Freedom of Expression and the Marketplace of Ideas

Jermaine Stone, Host of Wine and Hip Hop and Street Somm, and Founder of Cru Luv Selections, will speak about wine, hip hop, and the intersection of the two. Open to all; no alcohol will be served. 6:00 PM, Alice Statler Auditorium.

Dyson’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion presents the following talks this fall semester:

Tuesday, September 26, 1-2 PM: Mental Health with Professor David Lennox

Thursday, October 12, 1-2 PM: Sexual Assault Awareness and Support with Professor Sarah Wolfolds

Monday, November 6, 4:30-5:30 PM: LGBTQ+ with Professor Trent Preszler

Tuesday, November 28, 1-2:00 PM: Religion with Professor David Just and Joel Harter,  Associate Dean for Spirituality and Meaning-Making

All talks in Warren B42, with refreshments provided

Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures Photo Contest: Freedom of Expression – Contrasting Visions of Health, Hospitality, and Design in Our World. Winning entries will be incorporated into the Institute’s art collection. All Cornell students are eligible to enter and may submit up to three photos. Exhibition opportunities are being planned. View winning photos here!

Maxine Bédat, author of Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, spoke on her deeply researched and provocative book exposing fractures in our global supply chains, and our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planet. Unraveled is the 2023 Dyson School Summer Book Read for Dyson’s first-year and transfer students.

(Schedule and location TBD)

Faculty will present lectures from research or courses that provide insight into the value business gains from a well-functioning and rich market of ideas, and/or what it takes to progress toward that ideal.

 Topic: Free Speech in the Workplace. With support from the Cornell Speech and Debate Program and the SC Johnson Engaged College Initiative, this event will exhibit formal debate discourse on this timely and controversial topic. Post-debate workshops will provide mini-coaching on formal techniques for debate and idea persuasion. The event will be held twice, once in Spanish (January 31 at 5:00pm) and once in English (February 7 at 7:30pm).

Each panelist will speak briefly and engage in floor discussion with the audience. Open to the Cornell community with reception to follow. The faculty panel began with the formation of the college as a special mechanism to bring together faculty from the Dyson, Johnson, and Nolan Schools to discuss their contributions on major business and policy issues of the day. Now seven years strong, conversations are always lively and well debated.

Dean Andrew Karolyi and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce will engage in a substantive conversation on many issues relevant to the world of finance and will not avoid issues where they may disagree. Commissioner Peirce will also share her thoughts and experience on the importance and practice of civil discourse when one’s views are in the minority. Time will be allotted for questions and perspectives from the student and faculty audience. The event is open to the Cornell University community.

Built around panels and speakers representing both unions and management, this year’s Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations (CIHLER) HR in Hospitality Conference will be held in Atlanta with some 300 participants. CIHLER is jointly operated by the Nolan School of the SC Johnson College and the ILR School, co-led by David Sherwyn (Nolan) and Rick Hurd (ILR).

The Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) will publish a multi-perspective report series on the short-term rental (STR) market. The first report takes the perspective of private equity and covers the opportunity to consolidate the STR market. The second report will take the perspective of small, independent hotels in competition with STRs and cover the local legislative risks and social impacts of consolidation in the STR market. A third possible report from the perspective of the major brands is under consideration. Covering this issue from all angles embraces the Freedom of Expression theme. Reports will be available to the public.