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Cultural Groups Cultivate Community After Affirmative Action Overturn
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Members of Cornell’s affinity groups weigh in on the Supreme Court’s June 2023 overturning of affirmative action.
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Penn State Professor to Discuss Black Political Organizing
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Gabrielle Foreman, a professor of American literature and African American studies at Penn State University, to give a talk at Cornell discussing preserving the history of 19th-century Black political organizing.
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‘I Don’t Want to Be the Only One’: Cornell’s 8 Black Women Full-Professors Face Disproportionate Burdens
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Black women professors say they are feeling the burdens of a limited support structure, heavy mentoring and advising responsibilities and additional administrative expectations.
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Students and Instructors Defend BIPOC P.E. Class After Online Controversy
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Cornell Outdoor Education’s BIPOC rock climbing class has garnered praise and opposition for its inclusion of primarily students from minority backgrounds.
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Cornell Researchers Push Back Against Racism, Discrimination in Fieldwork
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Over the course of working at many field sites, graduate students Monique Pipkin, a researcher at the Vitousek Lab in ecology and evolutionary biology, and Amelia-Juliette Demery, a researcher at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, said many of their peers have faced discrimination in the field due to their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
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Writer and Activist Ijeoma Oluo to Give Virtual MLK Commemorate Lecture
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Cornell’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture, an annual event that celebrates King’s life and legacy, will host a conversation with acclaimed Nigerian-American author and activist Ijeoma Oluo.
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Students of Color Recount First-Time Voting Experiences
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Students reflect on how this year’s election affects Americans of color.
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Caribbean Students Aim to Increase Visibility, Influence of Cornell’s ‘Decentralized’ Caribbean Community
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The latest in student activism includes a group of students advocating for the inclusion of Caribbean students and studies across the University.
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‘Black Voices on the Hill’ Podcast Amplifies Black Student Life and Activism
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Daniel James, II ’22 started a podcast, “Black Voices on the Hill,” in which the first episode was titled “Policing, Protesting, and Paying Up 4 Black Lives.”