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A student-run organization, Cornell's Diversity Admissions Ambassadors help historically underrepresented groups learn about, apply to and thrive at Cornell.

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A new program, the CALS Student Success Navigator Program , provides additional assistance to new first-year and transfer students and their families, and it aims to build a community of support to ensure academic, personal and professional...
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Gender equality is a hot topic in the development sector, but opportunities to learn about complexities within gender and development are hard to come by in higher education. A fresh take on a course in Cornell Global Development seeks to change...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
Jane Eleanor Datcher, Cornell's first Black woman graduate, stands front and center in the class photo of 1890.

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After graduating with a degree in botany in 1890, Jane Eleanor Datcher taught chemistry at the first – and best – public high school in the U.S. for Black youth and helped organize regional and national networks for Black women.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture

Events

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Seminar

In this talk, Hale Tufan, Ph.D., will describe three research areas aiming to guide agricultural research processes and outputs to positively contribute to gender equality and social inclusion. 3/9 @ Noon ET
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Inclusive Excellence Seminar
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Seminar

In this talk, Chase Mendenhall, Ph.D., will introduce the stakeholders and science of Queer Biology and Countryside Biogeography, exploring their roles in building an LGBTQ+ inclusive evolutionary narrative and guiding conservation investments in rural Latinx communities. 3/8 @ 3:30 p.m. ET
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Inclusive Excellence Seminar
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Seminar

In this talk, Aidee Guzman, Ph.D., will present her research on how on-farm diversification in an intensively managed landscape can bolster below- to above-ground biodiversity and their interactions on agroecosystems. 3/7 @ noon ET
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Inclusive Excellence Seminar
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Seminar

In three vignettes, Steven Johnson, Ph.D., will describe a way to design and establish climate cooperatives – sets of nations that share similar ocean environments separated by time.
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Inclusive Excellence Seminar