Kavita Bala Named Cornell Provost
On September 25, Cornell announced that Kavita Bala will serve as the next Provost starting January 1, 2025 for a five year term.
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Ithaca Labor News
Here are three recent developments of interest to Cornell Review readers about labor relations
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CML Realizes It Overstepped Social Norms
On Wednesday, Sept. 18, the Coalition for Mutual Liberation (CML) marched from Day Hall to Statler Hall and disrupted the ILR School’s Human Capital and HR Career Fair being held in the Statler Ballroom that included Boeing and L3Harris. At least one faculty member filed a complaint against the protesters with the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards for violating the Student Code.
CML took responsibility for the disruption but then attempted to rationalize its violation with an Instagram posting and a Sun op-ed by student activist Nick Wilson ‘26. Their arguments have a number of fallacies and will not persuade most Cornellians.
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Opinion: Honor The Spirit of the Kops Lecture
The Cornell Kops Lecture deserves more respect.
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Cornell Students To Apply For Antitrust Settlement Funds
Cornell students can now apply to share the funds from a long-running class action lawsuit regarding cooperation between top-tier private universities to collaborate on calculating financial aid awards.
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Teamsters to Strike BorgWarner
On Sunday, Sept. 8, a collective bargaining agreement between BorgWarner and about 700 assembly line workers represented by the Teamsters Union expired.
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Daniel W. Kops Lecture to Address Freedom of the Indigenous Press
On Tuesday, September 10, Kenneth Atsenhaienton Deer, founder and former editor of The Eastern Door newspaper, will deliver the 2024 Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture, Deer’s topic will be “The Eastern Door: A Newspaper Born out of Crisis,” and the talk will begin at 5 p.m. in Lewis Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall, Room G76. Unlike past years, there will not be any livestream or official recording of the talk.
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U.A.W. Votes in Favor of Ending Strike
On September 2, 2024, UAW Local 2300 approved a settlement that ended the dining, maintenance, grounds, and janitorial worker strike that started on August 18.
