Gerard Aching's book 'Freedom from Liberation' is a social, psychological, historical and literary study centered on a 19th-century Cuban poet's slave narrative, the only such work to surface in the Spanish-speaking world.
From the silver screen, the airwaves, the stage and the page, renowned Cornellians return to campus March 5 to share their media-industry savvy at free events sponsored by the President’s Council of Cornell Women.
Winners of the Cornell-based Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced. The award recognizes excellent writing in African languages and encourages translation.
Four members of the Congressional Black Caucus shared reflections on race and justice in America and potential legislative solutions during a virtual discussion June 15 hosted by Cornell's Institute of Politics and Global Affairs.
Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff has launched a task force to recommend new approaches to accelerate the diversity of the Cornell faculty. A report with short- and long-term strategies to improve retention rates for underrepresented faculty is due in spring 2018.
A proposal for research to detect racial bias in the research peer review process has earned a second-place prize from the National Institutes of Health’s Center for Scientific Review for two College of Human Ecology faculty members.
I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, during the civil rights era of the 1960s and ’70s. I was the first person in my family to even think about going to college – and I had the audacity to want to become a lawyer. I was interested in driving social change through using law to increase diversity and inclusion.
Marcos Moreno was among 60 scholars were selected from 482 applicants nominated nationwide this year. He plans to be a primary care physician in his native Arizona.