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In the 2022 Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture, journalist Tristan Ahtone and historian Robert Lee discussed how their investigation of how land grant universities, including Cornell University, financially benefited from Indigenous displacement.
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across campus, including Olin Library, seen above, as the first round of prelims looms. “[Organizational Behavior] was a class that I really looked forward to going to.” Sawyer Tierney ’25
Ezra Cornell purchased much of the University’s scrip — certificates which gave the owner the right to pick and claim a section of public land anywhere in the United States. Profits from the sale of the lands he selected, previously inhabited by indigenous nations including the Ojibwe, Miwok, Yokuts, and Dakota, were given to the University. Lee analyzed how Cornell has profited from the investment of Cornell’s Morrill Act Endowment over time, citing data collected from Cornell’s annual reports and archi val Accordingdocuments.to Lee, only limited records are publicly available from 2008 to the present, but he believes he has enough data to estimate that roughly 73 million dollars of Cornell’s current endowment is the result of Cornell’s Morrill Act Endowment.
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that the changes made reflected input of students under the old curriculum. Although students under the old curriculum have the freedom to take the newly-intro duced courses, it is not required to graduate.Theupdated curriculum also includes a reorganization of pre-existing course requirements. This includes restructuring the organizational behavior and human resource management requirements into four separate half-semester courses, requiring an international and comparative labor course as opposed to being offered as an elective and increas ing the number of data science and statistics sequences available to students.Oneof the most polarizing aspects of the curriculum chang es has been the abolishment of the ILROB 1120: Introduction to Organizational Behavior course — a well-liked, required course among the ILR students. In place are now two half-semester courses in both psychology and sociology each, emphasizing a focus on the ories and applications as it applies to the intersection between work and labor and organizational structure.“Organizational Behavior was probably my favorite class that fall,” said Sawyer Tierney ’25, who took the now-discontinued course his freshman year. “Prof. Rissing has been teaching it for a while. His lecture was probably the most engaging out of all the lectures I have taken at Cornell."
Starting this fall, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations implemented a substantially altered curriculum for first-year and transfer students, which includes a diversity and inclu sion requirement, updated writing seminars and an increased empha sis on statistics and data analysis skills.The update reinforces the col lege's mission to positively impact individuals and society through teaching, research and outreach.
“How can land grant universities square their pro fessed values with their colonial legacies?” Lee asked in theAccordinglecture. to Lee and Ahtone’s investigative report ing and in agreement with writing from Prof. John Parmenter, history, Cornell University’s co-founder
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According to Bentley Wong ’25, a student ambassador in the ILR school, the curriculum change aims to provide students with both intellectually stimulat ing “Thecourses.new curriculum presents so many great opportunities for new students to broaden their perspectives on not only social sci ence research, but also the world as a whole as they begin their journey at Cornell,” Wong said. “The newly introduced course requirements encourage [ILR stu dents] to apply their learning to their own personal lives and local communities.”Asastudent under the pre2022 curriculum, Wong voiced
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The 1862 Morrill Act helped fund the creation of many universities across the United States, including Cornell, using the sale of land formerly inhabited by Indigenous people to support higher education. As part of the land acknowledgement of the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities, the institutions acknowledge this history. Ahtone, a member of the Kiowa tribe and editor at large for the climate news organization Grist, and Lee, a history professor at the University of Cambridge, conducted a wide ranging investigation into the legacy of the Morrill Act.
Sipple studies the public school system and says test prep systems “guarantee improved scores” for students with resources including time, motivation, money and trans portation.“[Atest-optional policy] changes the whole ball park of what admis sions is,” said Ken Gonzalez ’24. “It blurs the lines between you not getting in because you weren’t what Cornell was looking for, and you
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Adam Boyko Preventativesaid.care through genetics can give very valuable information so by edu cating veterinarians Embark is working to improve canine health overall.
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Embark has made landmark discover ies in the field of canine genetics such as inbreeding depression in golden retriev ers, blue eye coloration in huskies and hearing loss in rhodesian ridgebacks.
