Curtis Flowers, a Mississippi death row inmate, had been tried six times for four murders he says he did not commit. In June 2019, a Cornell Law School team convinced the U.S. Supreme Court that he had been the victim of racial bias.
The Intergroup Dialogue Project has expanded its engagement with the Cornell community with workshops tailored to professional students and academic advisers, and a new podcast.
Cornell has been honored for collaborations with farmworkers providing research, policy advocacy and outreach support including workshops, legal and tax assistance, and tutoring.
The Law School’s Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic played an important role in helping the man secure asylum after an immigration judge’s initial ruling against him.
Cornell’s sixth annual Community Development Institute brought together more than 125 experts in academia, government and community development to discuss solutions for dealing with “zombie homes” across New York state.
Eight faculty members are recipients of 2019 Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantships, receiving funds of $1,500 to $3,000 to help develop or expand courses and add teaching assistants.
Alumni of New York state’s Arthur O. Eve Opportunity Programs at Cornell gathered with the programs’ current students and administrators at a reception and dinner Oct. 4 in the Statler Ballroom.
Journalists Andrew Sullivan and Ezra Klein discussed whether illiberalism is corroding democracy in the second installment of The Peter ’69 and Marilyn ’69 Coors Conversation Series.
