Sy Katz '31 Parade
Cornell Band and Cheerleaders March Down Fifth Avenue in Biennial Sy Katz ’31 Parade
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Started in 1972 by Seymour “Sy” Katz ’31, the parade featured over 100 band members this year as they played “Give My Regards to Davy.”
Pakistani Students Association
Pakistani Students Association Brings Attention to Acid Violence Against Women
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“We just wanted to show how widespread of an issue this is in Pakistan,” Zehra Jafri ’19, co-president of PSA, told The Sun.
CCA Biennial
Art Installation Depicts Possible Usage of ‘Crystalline Basement’ to Heat Dormitories
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The sculptors “moved over 2.5 tons of local soil material by hand to create a custom-poured earth mix,” according to the CCA website.
International Transgender Day of Remembrance
Vigil Held for Hundreds of Transgender Victims Killed This Year
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A vigil for the International Transgender Day of Remembrance memorialized the deaths of transgender individuals through poetry, song and a candle ceremony. The lighting of each candle represented 15 lost lives.
Two-Step Login
Cornell to Require Two-Step Login for Student Center to Improve Security
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Two-Step Login means that students will have to confirm their identity on a separate device before logging in to Student Center and Student Essentials.
women's suffrage
Library Exhibit Examines Significance of Women’s Suffrage Movement in Ithaca
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“You would think this was something documented, but it’s not. We don’t have a single record of a student suffrage group.”
Alzheimer's Gala
Local Business Owner’s Gala for Alzheimer’s Research Entering 12th Year
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An Evening to Remember, a gala hosted by local business owner Julie Crowly, will take place Nov. 27 in Statler Hotel. The proceeds from the event will go towards funding Alzheimer’s research.
Activism
Reading Event Honors Social Activist Grace Lee Boggs
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Boggs was an Asian-American activist who fought for civil rights, women’s rights and labor.
News
South Asian Council Hosting Bollywood Dance Event to Raise Money for 123 South Asian Imprisoned Immigrants
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Asian Pacific American Network in Oregon was selected this year as the South Asian Council’s choice charity because they “noticed their efforts to help the 123 South Asians kept in an Oregon prison.”
fracking
Professors Use Poetry and Photography to Analyze Impact of Fracking
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More than 35 students filled into a packed Rockefeller Hall classroom on Monday to learn more about the notorious F-Word: fracking.