The Dog Age Test, launching this fall 2022, is an epigenetic test that looks at the amount of methylation — a type of epigenetic modification that influences which genes are turned active and inac tive — in a dog’s DNA instead of the genetic code to translate into the calen dar age of the Methylation,dog.areversible process that works by blocking proteins from reading the DNA and turning the DNA “off,” repressing the gene. DNA is made up of four bases: Adenine, thiamine, cytosine and guanine. Epigenetic marks — phe notype changes that do not affect the DNA code itself — act on the DNA to affect how it is expressed by telling cells in the body what to become. Epigenetic patterns are not permanent and can dif fer based on environment, lifestyle and disease.Methylation acts as a clock, so the genome becomes less methylated as we age. This means that the amount of DNA methylation and position where it occurs can be used to identify how old a dog is. With just a cheek swab, an owner can know how old their dog is within fiveIncorrectmonths. modifications to gene activ ity, even without changes in the DNA sequence itself, can cause health and behavioral risks. As a result, epigenetics
Embark, a canine DNA testing com pany founded in 2015 by brothers Ryan and Adam Bokyo in Cornell’s Incubator for Life Science Companies, is now taking strides in studies of the canine genome. With the swab of a dog’s cheek, Embark can provide information about the dog’s genetic risk factors and ancestry. Embark is working on building a data set of cutting edge genetic information of dogs for research purposes, while simul taneously helping dog owners accumu
cyclesofimportancediet.Thethebody’sofregulationisfurtheremphasizedinthesecondstudy,publishedinProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciencesthispastAugust.Thisstudyfollowsthetimingoffatcelldifferentiationinresponsetoacell’scircadianclock.Usinglivecellimaging,andfluorescent
Sleep interruption | Two new Weill Cornell studies find that chronic stress and circadian interruption may be linked to increased fat cell growth.
“We are unlocking the future of dog health,” Adam Boyko said, “where we are building both the data set as well as research capabilities that will enable the next big advancements in dog health.”
this threshold to become a fat cell is reached, it is irrevers ible.It takes an extended period of time to become a fat cell, but the decision to become one is very rapid, occurring in a window of around 4 hours.
For example, different canine cancers have been associated with epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation and histone modifications. The most common canine cancers are seen through tumors along with cancers seen in soft tissues, digestive organs or bones.
markers, fluc tuations of peroxisome pro liferator- activated receptor gamma — a protein mediat ing fat cell production — and circadian gene expression were monitored. Preadipocytes have a circuit based on PPARG. If you stay on rhythms, PPARG will not reach the threshold to become a fat cell, however, if you give continuous stimuli, it will become a fat cell. Once
status quo of the 250 things we can test for today,” co-founder of Embark Prof. Adam Boyko, biomedical sciences said “We want to find the next 250 things so that DNA testing is even more valuable in the Embarkfuture.”is pushing boundaries in canine genetics by working with research ers to create new tests to further learn about each dog’s ancestry.
The first study, published in Cell Reports this past June, researched the effect that chronic stress and Cushing’s disease — a disease that stim ulates excess production of the stress hormone cortisol — have on weight gain and obe sity, ultimately finding it plays a keyGlucocorticoids,role. stress hor mones in our bodies released in response to cortisol, normally kick-up around 7 a.m., and will spike and drop through out the day until dropping at night. These oscillations glu cocorticoid levels are medi ated by the body’s circadian clock.Cushing’s disease, as well as chronic stress, may result in the flattening of these cir cadian oscillations, causing these spikes in glucocorticoid to decrease. This normally occurs when prolonged stress stimulates constant release of glucocorticoids instead of its
From this increased awareness, Embark is now starting to work direct ly with veterinarians selling test kits in veterinary clinics to assist veterinarians in genetic tools for treatment of dogs. The organization recently partnered with Westminster.“Thefirst vet clinics that we started selling to have given us a wildly positive response with results that have been out of left field to save the dog’s life, and otherwise we would not have known that a dog had a potential life threatening dis order and would have not been avoided,”
“If you don’t sleep [proper ly] at night, the next day you will have increased cortisol lev els at night,” said Prof. Mary Teruel, biochemistry. “[B]ut there is a compensation that will bring down peak levels so the total amount of cortisol in the bloodstream is constant.”
