Student groups earn Cornell honors for local partnerships
By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell Chronicle
November 7, 2023
To highlight how local partnerships improve Cornell, Ithaca and Tompkins County, the university presented the Cornell Town-Gown Awards – known as the TOGOs – to three student-community collaborations.
The 13th annual TOGOs were awarded Nov. 4 at Ithaca High School, the first in-person ceremony since 2019.
Receiving the TOGO partnership honors were:
- Student Resource Navigator Program, through which students help local citizens obtain health care and maintain physical well-being;
- Pro Bono Reentry Legal Assistance, a collaboration between Cornell Law School students and local attorneys to help formerly incarcerated people successfully return to society; and
- Big Red Adaptive Play and Design Initiative, a Cornell student group that adapts toys and other devices to make them accessible for people with physical disabilities.