The holiday celebrates the day enslaved people gained their freedom. But they lacked political power then, as Black people too often do today, says associate professor Jamila Michener.
In a virtual forum sponsored by the Employee Assembly, university leaders said recent steps to contain costs sought to preserve jobs while addressing shortfalls prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
As Cornell University Library’s physical spaces remain temporarily closed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, librarians are opening digital doors for Cornell’s community of scholars.
Children – especially teens – growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods face greater odds of unhealthy weight gain as adults, according to new research by a Cornell sociologist.
Eleven students from five countries made history May 25 as they became the first graduates of Cornell’s Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) program in a ceremony at the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Vice President Ryan Lombardi announced at yesterday's Student Assembly meeting that he is planning to increase the number of front-line staff in the university’s advocacy and resource centers.
Historian Nancy Isenberg will discuss class and privilege in America at the Krieger Lecture in American Political Culture May 4 at 4:30 p.m. in Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
Walter F. LaFeber, 87, professor of history, who won ovations from students for class lectures and whose mastery of U.S. foreign relations guided political scientists, died March 9.
Cornell continues to enact changes and reforms to sorority and fraternity life at the university as part of the ongoing response to a comprehensive review President Martha E. Pollack requested in 2018.