Giving Tuesday: Build a strong community

Learn about the many ways Cornellians are building strong communities... with your help!

• Ceriale family foundation $20M gift will support student mental health
  The gift from Cornellian parents John and Melissa Ceriale will fund the placement of embedded therapists in Cornell’s Ithaca campus schools and colleges, and will expand a well-being coaching program for students.
• University celebrates top faculty for outstanding teaching, mentoring
  Eleven teaching faculty from across the university have been awarded Cornell’s highest honors for graduate and undergraduate teaching: The Stephen H. Weiss Teaching Awards.
• Students look to cast their votes with enthusiasm and nuance
  A number of groups and experiences at Cornell are committed to engaging students with the democratic process—in and out of class.
• Breaking through barriers to reach new heights at Cornell Tech: Noor El-Hawwat
  Noor El-Hawwat is pursuing a career in computer science, thanks in part to Break Through Tech—which aims to provide Black, LatinX, Native American, low-income women, and gender non-conforming individuals the training, support, and experiences to break into influential tech roles.
• With research and data, professor empower Indigenous communities
  Michael Charles ’16, assistant professor in biological and environmental engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and citizen of the Navajo Nation, uses computational modeling to provide Indigenous communities with data they can use to advocate for themselves.

When you support Cornell, you build community, protect the planet, and help us do good around the world. Browse some of the programs and causes you can support on Giving Tuesday!