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Cornell to Welcome Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones for Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture
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Nikole Hannah-Jones, a 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner and staff writer for The New York Times Magazine.
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A Year Later, Cornell Event Reflects on George Floyd Protests
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In the event “Learning from the George Floyd Rebellion: Social Movements and Black Freedom Struggles Today,” speakers Prof. A.K. Thompson, sociology, Ithaca College, and Prof. Russell Rickford, history drew on their varying backgrounds to approach the topics of social movements and struggles for freedom from a combined sociological and historical perspective.
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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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Former Gov. John Kasich Calls for Political Unity, Discusses Future of Republican Party
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Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich spoke on bipartisan divisions and the post-Trump future of the Republican Party during a Feb. 17 virtual event.
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Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Talks Popular Liberal Ideas, Personal Conservative Successes
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Republican former presidential hopeful and governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker emphasized the “difference between socialism and freedom” in a speech to an ideologically mixed audience on Monday that highlighted his conservative record and high-profile battles against unions.
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How Has the Internet Shaped Democracy? Northeastern Prof to Tackle Ties in Statler Talk
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The talk will be held in Statler Auditorium in Statler Hall and will start at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a public reception from 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Statler Hotel Carrier Ballroom.
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Cornell to Honor Victims of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Attack in Vigil
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Cornell students will gather on Wednesday to honor the victims of last week’s Sri Lanka bombings. The vigil will take place this Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Ho Plaza.
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Nutrition, Not Pharmaceuticals, Is Key to Good Health, Professor Says
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“Nutrition is about whole foods, not pills and procedures,” Campbell said. “If we can adopt this wholist nutrition lifestyle, which promotes preventative health, diseases won’t arise so often. If there is no disease, there is nothing that we need to treat.”
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Can I Get a Raise? ‘Thank You, Next Offer’ Event Advises Women on How to Ask For More
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Former Cornell senior lecturer Dr. Susan Fleming encouraged young women to “know their own worth and the power that they have” when dealing with job or salary negotiations in her lecture, titled “Thank You, Next Offer: Salary Negotiations for Women.”
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Hofstra Prof Likens Latin American Women’s Soccer Activism to #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter
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Prof. Brenda Elsey, history, Hofstra University, gave a wry and lively lecture on the rising call for feminist reform in Latin American soccer culture Tuesday evening. That’s right — soccer and feminism.