Supreme Court Rejects TJ Appeal
The Pacific Legal Foundation is appealed their case after the Students for Fair Admissions ruling of last summer, but has been declined by the Supreme Court.
The Pacific Legal Foundation is appealed their case after the Students for Fair Admissions ruling of last summer, but has been declined by the Supreme Court.
April 19, 2024 marks the 55th anniversary of the Afro-American Society’s (AAS) takeover of Willard Straight Hall. The event brought national scrutiny to Cornell’s struggles over race relations and set forces in motion that has resulted in Cornell’s current ethnic and racial tensions.
Thursday, March 14, was Cornell Giving Day, a 24-hour fundraising frenzy when Cornell’s friends and alumni were called upon to donate to very specific causes.
On March 11, President Martha Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff issued a statement announcing further changes to the Interim Expressive Activity Policy.
Cornell’s Interim Expressive Activity Policy debate highlights issues of governance and fairness in conduct processes, with historical roots in the 1969 Straight Takeover leading to shared student-faculty-staff control, recently upended by university trustees.
On February 1, 2024, Robert C Platt ‘73 addressed the State of Free Speech at Cornell in Myron Taylor Hall.
On March 5, 2024, Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott co-authors of the “Canceling of the American Mind” will speak in Room 175 Warren Hall at 5:30 p.m.
On Monday, February 19, Kimberlé Crenshaw ’81 delivered a talk entitled “The Urgency of Intersectional Justice.” Her talk follows an MLK talk by Stanford Law School Professor Richard Ford, who argued that if the Supreme Court strikes down race-based affirmative action, the black community should shift its focus from “diversity” to an interpretation of the 14th Amendment that emphasizes its original intent to benefit black people.
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