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<p>In the 1970s, politicians – and the public – interpreted the social movements, rising crime rates and economic downtown as proof that welfare programs didn’t work and certain marginalized groups were unfit for full citizenship. These attitudes were codified in a public policy of “getting tough” that echoes today in “law and order” political rhetoric.</p>
The map offers insights into colonial life that will enhance learning and research at Cornell.
<p>The seven students who make up Cornell’s first Posse graduating class were honored at an event filled with tears, laughter and joy from their families, friends, mentors and admirers.</p><p>“I’ve met so many people who have changed my life,” said Chris Edo-Osagie ’17. “And the fact that I’ve made my family proud is something I will carry with me forever.”</p>
A summer intern gains experience at Albright Stonebridge Group and the Berger National Scholars program starts this fall.
<p>Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has named eight social sciences, humanities and arts (SSHA) fellows for the 2017-18 academic year. The fellows, who come from across the university, will add distinctive perspectives to the arena of sustainability by reshaping behaviors, imaginations and minds through their research, said David Lodge, the Atkinson Center’s Francis J. DiSalvo Director.</p>
<p><a href="http://government.cornell.edu/jamila-michener">Jamila Michener</a>, assistant professor of government, and <a href="http://history.cornell.edu/julilly-kohler-hausmann">Julilly Kohler-Hausmann</a>, assistant professor of history, write in this <a href="http://nyti.ms/2t0NdkW">New York Times opinion piece</a> that tying Medicaid benefits to drug testing could imperil Medicaid's long-term viability and create a "vicious cycle of stigmatization and program retrenchment."</p>
The project is creating a database of fugitive slaves in North America, using information in “runaway” advertisements placed by slave owners.
Cornell works with several organizations that protect academics threatened by violence or persecution.
Faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences are exploring questions about recent events in their research and scholarship, and students have the opportunity to engage with their expertise through numerous courses this Fall relevant to our current national climate.
<p>Martha E. Pollack plumbed the depths of Cornell history and spoke to current times in her inaugural address Aug. 25, following her installation as the university’s 14th president.</p><p>Quoting a speech written during the dark days of World War II by Cornell historian Carl Becker, Pollack said there is just as much need today for universities to “maintain and promote the humane and rational values” that preserve democratic society.</p>
Russell Rickford, associate professor of history, was awarded the 2016 Hooks National Book award for his book “We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power, and the Radical Imagination.”
<p>Slavery in West Africa has an ancient lineage dating to biblical times. <a href="http://history.cornell.edu/sandra-elaine-greene">Sandra Greene’</a>s new book, “Slave Owners of West Africa: Decision Making in the Age of Abolition,” explores the lives of three prominent West African slave owners during the age of abolition in the 19th century.</p>
“Now more than ever, Americans must advocate on behalf of populations that are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.”
From researching the intersection of international law and nuclear weapons to meeting Queen Noor of Jordan, Brandon Mok ‘19, a history major in the College of Arts & Sciences, spent his summer immersing himself in international affairs.
Cornell seniors are planning for a variety of different journeys after graduation.
Amid the rising waters of climate change, historian Aaron Sachs finds sense in the theatre of the absurd.
Concentration camps existed before World War II and still exist, as Andrea Pitzer will explore in her Oct. 17 lecture, “Harbingers and Echoes of the Shoah.”
<p>Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor of history, race and public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the Suzanne Young Murray Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, will deliver this year’s Reuben A. and Cheryl Casselberry Munday Distinguished Lecture.</p><p>His talk, “A Revitalized Black Public Sphere and the Future of American Democracy,” will take place at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Africana Studies and Research Center.</p>
Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff has launched a task force to recommend new approaches to enhance and accelerate the diversity of the Cornell faculty.
"Dignity beats demagoguery, humility is nobler than arrogance, building bridges is better than building walls.”
A new two-credit Learning Where You Live (LWYL) course this semester on West Campus, ENGL 1605: North/West Campus Dialogue on Race, “gives students the opportunity to learn from and with each other about issues of racial conflict … in an atmosphere of openness, mutual engagement and respect,”
Faculty said citizens need to engage in civic activities, pay attention and "do the hard work."
<p><a href="http://history.cornell.edu/noam-maggor">Noam Maggor</a>, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of History in the College of Arts & Sciences, writes in <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/03/amazon-goodies-tax-breaks-hq-city">this op-ed for The Guardian</a> that Amazon's search for a second North American headquarters has generated a race to the bottom bidding war to please Amazon that parallels the rise of capitalism in the19th century. </p>
President Martha E. Pollack and more than a thousand others gathered to celebrate the museum and Cornell’s founding principles of inclusion and diversity.
