Employee Assembly Members Raise Concerns About Mental Health Services...
Members of the Employee Assembly discussed the availability and state of mental health benefits for Cornell employees and staff vacation day policies at their meeting Wednesday afternoon.In light of...
View ArticleDowntown Street Blocked in ‘Die-In’ Demonstration Against Police Brutality...
“No justice, no peace; no racist police” “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” These...
View ArticleAfter Six Months of Confusion, Ithaca Judge Dismisses Charges Against Rose de...
Tompkins County Judge John C. Rowley dismissed charges against Ithaca resident Rose de Groat, cutting her indictment in a decision on Friday. The Ithaca Police Department officers “overreacted,” Rowley...
View ArticlePower Returns to Collegetown After Night of Strong Winds Cause Outages
Around 7 p.m. Thursday evening, the power went out for many Collegetown businesses and residences on the 400 block of College Avenue — plunging student hangouts like Collegetown Bagels, Rulloff’s,...
View ArticleNeighborhood Council Meeting Announces Further Construction in Collegetown —...
Construction-ridden College Avenue will open again this winter when water and sewage work will pause temporarily — even though later development projects might keep the road closed until the end of...
View ArticleTransgender Day of Remembrance Vigil Commemorates Hundreds of Lives Lost In...
A moving vigil incoporating poems, music and a 45-minute candle lighting ceremony memorialized the 370 lives lost due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice over the past year for the International...
View Article‘Martha Can’t Make Us Leave’: Students React With Confusion, Frustration to...
“OMG. I was ready for it, until I wasn’t ready for it.”Jack Tracey’s ’20 initial reaction mirrored that of many other students to the Tuesday afternoon news that Cornell’s last five weeks of spring...
View ArticleCoronavirus and Divestment Dominate Discussion at Packed Faculty Senate Meeting
The Faculty Senate convened for its monthly meeting on Wednesday evening, a day after President Martha E. Pollack’s announcement calling for the transition of all classes online starting April 6. While...
View ArticleTrump Declares National Emergency, Waives Interest on Federal Student Loans...
On Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump held a press conference from the White House, officially declaring a national emergency to tackle the novel coronavirus. Vice President Mike Pence confirmed...
View ArticleContinuous Policy Changes Put International Students’ Plans in Further Disarray
For first-year Lin Poyraz ’23, Cornell’s consistent policy changes over the last week have taken an expensive toll: On Saturday morning, she rebooked her flight to Turkey for the fourth time in five...
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