Cornell Woodson uses his childhood experiences and the impressions they left to explain how those experiences, if shared, can help others experiencing similar difficulties.
Black Lives Matter co-founders and organizers described the movement and what inspired it and helped it grow, at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Feb. 3 in Sage Chapel.
In his new book, Russell Rickford, assistant professor of history, looks at the impact of black national and Pan-African schools founded in the 1960s and 70s as part of the civil rights movement.
A combined $50 million commitment from Robert F. Smith '85, founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, and the foundation of which he is a founding director will support chemical and biomolecular engineering and African-American and female students in Engineering in Ithaca and at Cornell Tech.
Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, and Janaya Khan of BLM Toronto will speak Feb. 3 at the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture.
The ninth annual Soup & Hope series opened with a talk by Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo ’08, who described her personal journey toward authenticity, letting herself learn how to express and control her emotions in public.
“Black Lives Matter” is the theme of a community celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 18 in Ithaca, and founders of the Black Lives Matter movement will come to Cornell Feb. 3 for the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture.
The third cohort of Posse Foundation students came to Cornell this fall. The full-scholarship and youth leadership program brings promising Chicago students to 10 top-tier universities.
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to the School of Hotel Administration in support of diversity and inclusion initiatives, and student financial aid.
