(Dean Heiser/Cornell University Press via AP)
Sometimes, it seems like the whole world is a high school and we’re all just trying to stay in style.
I mean that, not regarding fashion, but activities and ideas.
One item rising in popularity: the socially-aware “land acknowledgement.”
Last month, Cornell University joined the current craze.
As stated by The Cornell Daily Sun, at CU’s Spring 2021 commencement ceremony, announcers read a statement recognizing “the university’s place on the traditional homeland of the Gayogo̱ hó꞉nǫ’ (pronounced Guy-yo-KO-no), or Cayuga Nation.”
Here’s the official acknowledgement, as laid out on the institution’s website: