Cornell Announces Tuition for 2024-25
The key action at the March 21-22 Board of Trustees meeting in Ithaca was not a proposed divestment in Gaza; it was the annual setting of the parameters for the 2024-25 budget.
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Chair of House Ways and Means Committee Demands Details on Cornell’s Anti-Semetism
On March 21, Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), Chair of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to Cornell President Martha Pollack demanding details of Cornell’s efforts to fight anti-semetism.
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Black History Month: Truth and Reconciliation
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.
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Cornell Giving Day 2024: Go Woke – Go Broke
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.
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Breaking: Day Hall Updates Expressive Activity Policy
On March 11, President Martha Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff issued a statement announcing further changes to the Interim Expressive Activity Policy.
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Lecture Examines the State of Free Speech at Cornell
On February 1, 2024, Robert C Platt ‘73 addressed the State of Free Speech at Cornell in Myron Taylor Hall.
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The Futility of the CML
The CML’s actions this semester amount to nothing more than virtue signaling, or an attempt to show that they care without taking any meaningful action.
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Kimberlé Crenshaw Delivers MLK Lecture
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.
