A student-run organization, Cornell's Diversity Admissions Ambassadors help historically underrepresented groups learn about, apply to and thrive at Cornell.
Living wage legislation would lead to pay increases for 30% to 40% of all workers in Tompkins County, and 65% to 75% of Black workers, according to a new policy brief spearheaded by the ILR School.
Black and Indigenous Americans are far more likely to experience homelessness than other groups, according to a Cornell-led study that is the first to report national, annual rates of sheltered homelessness over time across race and ethnicity.
This year’s 27 Global Public Voices fellows from the Einaudi Center will engage with national and international news media to make their voices heard on conditions and current events that threaten democratic institutions worldwide.
Christina Ochoa, who advocates for incarcerated people serving life sentences in New York state through the Cornell University Parole Initiative, earned the Newman Civic Fellowship for her dedication to transforming systemic injustice in prisons and parole policies.
Derrick Spires will talk about “Defining Democracy: How Black Print Culture Shaped America, Then and Now” Dec. 1 in a Society for the Humanities webcast hosted by eCornell.
Abena Foli founded POKS Spices in 2016 to bring flavors from West Africa into American home kitchens. In 2021, she became one of the 60,000 women to participate in the certificate program offered by the Bank of America Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Cornell, which is managed by the Cornell Law School and powered by eCornell.
In the latest episode of the ILR School’s podcast, Dean Alex Colvin and Tony Byers discuss the increased role of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.