Transgender women are nearly 20 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the national average in India, a country with the third largest HIV epidemic worldwide. In spite of India’s robust “test and treat” program, which offers free antiretroviral therapy (ART) after a positive test, treatment outcomes among transgender women remain disproportionately poor.
Chloe Ahmann, assistant professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is helping local organizers in their quest for environmental justice — and bringing her students along. For this work, Ahmann was named recipient of this year’s Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship.
Don’t expect a broader backlash against President Donald Trump's flurry of executive orders simply because they may rest on shaky legal ground, new Cornell research suggests.
In the face of climate change, researchers estimate the U.S. investment in agricultural research needed to maintain productivity - finding it comparable to the investment made following the two world wars.
The event, held March 10 in Bailey Hall before an audience of several hundred students, faculty, staff and local community members, explored the complex politics, power dynamics and the historical and ethnic conflicts that have shaped the Mideast.
The Brooks School Center on Global Democracy hosted “Democratic Mobilizing: Comparative Responses to Backsliding Threats,” a hybrid event that attracted 120 participants and was streamed live from Goldwin Smith Hall on Cornell’s Ithaca campus.
This semester, visiting A.D. White Professors-at-Large Steven Levitsky, Sir Hilary Beckles and Martín Caparrós will explore themes of democracy, reparatory justice and Latin American narratives during public talks.
