Faith Morrell McIntosh was selected as CBAA’s Literary Grant recipient for the 2015 cycle. Below, Faith tells us a bit about herself, how the CBAA Literary Grant helped her, and most importantly, about her forthcoming novel, Prisoner on the Mountain. For a first look into Prisoner on the Mountain, visit Faith’s website, Books By […]
It is not enough to congratulate ourselves on our exclusivity, our Ivy League association, our elite status. If we do that, we succeed only in becoming snobs, and we ignore the admonitions of the Founders across the expanse of the past 150 years. We aspire to be elite, without the burden of being elitist. We […]
Greetings: Thank you for being a dues-paying member of the Cornell Black Alumni Association (CBAA)! We are delighted to have you as part of the CBAA family. I note that your membership period has expired. As we move into the New Year 2015, a new and exciting change has been made. We are providing membership cards to all CBAA members who are […]
Erika Green Swafford ’94 was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for her work on “How to Get Away With Murder”. Check out the other nominations here. The Chicago Sun Times recently featured Amanda Williams ’97 for her work on transforming neighborhoods in South Side […]
Are you not receiving emails from CBAA? Visit the link below to update your information with Cornell today! Self Identification Instructions If you’re still not getting emails, please contact Sharon Foretia at secretary@cbaa1976.com for assistance. […]
[image url=”https://cbaa1976.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Laura-2012-1-199×300.jpg” alignment=”center” margin_left=”0″ margin_right=”0″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ border=”mediumBorder” icon=”” shadow=”7″ link=”” target=”_parent” width=”199″ height=”300″] Laura Wilkinson is no stranger to leadership at Cornell. She is a member of the Cornell University Council, Cornell Law School Advisory Council and Cornell Black Alumni Association. In addition, Wilkinson is a former Chair of the President’s Council of Cornell Women […]
The Cornell University Board of Trustees appointed 7 new members including CBAA Member Laura Wilkinson, MBA ’85, JD ’86. Wilkinson and the other appointees will serve 4 year terms starting on July 1st. To read more about the appointment and learn about the other new trustees, please read the Cornell Chronicle article. Let’s congratulate Laura […]
The conference is intended to investigate and assess the state of scholarship on historiography and African American intellectual history– two interrelated areas which have been the passion and focus of Professor Robert Harris’ teaching and scholarship for nearly forty years at Cornell University. The proceedings of the conference will serve as a basis for a […]
Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, returned to Cornell’s campus on March, 7th, to talk about literature, politics and language. Watch her lecture on CORNELLCAST. […]