Cornell and its Special Mission

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 […]

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2015 – 2016 Outstanding Student Leadership Award

Cornell Black Alumni Association (CBAA) 2016 Outstanding Student Leadership Award The 2015-2016 Cornell Black Alumni Association Outstanding Student Leadership Award recognizes a current undergraduate senior (Class of 2016) of African descent for his/her outstanding leadership and efforts to enhance the lives of students and the community-at-large while attending Cornell University.  The purpose of the award is to recognize past accomplishments […]

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2014-2015 Outstanding Student Leadership Award

[image url=”https://cbaa1976.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/TT2-300×206.png” alignment=”center” margin_left=”0″ margin_right=”0″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ border=”smallBorder” width=”300″ height=”206″] Thaddeus Talbot, a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, has been selected as the recipient of the 2014-15 Cornell Black Alumni Association (CBAA) Outstanding Student Leadership Award. This award is given to a senior of African descent for his/her outstanding leadership and […]

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Support Cornell’s Inaugural “Giving Day”

Today, Cornell hosts its first ever “Giving Day”, a one-day (24-hour) online fundraising event.The Cornell Black Alumni Association encourages you to participate in this monumental first for our alma mater. The Giving Day website will allow you to give to the annual fund of any School, College or Unit within the university OR to direct your gift to a program […]

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Alumni Spotlight: Tameka Walker-Blake

College, Major & Graduation Year College of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry, Class of 2001 What was your Cornell experience like when you attended? Overall, I had a great experience; it provided a great foundation for my medical school education, while fostering many lifelong friendships and networks. What have you done post-Cornell? I attended medical school […]

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Letter to the CBAA Membership

Greetings: Warm wishes for the holidays.  Thank you for being a member of the Cornell Black Alumni Association (CBAA)! We are delighted to have you as part of the CBAA family.  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 up to date […]

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Campus Spotlight: Black Bio-Medical Technical Association (BBMTA)

The Black Bio-Medical and Technical Association (BBMTA) of Cornell University is a non-profit organization primarily composed of students of color who are interested in health-related issues that affect our communities. BBMTA serves as a community service group that provides information about health issues relevant to people of color in the Cornell, Ithaca and surrounding areas; […]

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CURRENTS Features CBAA Literary Grant

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education featured CBAA in the November/December issue of its CURRENTS publication. CBAA is proud to have established a grant that seeks to bring a direct benefit to our alumni. View this link to review the article. For more information on the literary grant, please visit our webpage.   […]

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