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High Road Buffalo Fellowships

Launched 2009

Engaged learning and applied research fellowships for Cornell students in Buffalo, NY.

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Buffalo's West Side Bazaar Mural

Since 2009, the High Road Fellowship Program has placed 235 Cornell students in the co-laboratory of Buffalo, N.Y. to learn, explore, examine and revitalize the historic Rust Belt city.

High Road Buffalo Stories

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To the White Liberals of Buffalo: That’s not Democracy

Sydney Browne (High Road Fellow 2022) reflects on the effectiveness of the OCAB disruptions at the July 12th Buffalo Common Council Meeting.
Buffalo Common Council Meeting - Redistricting
To the White Liberals of Buffalo: That’s not Democracy

Poem: To Nydia

Finley Williams (High Road Fellow 2022) remembers the fourth of July in South Side Chicago through prose poetry and reflection.
Fireworks
Poem: To Nydia

Street Design: West vs. East

Anastasia Assenso (High Road Fellow 2022) juxtaposes street design on the east side of Buffalo vs the west side of Buffalo to highlight disparities.
Street view east side buffalo
Street Design: West vs. East