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How Should Cornell Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54?
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Cornell Law School
Hi, I would like to suggest to rename building or program after her.
I think either naming the Law School or the new School of Public Policy would be a great choice. Or a named professorship in A&S/FGSS
Rename the Hasbrouck apartments after RBG. The Hasbrouck family gained wealth and prominence in upstate NY on the backs of their Black slaves, who for nearly 150 years provided labor for mills and farms. Recognizing the Hasbrouck ties to slavery, SUNY-New Paltz renamed its Hasbrouck dorm complex last year. Cornell should follow suit, and there’s no better way to do this than to replace “Hasbrouck” with the name of a champion of civil rights.
Like idea of renaming Goldwin Smith Hall the Bader Ginsburg Hall, with perhaps a striking sculptural tribute outside. Also good to have RBG Chair of Gender and Legal Studies, to have RBG scholarships for undergrad women pursuing gender or legal studies, and RBG fellowships for grads studying in these areas. As an earlier commenter notes, it is also vit
al that there be a major recognition of Toni Morrison; I think in both cases both enduring physical and ongoing intellectual tributes various kinds are important.
One of the new freshman dorms currently be constructed should be named after RBG.
Rename Lincoln Hall as Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hall in acknowledgement of her fondness for opera.
name the law school after her.
I recommend naming the FGSS program after her.
Name the law school after her. Host an annual lecture in her name on topics key to her legacy, like law and gender equity. Named chairs and/or scholarships In her name.
What about naming the Cornell Legal Information Institute in honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg? She championed the protections of the law, especially for those who often were left out of its considerations or who may not have had the wealth to buy access to the most elite legal defenders.
Rename Goldwin-Smith hall. see the research by Glen Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick for the reasons why. He held virulent anti-Semitic views. He was anti-imperialist but supported the white settlers in South Africa. He was for a small Britain and supported the US North in the Civil War, but he felt the Irish were racially inferior, as well as other non Anglo-Saxons. Had he lived later, he would have found fascism attractive. RBG knew that hall as an undergraduate.
I support the suggestion of renaming Goldwin Smith Hall after Justice Ginsburg, given the problematic nature of Goldwin Smith’s legacy. It would also be good to recognize the specific work she did in support of women’s rights – perhaps with a scholarship, post-doctoral fellowship and/or named chair in FGSS or the Law School?
Cornell should also consider commissioning a piece of public art in her honor. Perhaps not a conventional honorific statue, but something more contemporary, creative and striking, in keeping with her legacy.
RBG was a champion for gender equality. Rename the ‘Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program’ in her honor.
Another vote for naming the Law School after her — Alan ’77
An A&S scholarship to a NYC female undergrad student from a low income family that is structured so as to offer access to the best programs at Cornell. A named chair in Government and in Law that includes a strong student mentorship component. An annual Bader Gindsburg lecture that brings in themes that were important to her life including gender equality and Jewish learning. Lastly, the clinical program should have a gender rights advocacy component that is named for her.
The most natural naming from Ruth Bader and Martin Ginsburg would be of the Law School. Or a fund to support female students working on social justice questions, either paying for an internship experience or undergraduate or graduate research costs or a graduate or undergraduate fellowship.
Rename all of the Goldwin Smith Professorships to the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Professors
Maybe the University could rename Goldwin Smith Hall “Ruth B. Ginsburg Hall”. The intention wouldn’t be to erase or “cancel” Smith, whose contribution to our university were undeniable , but the journalist’s Racist and Antisemitic views are abhorrent to many. Let us honor someone like Judge Ginsburg instead!
LF
Cornell should promote the idea of abolishing the Supreme Court, as a supremely undemocratic institution, which, moreover, is charged with overseeing an oppressive and discriminatory legal system.
I think it would be appropriate to have an annual honor or recognition in Justice Ginsburg’s name through the President’s Council of Cornell Women. Further, I would argue for focusing on undergraduate or graduate women who have had meaningful engagements in public issues of particular relevance to women and the role of women in society. Justice Ginsburg’s life is inspirational. I think we should ensure that her example remains alive as an inspiration for young Cornell women in perpetuity.
Ginsburg’s name could be given to a building associated with the law school. However, the university should also consider naming a central building in the quad after Toni Morrison.
Goodwin Smith Hall could be nicely renamed Bader Ginsburg Hall. That building is long overdue for a new name.
Or any of the Academic buildings on the arts quad.
rename our Law School after her, in her honor
Cornell’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg School of Public Policy
Including professorships and/or student scholarships for those who create collaborative partnerships among communities, women, and academia to bring together expertise (including experience) to creatively vision and work toward a future for all. Or something like that 🙂