mental health
Suicide Documentary Screening Fosters Mental Health Discussions on Campus
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Community members viewed an award-winning documentary about suicide called The S Word on Sunday night to foster dialogue surrounding the stigma of suicide.
sustainability
Environmental Fashion Show Raises Awareness on Sustainable Living and Clothing Concepts
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Student designers exhibited fashion clothing made from recyclable materials at the ECOuture environmental fashion show Saturday night to raise awareness for environmental sustainability in the fashion industry.
Cornell Democrats
At Cornell, Vice Chair of DNC Calls for Youth Participation and Activism in Politics
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According to Blake, “marching and tweeting is not enough,” and millennials need to transfer their energy for activism into showing up voting booths.
hate has no home here
Student Launches Campaign Against Hate After Feeling ‘Uneasy’ About Recent Incidents
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A student is bringing the Hate Has No Home Here Project to Cornell from her North Park neighborhood in Chicago, seeking to fight back after several racially charged incidents on campus and in the surrounding areas.
human rights
Bangladeshi Journalist and Human Rights Activist to Stay in Ithaca Asylum for A Month
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Raad Rahman, a Bangladeshi freelance journalist, novelist and human rights activist, will stay in Ithaca for a month as a writer-in-residence with Ithaca City of Asylum, an organization that provides sanctuary for repressed writers, according to the Cornell Chronicle, which is run by The University. Rahman told The Sun that Ithaca caught her interest because of its vibrant environment as a college town and said that she “likes being surrounded by students and intellectuals for the next generation.”
During her time in town, in addition to writing, Rahman will address the South Asia program at Cornell in a seminar titled, “Sex, Blasphemy and Terrorism: Bangladesh’s Systematic Repression of its LGBTQ Communities” on April 23. She will also give speeches at the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival’s literary showcase and hold public readings of her work. Rahman, who graduated from Bard College with a degree in anthropology and literature in 2006, has been active in human rights advocacy and journalism. She recalled receiving a number of death threats when writing about the first and only LGBT magazine Roopbaan in Bangladesh, where her fellow journalist and founder of the magazine, Xulhaz Mannan, was murdered for defending gay rights.
Student Assembly
S.A. Election Results Announced After Delay of Almost Two Weeks
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The full results for the S.A. elections were released after a delay of almost two weeks on Wednesday evening.
tompkins county
Cornell Faculty and Students Propose Solutions for Tompkins County EMS Problems
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“This has been a fabulous collaboration between the TCCOG and Cornell … what Cornell and the students were able to bring is research and tools to help us think about the problem in new ways,” Irene Weiser said.