They fled Afghanistan together – and now they're graduating
After escaping the Taliban, nine women matriculated on the Hill; the first to complete their degrees are in the Class of ’25
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The dominant strengths of the department lie in four broadly defined areas of development, cognition, neuroscience, and social and personality psychology.
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Psychology News
Surgeon General nominee is a prescription for ‘pseudoscience’
The nomination of Dr. Casey Means is the latest example of the administration’s disregard for scientific expertise and evidence-based policy, says a Cornell University expert.
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'Every single course was mind-bending and life-changing'
Elizaveta Zabelina is a Robert S. Harrison College Scholar who is also majoring in mathematics and psychology.
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'As an Afghan woman, simply being at Cornell was an act of resistance'
Diana Ayubi is a psychology major.
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'Academic life becomes much more interesting when you see how its different areas can support one another.'
Aerin Mok is majoring in psychology and anthropology.
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'The class challenged me to build a more intentional future'
Kimberly Bond is majoring in statistics and psychology.
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'I have learned to navigate academic spaces on my own terms'
Kendahl Wesley is a psychology & Africana studies major.
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