Blog Posts

Educating myself during #ShutDownAcademia

By Kate Blackwood / June 10, 2020

It gave me hope to be part of a day in which instructors, advisers, staff, and students step back—whether to heal or to learn—and focus on the unjust elements of academia.

Best read of the week: Black Lives Matter and nature

By Kate Blackwood / June 6, 2020

To open all spaces to all people means saying “Black lives matter” this week and as long as it takes.

Best read of the week: Aerial video of the Cornell campus

By Kate Blackwood / May 31, 2020

My best read of the week this week is a flight over Ithaca, a film made by a Cornell senior.

Best read of the week: Electronica dances with R&B, in Wire

By Kate Blackwood / May 23, 2020

“a powerful combination of two different cultural modes of expression and two very distinct visions of utopia.”