The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/underrepresented/)
Underrepresented minority students and faculty reflect on their experiences and Cornell’s efforts to address the challenges they face in academia.
Raised in a crowded, barely middle-class Somalian home, Cornell physician-scientist Prof. Said Ibrahim never thought being a doctor was in the cards for him. “Medical school was reserved for wealthy elites,” he previously said, noting that his family was sustained only by his father’s income of about $50 a month.
While students from Westchester have 679 peers from their county at Cornell, some students have fewer than 100 from their whole state.
Cornell Provost Michael Kotlikoff wrote a lengthy column on Tuesday to advocate for an often-undiscussed minority group at Cornell: veterans.