Class of 2020: Learning to let it flow
Eight members of the Class of 2020 share candid reflections on their lives over this past year.
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Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò & America's Need for a Truth and Reconciliation Comission
"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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Your Attention Please: Initiative 29
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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Why Did It Take So Long for Food Companies to Rebrand their Racist Products?
"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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Virtual Reunion 2021 will bring alumni together, no matter where they live
"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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PTSD in Flint shows the cost of ignoring mental health during crises
"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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$2M in New Frontier Grants boost high-impact A&S research
Research supported by the 14 grants ranges from the physics of quantum computing to the design of new musical instruments.
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Society for the Humanities 'Afterlives' theme draws record interest
During 2020, Cornell’s Society for the Humanities chose “Afterlives” as its theme for 2021-22. Scholars from all over the world and all around the College of Arts and Sciences responded to the call, resulting in a record number of applications for the Society’s fellowships.
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40 Ways to Build a More Equitable America
"Segregated, unequal and underfunded schools, and the education received in them, constitute an underacknowledged form of structural or institutional racism that, over time, harms as surely as physical violence. The impacts are educational, but also psychological, emotional, spiritual and physical. We see it in the mental turmoil, self-doubt and...
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How Botanical Oils Won Over the West
"In African history as in Asian, oils are an abiding tradition, still honored by members of the Black American diaspora, for whom “oils are as central to grooming habits — not style, just basic grooming — as soap and water,” says Noliwe Rooks, 58, the director of American Studies at Cornell University. “Oiling regularly is part of being...
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