How to craft effective policy messages to advance equity

Expansion of the Child Tax Credit gives researchers a unique example of a universally praised social good that disproportionately benefited some populations.

Energy Warriors program provides paths to green jobs, and hope

The Tompkins County program provides trainees - many of whom have faced obstacles to employment - with a foundation in environmental literacy and hands-on experience that helps them enter the workforce.

Professor reimagines the Psalms, with the Holocaust in mind

Menachem Rosensaft, adjunct professor of law, wrote new psalms from the point of view of those who survived the death camps, like his parents, and those who didn’t, like his brother.

Rare transcript, photos of MLK Jr. union speech discovered

Claire Deng ’22 was doing a survey of archival papers at a Cornell library when she came across something unexpected: the full transcript of a speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957 – one of only two known in the country.

Former Afghan mayor, now a student, advocates for girls and women

As one of the first female mayors in Afghanistan, Zarifa Ghafari became a target of the Taliban. Now at Cornell, she continues her fight against the oppression of Afghan girls and women.

Breanna Neff '16 brings CBD-infused ingredients to the drink mix market

Breanna Neff '16 is the next guest on the Startup Cornell podcast.

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Inclusive Excellence Podcast: From laboratory to leadership with Eve De Rosa

In this episode of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, co-hosts Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel welcome Eve De Rosa, dean of faculty at Cornell, for a conversation about her journey to the university and her efforts to shape a truly inclusive campus culture. 

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Near ancient obelisk, AAP’s ‘Pyramidion’ towers at Met

The installation designed by AAP's Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers is one of nearly 200 artworks featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now" exhibition, open through Feb. 17.

Inclusive Excellence Podcast: Embrace discomfort and do it anyway

In this episode of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, co-hosts Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel welcome Alexis Boyce, manager of Cornell’s Asian American Studies Program and co-chair of the Staff Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Committee.

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