Strength in difference
Our mission is for CALS to cultivate an inclusive community by incorporating equitable practices that empower individuals, foster engagement, and advance equal opportunities for all.
Our commitments include:
- Actively learn how the past has shaped individual and shared experiences
- Intentionally work to improve outcomes in the present
- Continually strive for a better future
Events and News
Inclusive Excellence Seminar Series
Meet the DEI Team
Senior Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Professor
Department of Entomology
Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- (607) 255-4934
- corrie.moreau [at] cornell.edu
CALS Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- (607) 254-2158
- stellahein [at] cornell.edu
Director of Inclusive Academic Advising
Office of Student Services
- rrt52 [at] cornell.edu
Assistant Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Cornell Cooperative Extension
- eg36 [at] cornell.edu
Assistant Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- swannegordon [at] cornell.edu
Associate Professor
Food Science
Associate Director
Cornell AgriTech
- (315) 787-2268
- akm87 [at] cornell.edu
Associate Director of Inclusive Academic Advising
Office of Student Services
- sg2282 [at] cornell.edu
Lead for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Laboratory of Ornithology
- dem334 [at] cornell.edu
Explore the CALS DEI story series
DEI Story Series
Gender-inclusive workshop series seeks to empower, educate
A new workshop series seeks to uncover and dismantle the sometimes-hidden biases that women and gender-expansive people experience in attaining and being successful in leadership positions.
DEI Story Series
CALS students build new, inclusive paths
This is the first in a series of stories detailing the actions CALS students, faculty and staff have taken over the past year to make our community a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place for everyone. Here, we highlight some of our student-led efforts – these emerging leaders, often through sheer labors of love, emphasize inclusive excellence and are motivated by a desire to make the path more equitable for those who will follow.
DEI Story Series
Assessing curriculum to improve diversity, equity, inclusivity in teaching
Here, we highlight college efforts to design a more inclusive curriculum and detail some of the courses CALS faculty have developed or adapted to address issues of racial, social, gender, economic and environmental justice.
DEI Story Series
Cornell AgriTech embraces responsibility to lead in inclusivity
Here, we highlight the efforts at Cornell AgriTech to foster the ongoing development of an inclusive and equitable environment where diverse student, staff, and faculty feel secure and supported.
DEI Story Series
CALS enhances strategies to recruit, retain diverse faculty, students
Here, we highlight some of the strategies CALS and its community members are adopting to improve diversity in faculty, staff and student recruitment and retention.
DEI Story Series
CALS hires faculty cohort to address grand DEI challenges
In fall 2021, CALS announced its first-ever faculty cohort initiative focused on hiring a group of scientists whose work explicitly addresses systemic challenges facing marginalized communities through transdisciplinary collaboration. The first search was received with great enthusiasm and 381 people applied for the six positions.
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