The College welcomes new faculty for 2023-24
Our 34 new faculty will enrich the College of Arts & Sciences with creative ideas in a vast array of topics.
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Africana Studies and Research Center
Africana Studies and Research Center News
From breaking to Beyoncé: Hip Hop Collection empowers students
Cornell's collection is the largest hip-hop collection in the world.
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Einaudi Center welcomes new and returning program directors
Climate justice will be a priority across the Einaudi Center this year.
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"I was most influenced by having black professors, as this allowed me to feel comfortable in the classroom"
Jalen Knight is an Africana Studies Major and an Inequality Studies Minor
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A&S dean Jayawardhana named provost at Johns Hopkins
Rachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.
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Three A&S professors among finalists for Falling Walls summit
The Falling Walls Science Summit 2023, set for November 7-9 in Berlin, will explore the forefront of scientific trends that shape the world.
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A broad preparation
Undergraduate Program
The Africana studies undergraduate major and minor prepare students for a broad range of academic and professional careers in both the public and private sectors. Africana studies has a history of shaping students' intellectual discipline, creativity, and social and political awareness.
An unique perspective
Graduate Program
An interdisciplinary global study of race and Blackness makes Africana studies at Cornell a significant resource for graduate students who want to engage in the interdisciplinary study of Black people in Africa, the African diaspora and around the globe.
Upcoming Africana Events
Sep
29
Friday
09:15 AM
Central New York Humanities Corridor working group on Health Humanities Fall 2023 Gathering: Food/Justice/Healing
Africana Studies and Research Center
Sep
29
Friday
10:00 AM
Keynote Address: Hanna Garth
Africana Studies and Research Center
AFC 120 Multipurpose Rm
Oct
02
Monday
04:45 PM
Rinaldo Walcott, "On Property, After Reparations, Towards Repair"
Goldwin Smith Hall
G22
Oct
03
Tuesday
05:00 PM
Trans Studies NOW! "The Work of Trans Affect"
A. D. White House
Oct
26
Thursday
05:00 PM
The Reuben A. and Cheryl Casselberry Munday Distinguished Lecture
120 Physical Sciences Building
Nov
08
Wednesday
04:30 PM
Useful Links for Students
A unique resource
The Africana Studies & Research Center
The Africana Studies & Research Center extends the teaching and learning opportunities that we provide in both our undergraduate and graduate classrooms well beyond to service learning projects and community initiatives, from local to transnational contexts.
Exploration on the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad Hub
The projects featured here provide information about documented underground railroad activities in our region, tell us about the small Black communities that settled here to escape slavery after New York state outlawed it in 1827, and inform us about those ordinary people who braved assisting freedom seekers at great personal risk to themselves and their families.