How has a Tibetan community come to call Ithaca, New York home? Cornell student Daniel Bernstein produces this special episode in search of an answer. After learning that the North American branch of the Dalai Lama's personal monastery is in Ithaca, Bernstein took a deep dive into the history of Tibet that includes conversations with members of the Tibetan community in Ithaca, a visit to the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, and an interview with Cornell professor Allen Carlson.
Thank you to the Ithaca Tibetan community for sharing their stories. And thank you to Daniel Bernstein for producing this episode with help from journalist Molly O'Toole in her fall 2021 class, \"American Dream: Journalism, Politics, and Identity in U.S. Immigration Policy.\"
Daniel Bernstein '23 is a government major in Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, pursuing minors in history and Latin American studies. He has worked in journalism ever since becoming a founding editor of Colonial Elementary School's Colonial Times in the fourth grade, and today he serves as a columnist and senior editor for the Cornell Daily Sun. He hopes to continue telling meaningful stories about people, policy, and ideas throughout his career.