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“Our message is that we can help owners take the best care of their dog with preventable issues that could come up and help owners maximize the time and quality of time they get to spend with their dog,” said founder and Chief Executive Officer Ryan Boyko.
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Two recent studies con ducted at Weill Cornell sug gest that there’s more to gain ing weight than diet. Chronic stress and disruptions in one’s circadian clocks may play a key role in fat cell growth.
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Even with a really healthy diet. This suggests that the fat cell growth is independent of
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late as much knowledge about their dog’s health as possible.
“Cells are only committing in the rest phase, and only make this 4 hour decision [to become a fat cell] based on the feedback loops that drive it,” Teruel said.
Provided that the cells commit to becoming fat cells during the rest phase, diet during this phase may result in weight gain as consum ing a high fat diet during a rest phase will result in you becoming much more obese than if you were to eat the same thing during the day phase.
Fat cell growth did not vary due to diet or the amount of glucocorticoids. The mice all got the same amount of gluco corticoids, but some got it at the wrong time causing their fat mass to double.
Getting more tests into the public sphere is the best way to get more data and Embark has done this multiple ways. The first dog DNA test product was launched on the Today Show in May 2016. Since then, the test has been featured in shows such as Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl and Oprah’s Favorite Things.
To test the effects of this circadian disruption, Teruel and her colleagues replicated the stress that humans may face when sustaining worklife imbalances in mice. This was done by implanting mice with corticosterone pellets to simulate high levels of corti sol constantly. By prolonging glucocorticoid levels in the mice, researchers found that insulin levels and the amount of fatty tissue rose, ultimately resulting in obesity and fat cell growth.When circadian rhythms were restored however, the effects were reversed.
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If you’re more in the mood for a snack, you can always get some Cornell Dairy yogurt and top it with fruit and some sort of granola.
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Certain foods like animal prod ucts and anything with added oils increase levels of estrogen in the body. When you consume more estrogen-based foods, your uter ine lining can become abnormally thick. During the menstrual cycle, your uterine lining breaks down. Because of the thickness of the uterine lining, more prostaglan dins are created, leading to severe pain.All in all, “Eating foods that decrease inflammation in the body will help to tame menstrual cramps.” These include fruits, veg gies, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, while avoiding animal products, refined grains, added vegetable oils, and fatty foods. The reason why a diet of fruits and veggies are effective relates to the high number of antioxidants found in Despiteplants.advice that seems sim plistic, I’m aware that such is easier said than done, especially when it comes to college and din ing hall food. Here’s my recom mendations for places on campus where menstrual-cycle friendly foodAsexists.much as I love Bear Necessities, I would not recom mend it for food that soothes your body aches, as most of the food tends to be on the greasy side. Smoothies from Crossings Cafe in Toni Morrison Hall are some of the best. My favorite is the cocoa pinenna smoothie. All are made fresh to order, with an assortment of flavors. You can choose if you want the base to be yogurt or oat milk. Whipped cream on the top is free. It makes you feel special while filling your stomach. At any
What I provided is not an exhaustive list of period-friend ly foods, these are just some of my finds that I personally don’t think enough people know about. I’m not vegetarian or gluten-free, but sometimes eating a certain kind of diet can be beneficial. Experiencing menstrual cycles is an exhausting part of life for many individuals; little things like food can help. After all, you are what you eat; you are more than just a college student. You’re an individ ual who needs to be cared for and nourished.
Additionally, at any dining hall (North or West campus), you can make yourself a salad. My person al favorite is a Cobb salad, with hard-boiled egg as my protein. Blue cheese dressing is delicious, combined with some spinach, gar banzo beans, cheese, maybe some sunflower seeds, and you have a tasty and nutritious meal. If you’re more in the mood for a snack, you can always get some Cornell Dairy yogurt and top it with fruit and some sort of granola. If there’s no
Anyone who experiences periods, especially in col lege, knows the struggle of having cramps. Eating foods that decrease inflammation in the body reduces cramping, but it’s hard to know what to eat to help yourself, especially when you’re always on the go and subject to dining hall food.Obviously, I’m not here to tell you what you can and can not eat. I am here, however, to recommend certain foods based on research and my own expe riences. In a way, this piece is more for me to enforce healthy eating habits while on my period. Writing things down helps me. I’ve struggled with severe period cramps and periods that prevent me from doing daily activities, going to doctor after doctor. I don’t know what is wrong with me, and there isn’t anything that can fix it. However, your diet and how you treat your body impacts how your body handles pain and otherAccordingobstacles.to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, “There is a connec tion between the food you eat and your body’s estrogen levels.”
