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"The author’s life, literary trips and adventures have taken him across Africa with music as a constant companion.Mukoma Wa Ngugi is an associate professor of literatures in English at Cornell University and the author of Unbury our Dead with Song (Cassava Republic Press, £11.99), which is available at The Guardian Bookshop"Read the entire...
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“For decades afterward, the events of that day were downplayed or outright ignored by officials in Oklahoma and elsewhere. The centennial has afforded activists and educators an opportunity to revive the conversation about the massacre and recontextualize it for a post-George Floyd America.'This year, the event coincides with a cultural and...
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"Jamila Michener is an associate professor of government at Cornell University and a co-director of Cornell’s Center for Health Equity. She does remarkable research on the intersection of race, poverty and public policy and speaks about all of it with uncommon humanity. We discuss the role of poverty in the economy, cultural narratives around work...
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Eight members of the Class of 2020 share candid reflections on their lives over this past year.
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"Olúfémi Táíwò is Professor of African Political Thought at the Africana Studies and Research Center, at Cornell University. Born in Nigeria, his work aims to expand the African reach in philosophy and, simultaneously, to indigenize the discipline, making it more relevant to Africa and African students. He is the author of How Colonialism...
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SEASON 2 EPISODE 7Tao Leigh GoffeFollow professor and DJ Tao Leigh Goffe on a journey to uncover her roots.Watch the episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EfeNgS3UBo&ab_channel=Hulu
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"The response to the company’s rebrands and their financial commitments to foster racial equity has been mixed. Consumers across the political spectrum have questioned whether these image overhauls were necessary, arguing that characters like the Land O’Lakes maiden weren’t really stereotypes. On the other hand, scholars told Civil Eats that the...
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"On Friday, a panel discussion featuring President Martha E. Pollack and notable Cornell alumni, including Kate Snow ’91, Anne H. Chow ’88, MEng ’89, MBA ’90, and Sharice Davids JD ’10, will address how women navigate leadership and define success. The conversation will be moderated by current Cornell students.Saturday’s Mosaic Forum will focus...
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"Trauma is the psychological manifestation of the worst outcomes that a disaster can drum-up: It’s not only living through a crisis but reliving it. The idea of providing “relief,” a term politicians frequently plaster onto disaster recovery policy, must return to its literal meaning — restoring a feeling of assurance and internal peace. During...
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Research supported by the 14 grants ranges from the physics of quantum computing to the design of new musical instruments.
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