Students capture Ithaca civil leaders’ oral histories in new book

The book, “13 Leaders: Stories of Community Building for Systemic Change,” published by Cornell students, honors the journeys and life’s work of 13 Cornell Civic Leader Fellows.

Prison education alums work with undergrads on theater piece

Participants in a new class – designed to bring together formerly incarcerated and traditional Cornell students – have written, workshopped and performed an ensemble theatrical piece that will premiere online May 16.

Radio show features Derek Chang on anti-Asian/Pacific Islander bias

The May 4 episode of All Things Equal featured Derek Chang, Cornell Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies. Chang discussed the context and history of the rise in anti-Asian/Pacific Islander bias during the past year.

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Labor scholars launch workforce strike, protest tracker

The Cornell ILR Labor Action Tracker, a new interactive map and database, captures an accurate picture of labor unrest across industries around the United States.

Africana Library exhibit explores MLK’s labor activism

Exhibit features MLK's ties to labor movement 

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Joanna Papadakis ’21 honored for town-gown innovation

Joanna Papadakis ’21 has received the 2021 Cornell Campus-Community Leadership Award, an annual honor given by the Division of University Relations to a graduating senior who has shown exceptional town-gown leadership and innovation.

TCAT announces delivery of seven electric buses

With funding support from Cornell, the city and county, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit has purchased seven new electric buses, which were unveiled during an Earth Day ceremony April 22 on the Ithaca Commons.

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‘Feeney Way’ officially unveiled on donor’s 90th birthday

April 23, 2021 marks both the 90th birthday of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56 and the official unveiling of Feeney Way on Cornell’s Ithaca campus, honoring the man who has been called the university’s “third founder.”

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Registration open for June community-engaged learning faculty institute

Registration for the annual Faculty Institute on Community-Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT) exploring the foundations of community-engaged learning. The 2021 CELT is a series of online Community Conversations, held weekly June 1–22, from 1 to 1:50 p.m.

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