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Font Size The Biden administration signaled its intent to join an international agreement to stop “violent” extremism online. The controversial agreement is named after the New Zealand city where a far-right gunman murdered 51 people in a mosque in 2019 while live-streaming the massacre on Facebook. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the United States "will join the Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online, a global pledge...

President Martha E. Pollack presented Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, Cornell’s most generous donor, with a lifetime achievement award named in his honor during a virtual ceremony April 30.

What Could Governors Island Be? Curbed 5 hrs ago Justin Davidson What does Governors Island want to be when it grows up? That question has slouched around the place for a couple of decades now, frustrating officials who would like to see the place gainfully employed. All that empty land unbuilt, those stunning views unmonetized, the constant demands for public funds — the island is basically a moocher, and thank goodness. For now, it’s still a ghostly, magical chip of land...

April 30, 2021 finance & economy Mayor de Blasio Joins Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, Nanotronics & New York State to Open High-Tech Manufacturing Center Mayor de Blasio today joined the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC), Nanotronics, Empire State Development (ESD) and CUNYs Medgar Evers College for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the company’s flagship manufacturing center located in the Navy Yards historic Building 2...

Mayor de Blasio has officially opened the 45,000 s/f Nanotronics manufacturing center at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Nanotronics, a science technology company that combines AI, automation and sophisticated imaging to manufacture hardware and software capable of working on a nanometer scale, will use the building as its headquarters. The factory, designed by Rogers Partners Architects + Urban Designers, will house research and development operations as well as production and design by the company�...

April 23, 2021 Today, April 23, 2021, marks both the 90th birthday of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56 and the official unveiling of Feeney Way on Cornell’s Ithaca campus, honoring the man who has been called the university’s “third founder.” Feeney, the founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and the university’s most generous donor, quietly devoted his fortune to worldwide causes for decades, and through the foundation invested nearly $1 billion in Cornell over a four-de...

Allegations of an Unjust Termination at Cornell Tech By   A former employee at the Cornell Tech campus of Cornell University says she was fired for calling out racism online and for speaking out against ethnic cleansing in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. In a Medium post, the former employee, J. Khadijah Abdurahman, said that she recently defended her friend’s critical technology practice syllabus when some began to criticize it on social media for not including more non-Black scholars. Abd...

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Colleges and universities are announcing vaccine requirements for in-person attendees with only limited exceptions Published April 19, 2021 NBC Universal, Inc. The number of colleges and universities requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for their students is growing, especially in the tri-state area. Rutgers University became one of the first major schools to announce such requirements for in-person learning for the fall, but many have followed the New Jersey schools lead. Download our mobile...

Cornell lecturer claims she was fired after suggesting Kamala Harris rose to VP only because of her mothers privileged Indian caste but she hasnt actually worked there since October J. Khadijah Abdurahman said on Medium she was fired from her role as visiting lecturer and researcher at Cornell Tech by Associate Professor Tapan Parikh  She said she was fired last month following an argument that broke out online  Abdurahman admitted she had shared a GIF of Harris sipping tea to argue the VP wa...