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The main goal of LEADBold is to apply the knowledge and skills taught at Cornell to residents of Tompkins County in order to create a community-level learning experience.
“If more people on campus were exposed to ASL, [a deaf individual] would feel more welcome here and less of an outsider,” Remi said.
Shah and Conine agreed that the undergraduate entrepreneurial program, although small during their Cornell career, was foundational in setting them on the path toward becoming business partners and ultimately leading them to their current success.
“We would hope, in an ideal world, that after this event, Cornell students would feel inspired to speak out and to write to lawmakers to end mass incarceration as we know it in the United States,” said Chris Elliott ’20.
Featuring free food, music and performances, Cornell’s first Cultural Fest aimed to achieve the dual goals of celebrating the diversity of the student body and inspiring students to learn more about other cultures.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and President Martha E. Pollack will speak at a forum hosted by the ILR school that aims to increase students’ understanding of sexual harassment in the workforce on Monday.
Students now have a chance to invent their very own theme park attraction to be evaluated by technical professionals within the industry, through an event organized by the Cornell Theme Park Entertainment Group.
The inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Summit will bring together leaders of student organizations to share strategies and possible challenges to making Cornell a more accepting community.
The newly instituted Office of Global Learning aims to better integrate international students into the Cornell community and sponsor more study abroad opportunities for Cornellians.
Along with his students, Prof. Max Zhang is working to make Maplewood Apartments eco-friendly by reworking its electrical grids.