Cornell and Ithaca police chiefs bridge campus and community

In this week’s episode of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, co-hosts Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel welcome Cornell Chief of Police Anthony Bellamy and Ithaca City Chief of Police Thomas Kelly. They discuss their paths to leadership and the collaborative efforts between their departments to build trust within Ithaca and Cornell’s diverse communities. 

Around Cornell

Employers hold sway in immigration bureaucracy

Prioritizing unique and more educated applicants for temporary work visas, U.S. employers play a central but understudied role in the allocation of temporary work visas, new Cornell research finds.

Veterans law clinic saves dog on death row

Students and attorneys in the Veterans Law Practicum secured clemency for a disabled Army veteran's beloved Great Dane after a nine-month separation.

Today's child care desert, a community challenge

In this episode of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, co-hosts Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel are joined by Ruth Merle-Doyle, Work Life Program Manager at Cornell, and Melissa Perry, CEO of the Child Development Council of Central New York, to explore a growing challenge in Tompkins County – child care accessibility.

Around Cornell

Things to do: Hockey home-openers, Indigenous women exhibit, Collegetown cleanup

Cheer on the Big Red hockey teams, learn about Indigenous women who attended Cornell from 1914-1942 and join the annual post-Halloween trash pickup in Collegetown.

Alumni offer advice on career paths, community building

The “REALTALK” speaker event, hosted by the Gender Equity Resource Center and the Cornell chapter of the Delta Gamma Sorority, brought young, successful female and gender-expansive alumni back to campus to share their stories.

For more than 60 years, Diwali celebration brings light to campus

Diya Jale, hosted by the student group Society for India on Nov. 2, will continue a tradition of creating community and celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.

Indigenous women in home economics featured in exhibit

An exhibit in Mann Library highlights the contributions of the first Haudenosaunee women in the College of Human Ecology, who benefited from home economics programs but were constrained by limited financial support, cultural stereotypes and gender bias.

Rookie entrepreneurs showcase BIG ideas

For undergraduate would-be entrepreneurs, this competition encourages examining micro- or macro-level problems and envisioning ways to fix them via innovative business ventures.