NYC parents face ‘impossible decision’ on in-person education

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday parents whose children are currently enrolled in all-remote classes will now have until Nov. 15 to opt back into in-person classes – a shift from the previous plan which allowed parents numerous opportunities to choose to enroll for in-person education.

Tulsa coffins reflect excavation of ‘uncomfortable truths’

A forensic team in Tulsa, Oklahoma has unearthed 11 coffins while searching for victims of the 1921 massacre in which hundreds of Black residents were killed.

15 Popular Brand Logos That May Soon Disappear

...The thought of Aunt Jemima might bring up sweet memories from your childhood, but the branding is actually based on a harmful racial stereotype. According to Riché Richardson, an associate professor in the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University, the logo is based on the idea of the “mammy,” a “devoted and submissive servant...

Pollack announces residence hall namings in annual address

In her fourth State of the University Address – and, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the first one ever held entirely online – Cornell President Martha E. Pollack praised the university community’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and reaffirmed Cornell’s essential mission and core values for the future.As part of that future, she...

Cornell community honors Toni Morrison with “The Bluest Eye” reading

A total of 122 readers, plus a number of Cornell musicians, paid tribute to Toni Morrison M.A. ’55 Oct. 8 during a marathon reading of “The Bluest Eye.”

All Things Equal - Toni Morrison reading of ”The Bluest Eye” on Oct. 8.

In today’s edition of All Things Equal, host Gary Stewart is joined by Cornell professors Carol Boyce-Davies and Anne Adams on the Toni Morrison reading of ”The Bluest Eye” on Oct. 8.https://whcuradio.com/podcasts/all-things-equal-10-6-20/

Cornell’s Adult University hosting 2020 election seminar

Dark Laboratory to amplify Black, Indigenous voices

Dark Laboratory, a “humanities incubator” for digital storytelling with a special focus on Black and Indigenous voices in upstate New York, will go public on Oct. 12, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, with a virtual gathering and website launch open to all.The project is led by Tao Leigh Goffe, assistant professor of Africana Studies and Feminist, Gender...

California Ethnic Studies Plan Undercuts Itself

Ethnic studies have been controversial since they were first conceived in the 1960s. The Cornell University professor Noliwe Rooks has noted that the Ford Foundation backed early university Black-studies programs at least in part to keep students from being “lured into more radical politics like that of the Black Panther Party.” In the 1970s and...

“Fabrication” theme weaves through virtual 10-Minute Play Festival

Communing with the dead, navigating new parenthood, and exploring Y2K teen pop stardom and the Black genius behind it are among the themes of five student-written short plays debuting online October 8–10 for the Cornell University Department of Performing and Media Arts’ (PMA) 8th annual 10-Minute Play Festival. The festival, hosted by PMA and the...