Cornell has been awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant to become one of three new University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced.
Michael and Erica Karsch ’94 supported 11 students from the Harlem Village Academies to attend Cornell Summer College, June 22-July 13; over the past seven years, the Karsches have supported more than 60 Summer Session students.
The prize is awarded annually to an individual, couple, family or other entity to recognize longtime contributions to the both Jewish people and to Cornell.
Associate professor of Africana studies Noliwe Rooks advocated adoption of a second Emancipation Proclamation to ensure U.S. racial integrations at a June 7 Reunion talk.