
Exemplary Project: Ness
2022 Exemplary Project Grant recipient Jessica Ness describes her experience delving into the history of the Seward family and their role in abolitionist politics.
Read MoreRural Humanities is an Andrew W. Mellon supported initiative in public and engaged humanities that uses the tools of the humanities to critically approach, learn from, make visible, and support the realities of rural America, particularly in Central-Western New York: its histories, cultures, challenges, and futures.
Cornell faculty from any discipline to apply for up to $10,000 in support of public-facing research humanities projects and/or engaged community humanities initiatives on rural New York State issues. We especially encourage proposals that engage with this year's theme of Rural Black Lives.
Faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students can also apply for microgrants to support humanities projects on Rural Black Lives.
2022 Exemplary Project Grant recipient Jessica Ness describes her experience delving into the history of the Seward family and their role in abolitionist politics.
Read MoreIn an essay as part of the RH Pamphlet Collection, 2022 Exemplary Project Grant recipient Bushra Aumir describes her art installation, Resolute.
Read MoreUsing a faculty grant from the Rural Humanities initiative, Shorna Allred (CALS) produced "The Stories Trees Have to Tell," a 30-page publication highlighting the stories of five Black owners of forestland in Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Read MoreA&S faculty will lead many courses on campus and join educational vacations as part of Cornell Adult University.
Read MoreThe 3-D tour focuses on the building, its foundation, the archaeological excavation underway and a Civil War monument on the church site.
Read MoreOn Cornell’s eighth Giving Day, held March 16, 15,905 alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends from more than 80 countries made gifts totaling a record-breaking $12,268,629.
Read MoreGifts allow the College to fulfill its mission: preparing students to do the greatest good in the world.
Read MoreThe new “Voices on the Underground Railroad” website focuses on nine documented or rumored stops on the Underground Railroad in Central and Western New York.
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