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Joanna Papadakis 21, top row, second from right, displays her Cornell Campus-Community Leadership Award during a virtual ceremony April 23. Joanna Papadakis ’21 honored for town-gown innovation
April 26, 2021
Joanna Papadakis ’21 has received the 2021 Cornell Campus-Community Leadership Award, an annual honor given by the Division of University Relations to a graduating senior who has shown exceptional town-gown leadership and innovation.
Papadakis, a senior in the College of Human Ecology, was joined by family, friends and Cornell staff and faculty at the award’s first virtual ceremony, hosted by Joel Malina, vice president for university relations.
“Over the last year, in concert with the Master of Public Health (MPH) program, Joanna has focused on development of a coordinated worst-case emergency plan for Tompkins County, a project supported by Engaged Cornell in collaboration with the Tompkins County Health Department and Office of the Med
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April 20 episode of All Things Equal featured Richard Rivera, community activist working to support successful re-entry into society post-incarceration. Richard works with local nonprofits Ultimate Re-entry Organization (URO) and Opportunities, Alternatives, Resources (OAR) of Tompkins County, and serves on the Board of the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP).
Join us for Town Gown Tuesdays on May 4, 9-9:30 for a panel discussion and Q & A with Richard Rivera, Professor Jamila Michener and CPEP Education Coordinator Elizabeth Caughey Violette.
All Things Equal airs Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m. on WHCU 870-AM. Guesting April 27 will be Joanna Papadakis, Cornell ’21, recipient of the 2021 Cornell University Relations Campus-Community Leadership Award. Contact Kate Supron in Cornell’s Office of Community Relations