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Students, Faculty Push to Educate the Cornell Community on the Ukraine-Russia Crisis - The Cornell Daily Sun

Thursday, March 10, 2022

News Type: USIP in the News

Responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, students and faculty are taking steps to provide educational opportunities to the Cornell community about the conflict. From webinars to protests, Cornellians across the University are pushing for greater awareness of the crisis. This week, a group of Cornell undergraduates has been advocating for the implementation of a University-wide teach-in day, dedicated to addressing the conflict in Ukraine...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Kyiv vs. Kiev, Zelensky vs. Zelenskyy, and the immense meaning of ‘the’ - The Washington Post

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

News Type: USIP in the News

“Ukraine, not ‘the Ukraine,’ ” I’d jotted down in my to-do notebook a couple of weeks ago. “Kiev/Kyiv.” “Zelensky(y).” This column should have been a slam-dunk: a little copyeditorial erudition and explication, a few historical quotes for context and support, perhaps a digression into Bombay and Mumbai, or Burma and Myanmar, maybe a joke or two — how about a sly reference to the 1953 novelty pop hit “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)”? (“If you’ve a date in Constantinople / She’ll be waiting in Istanbul.”)

Conflict Analysis & Prevention