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.

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Listen to East Buffalo

Vindhya Kathuria (High Road Fellow 2022) authors an original poem on the need to truly listen to the East Buffalo community and respond to their needs.
Buffalo Strong
Listen to East Buffalo

"RESIST, REJECT, REBEL": Mannequins as Social Protest

Jacob Blizard (High Road Fellow 2022), presents different styles of mannequin art to inspire others to use other mediums to flout mainstream representations of identity and traverse the status quo.
3 mannequins in a storefront window
"RESIST, REJECT, REBEL": Mannequins as Social Protest

Liberation is Growing: The Urban Farmer’s Perspective

Jacob Blizard (High Road Fellow 2022) reflects on antiracism, food justice, and collective liberation
Sunflower extending across a bathroom wall with the word “Defy”
Liberation is Growing: The Urban Farmer’s Perspective