Josh Nathanson, Needham, Massachusetts:
Philosophy & Government Major, Class of '20.
Josh answers the question: "What are the most valuable skills you gained from your Arts & Sciences education?" and how his time at Cornell has changed him. Click to read more.
Recognizing the serious challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic for student learning, faculty teaching, and academic performance assessment, the Cornell University Graduate School as well as the Sage School of Philosophy do both assert the following principles:
Admissions committees and offices for graduate and professional programs in the Graduate School will take into account the significant disruptions and challenges associated with the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic when reviewing applicants’ academic transcripts and other application materials as part of these programs’ ongoing practice of performing individualized, holistic reviews of each applicant.
— Kate A. Manne, Associate Professor
“In the wake of the #MeToo campaign, we must ask ourselves the question: ‘How have we contributed to the silence surrounding sexual assault and harassment?’ And, often, the answer is that we only believe the victims we want to: and, conversely, we only heed the evidence against those men we’re not invested in believing in.”
