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Prisoner Express Returns to In-Person Letter Writing, Book Packing
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After over a year of remote operations, Prisoner’s Express is bringing back in-person programs to enrich the lives of incarcerated individuals.
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Providing Assistance From a Distance: Cornell’s Service Organizations Adapt
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Student service organizations are turning to digital formats to continue to provide community assistance from a distance.
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Cornell Service Centers Adapt to Virtual Environment
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Several of Cornell’s community service organizations have found ways to remain active virtually.
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Bartels Hall Volunteers Sew Over 3,000 Surgical Masks
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Dozens of volunteers filled Bartels Hall on an empty Cornell campus to cut and sew surgical masks to aid local medical facilitites.
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Cornell Ranked No. 18 Volunteer-Producing School in Peace Corps Report
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Jumping three positions from last year, Cornell was placed 18th among medium-sized schools in the Peace Corps’ annual ranking of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities. Cornell’s ranking was a six-way tie with DePaul University, University of Chicago, SUNY Binghamton, Boston College and Elon University. George Washington University ranked first of all medium-sized schools, with 54 undergraduates currently serving. Cornell currently boasts 19 alumni overseas, who are stationed across the globe from Paraguay to Moldova to China and have partaken in projects ranging from clean water engineering, permaculture and irrigation, and high school education. Cornell shares a long-standing history with the Peace Corps, establishing a partnership in 1961 with the organization when it was founded by President John F. Kennedy.
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Cornell Students Aid Flood-Damaged Baton Rouge
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According to a video by Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge, 110,000 homes were flooded after the Baton Rouge area received 20 to 40 inches of rain over 72 hours in August 2016.