The first-ever group of Undergraduate Global Scholars at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies are writers, artists and researchers with a common goal – to speak up for global free speech.
“Botticelli’s Banquet,” an Italian Renaissance-themed dinner held April 23 in Keeton House, featured Tuscan-inspired ingredients and a customizable, house-made pizza – evoking the period’s newfound freedom of expression.
Reflecting on his time on campus as this year's Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist during the university's Freedom of Expression theme year, David Folkenflik '91 says "freedom of expression isn't at its most potent as an issue or principle when it's easy. In some ways, it matters most when it’s hard."
The committee of faculty members, students and staff is in the process of reviewing the university’s interim expressive activity policy and will recommend a final policy early in the fall semester.
From April 10-12, ice cream aficionados will get several opportunities to taste and vote on their favorite of three new student-developed flavors, crafted to help celebrate “The Indispensable Condition: Freedom of Expression at Cornell.”
Former ACLU president Nadine Strossen discussed First Amendment issues with Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff and a panel of student leaders on April 29 in Willard Straight Hall.
A team of mostly first-year students created Brewing CommuniTea, an Earl Grey tea ice cream with caramel swirls and buttery shortbread pieces inspired by Cornell’s theme year.
In her decade researching the topic, Kate Starbird, has witnessed the spread of unintentional misinformation and the growth of deceptive, organized disinformation campaigns that have metastasized throughout social media platforms.
As part of Cornell’s “Freedom of Expression” theme year, Cornell University Library is holding events throughout the day April 26 to promote diversity of thought and expression found in books of all kinds.