Cornell University Honors Eighteen Individuals for Inclusive Excellence with Prestigious Awards

The Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement and the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council presented the 2024 Distinguished Awards at the Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Recognition Celebration on May 14 in G10 Biotech.

This annual event recognizes the excellence represented within the graduate community and celebrates students for demonstrating leadership and commitment to advancing efforts around diversity, inclusion, outreach and student engagement.

“Each year we take this opportunity to celebrate the remarkable work being done in support of our aspiration of making Cornell a community of belonging,” said Sara Xayarath Hernández, associate dean for inclusion and student and faculty engagement. “I am very grateful for the incredible contributions being made by so many throughout the university.”