Freedom + Responsibility

“Embracing the freedom to learn and explore and share ideas, along with the responsibilities of being part of an academic community, united in a shared mission—living with, listening to, and respecting others and their ideas, while forming one’s own independent views and discussing them freely.” – Interim President Kotlikoff, August 2024

Engagement Opportunities

Get involved in the conversation! This running list of different offerings ranges from research to events to exhibits, and more. Check back regularly for updates.

Courses

• IDP: Dialogue Across Political Differences – Fall 2024 (UG students)
• Election 2024: Finding Your Voice – Fall 2024 (first-year students)
• Blazing Your Trail in Human Ecology – Talking Across Difference – Fall 2024 (first-year CHE students)
• IDP: Dialogue Across Differences for Public Policy – Spring 2025 (first-year Brooks School students)
• Intergroup Dialog Course – Spring 2025

Research

• Cornell Brooks Public Policy Center on Global Democracy
• Einaudi Research Priority: Democratic Threats and Resilience
• Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

Lectures & Panel Discussions

• Day of Dialogue: Communication and Self-Support in a Polarized World – Nov 22 (open to all)

Student-focused Programming

• Cornell in Washington – Live, learn and intern in Washington, DC
• CALS Global Fellows Program – Combine your academic pursuits with real-world experiences
• Laidlaw Leadership and Research Program – Promoting ethical leadership and international research around the world
• Clinton Global Initiative Entrepreneurship – Empowering the next generation of leaders through entrepreneurship

Artistic Offerings

• CRJEF at the Johnson Museum: Beyond 2024: Envisioning Just Futures & Equitable Democracy – Nov 14 (open to all)

Past Programs/Events:

• Disinformation and Deceit: Coordinated Sharing Behavior in Meta Ads Around the 2024 Presidential Campaign
• Architecture Against Democracy: Histories of the Nationalist International
• A Polarized Supreme Court: What It Means for Democracy
• Cornell Cinema:12 Angry Men
• Cornell Cinema: Selma
• Community-Engaged Learning and Leadership for a Better World Workshop Series
• Cornell Cinema: Dr. Strangelove
• Cornell Cinema: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• The Belnick Presidential Forum

• Invisible Weapons: When Uncontentious Politics Undermine Democracy

• Leadership Workshop: Developing, Understanding, and Strengthening Cultural Humility
• Politically Engaged Cornellians: From Student Activism to Presidential Campaigns
• In the Place of Constitutions: The Question of Political Legitimacy in Thailand
• Institute for African Development: Digitization of Elections in Africa
• Community Conversations: Free Speech and Supporting a Community of Belonging