granola, feel free to use cereal or a crumbled oatmeal raisin cook ie. Eating at Risley Dining could help; it’s an entirely gluten-free dining hall; such can help reduce inflammation.Ifyou’renear the agriculture quad, I would recommend the PB&J bagel sandwich with apple butter from Bus Stop Bagels.
If you’re on central campus, I would definitely recommend the hearty sandwich with egg whites, feta and spinach for breakfast from Goldies. They also have a portabella mushroom melt that tastes like my mom’s portabel la mushrooms — delectable and dreamy. Crossings in Toni Morrison also has one of these. Although Terrace is on the pricier side, they also have tasty smooth ies that allow you to get all your essential nutrients in.
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cafe, you can also get some nice, herbal hot teas. Those always help calm and soothe me.
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The flavors truly do melt on your tongue. Trillium has omelets in the morning that are absolute ly scrumptious, just choose an option that doesn’t have meat. Mann Cafe has a lunch sandwich called Chickpea of the Sea. It’s a cold sandwich with chickpea and seasonings, and I was pleasantly surprised the first time I had it.
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In the 20 plus years since, the world we live in has changed rapidly. The U.S. has fought two conflicts on foreign soil. Yet, evil, terrrorism and wrongdoing persist, despite our best or worst intentions. Was it worth it? Who’s to say. But, as it pertains to the memory of 9/11, that isn’t a critical judg ment for our remembrance. Nothing that has happened since that day 21 years ago can change or erase the human toll. Though the years continue to pass, we’ve arrived in 2022 with 3,000 less of us thanks to the actions of 19 people. Our country forever changed, American lives extinguished, and 20 years later we can do nothing to undo it.
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On the other hand, three quarters of us college students were born after the attacks. We never had to live with the consequences of the attacks. Nor will we have to “adult” in a world where the nightly body counts and reports of sucide bombings in far away lands grace our T.V. channels and air-waves. And so we circle back. With that chapter closing and with ours starting in a post-war-onterror world, what is the relevance of 9/11? Why should we care?
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Monday morning, I joined thousands of first responders, veterans and military personnel across the country for a workout honoring the sacrifice of New York City firefighters and police on that fateful day in 2001. Together with the rest of Cornell’s Tri-Service Brigade, we climbed 110 flights
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rest of us, but they were there and making the workout even harder for themselves than it already was. At one point between breaths, I asked one of them why they were doing this. He replied simply, “Because on 9/11, they were us.” That is about as simple of an explanation as it gets. Because on Sept. 11, 2001, we lost 3,000 of “us.” Americans, first responders, service personnel, Cornellians,
That’s the frustrating part of it, isn’t it? 21 years later, all we are left with are the mon uments in Washington D.C., Pennsylvania and New York City, as well as all those pain ful memories. There is no shiny medal that reads, “We got you all back” or a trophy for winning the war on terror.
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So do we remember or move on? In a way, however, memory is a vehicle for moving forward. We remember those who died, we remember the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and we remember how it felt to come together as a country and grieve. And, yes, we cannot go back in time and prevent 9/11. Nor can we change the legacy of that day. Our posterity will decide that for us. At the very least, though, what we can do is climb some steps and remember those we lost.
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This year, though, 21 years to the day, Sept. 11 was anything but horrifying. Sure, Instagram stories went up and some people attended memorials, but, all in all, it was a fairly normal Sunday for the majority of Cornellians and Americans in general. Which leads me to why I’m writing this column.
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This past Sunday marks the 21st anni versary of 9/11. 21 years ago, 19 hijackers ended the lives of almost 3,000 innocent civilians in what is one the most horrifying days in American history.
