
Brianna Barrett: 'Stay true to your most authentic self'
Brianna Barrett
Government & Africana Studies
Morristown, NJ
Who or what influenced your Cornell education the most? How or why?
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Who or what influenced your Cornell education the most? How or why?
/news/brianna-barrett-stay-true-your-most-authentic-selfNoliwe Rooks is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores how race and gender both impact and are impacted by civic culture, social history and political life in the United States. She is the author of four books, the most recent of which is Cutting School: Privitization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education (New Press, 2017). Rooks...
/news/three-generations-apartheid-schoolingThe book restores a missing foundational period to the African literary tradition.
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What is your main extracurricular activity--why is it important to you?
/news/courtney-carr-i-value-flexibility-liberal-arts-education...Race also plays a factor in how women in rap are perceived, according to Oneka LaBennett, who teaches a class about the sexual politics of women in hip-hop at Cornell University.“For black women and girls, and especially for women in hip-hop who are … performing their own sexuality in a liberated way, we are tempted not to see them as perfect...
/news/age-metoo-spinning-hip-hop-favor-womenArts & Sciences faculty will participate in this year’s Community Arts Partnership’s Spring Writes Literary Festival, taking place in downtown Ithaca May 3-6. The festival features literary-themed events, including panels and workshops geared towards emerging and established writers, as well as events for the general public such as readings,...
/news/faculty-participate-ithacas-spring-writes-literary-festival-0AWARD WINNERSThe winners of the third edition of the prestigious literature prize were announced online on January 15, 2018 by chair of the Board of Trustees, Abdilatif Abdalla. The awards ceremony followed in February in Nairobi.In their jury, the judges described Mmeza Fupa as: “Rarely does one encounter a Kiswahili novel whose writer...
/news/tanzania-authors-win-mabati-cornell-prizeThe first season of Louvre Abu Dhabi's public programmes continues with a lecture by Professor Salah Hassan about the pioneering Modern artist Ibhrahim El-Salahi on 18 April and South African Band Via Sophiatown (19-20 April) at the museum.With the participation of future neighbouring museum, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi together with Louvre Abu Dhabi...
/news/opening-season-continues-guggenheim-abu-dhabi-talk-and-sophiatown-show-monthST. PETERSBURG –The St. Petersburg Branch NAACP, in partnership with the Legal Defense Fund and St. Petersburg College, hosted Dr. Noliwe Rooks last Friday and Saturday as she discussed the state of the educational system and her latest book, “Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education.”Rooks, an...
/news/mis-education-black-childrenA professor from the University of Pennsylvania will visit campus April 19 to examine how writer Zora Neale Hurston’s work can be used to look at black life today.
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