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This Sunday, while proceeding with my normal Sunday routine, doing my normal homework, I overheard a question that real ly made me think: why do we still remember 9/11? Before you dismiss it, it’s not totally a question without merit. On this particular anniversary, with the 20-year Global War on Terrorism effectively coming to an end, its actually a pretty painful piece of introspec tion for Americans. For those that sacrificed their time, bodies and, in some cases, their lives fighting terror for the past two decades, I can’t even imagine what thoughts may have come to mind as we watched Afghanistan slip back into the control of the Taliban.
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The team, which was picked to finish last in the Ivy League in the pre-season poll, will be hampered by the loss of 51 seniors. While the preseason has brought uncertainty about the team’s youth and inexperience, it has also brought optimism surrounding a dynamic playmaker at quarterback in sophomore Jameson Wang.
Cornell’s hopes on offense will largely be tied to the perfor mance of Wang, who will get the nod for his first full season as the starting quarterback. Wang’s midseason debut last year sparked a resurgence in what had been a pedestrian Cornell offense. The then-freshman created opportunities with his legs, rushing for an average of 50 yards per game. However, Wang was less dynamic in the pocket, passing for just 43 yards per game, including four touchdowns and four interceptions.
In 2021, Wang was playing with a hurt shoulder and limited knowledge of the playbook. Now back to full health and with understanding of a completely rede signed, simpler offense, Wang and the coaching staff are confident in his ability to lead the “Obviouslyoffense.my greatest asset is my legs, I can extend plays really well, but I also want to show that I can sling the ball down field too, which I believe that I can do,” Wang said. “I think that I really am a true dual threat quarterback.”
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Cornell kicks off its 134th season of football on Saturday at Virginia Military Institute. After a 2-8 2021 campaign that represented a setback from a 4-6 perfor mance in 2019, the Red will hope to turn things around in 2022.
Still, don’t expect Cornell to end its 32-year Ivy League title drought this season. The Red is dangerously thin on the offensive line and is resting its fate on mostly inexperienced players. Head coach David Archer ’05 is asking new players at various position groups to prove themselves for the first time in their college careers. Wang brings new promise to East Hill, but not enough to expect this team to compete for the league championship this season.
The biggest uncertainty on offense will be the offensive line. The lone returning starter of a group that was a strength for Cornell last season is senior left guard Joe Kelly. The four remaining starting spots will go to an inexperienced group with a concerning lack of depth. Two converted defensive linemen have spent the preseason preparing to make the switch to offensive line. With such a lack of depth in a group that will be critical to Wang’s success, the offensive line’s health will be a big factor in Cornell’s offense.
Over the offseason, Archer and the coaching staff completely redrew the playbook. The staff feels that Wang’s ability to create opportunities with his legs will give the team more flexibility than it has had in the past. Archer has completely turned over play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Joe Villapiano, who will be running an offense that is designed to make things simpler for Wang.
“The first year, getting the experience to play live reps, that was [a] big experience for my role now,” Wang said. “The game really slowed down, I was able to read defenses well, I wasn’t panicking. I’m more calm and more comfortable with the offense.”
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Eddy Tillman, who made the most of just 17 carries his freshman year, rushing for 142 yards. Aside from Glover and Tillman, the rest of the offense will be trying to prove themselves and compete for playing time.
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The result of the unprecedented roster turnover this season is a lot of unproven, inexperienced players. Reflecting on 2021, Archer indicated that he regretted “coaching with gratitude.” So many fifth-year seniors disrupted their lives to play for the Red in 2021 after losing the 2020 season to the pandemic. Archer, feeling a sense of gratitude and perhaps obligation, gave those players most of the opportunities. Now, with those players gone, it’s hard to know what to expect when Cornell puts its current roster to the test for the first time.
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2022 Football Season Preview
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The certainty and optimism that Wang provides under center will be tempered by inexperience and questions about his weapons on offense. Senior wide receiver Thomas Glover, who is returning for a fifth year after finishing second in the Ivy League with 767 receiving yards in 2021, will be the main weapon in the passing game. The bulk of the carries in the run game will go to sophomore running back
