The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/day-hall/)
The Cornell students and staff members who staged a pro-divestment Day Hall sit-in on March 21 accepted an agreement for their trespassing charges to expire on May 16 provided no further unlawful behavior.
The Coalition for Mutual Liberation at Cornell organized an occupation at Day Hall, urging President Martha Pollack to facilitate a vote during the Board of Trustees meeting for divestment from weapon manufacturers.
Pro-Palestinian students occupied various campus buildings from midday Friday, Dec. 1 until 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, after the University agreed to meet to discuss divestment.
The Sun looks back on a 1993 student takeover of Day Hall by Latino Cornellians that aimed to force the administration to address anti-Latino vandalism and hate speech on campus.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights began the probe last week, simultaneously opening investigations at Princeton University and Duke University.
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After several months ripe with personnel fluctuations, the University has announced that it will restructure the presidential leadership team to include an executive vice president and chief financial officer, pending board of trustee approval of the position, according to a University press release. Garrett has appointed Joanne DeStefano, the current vice president for finance and chief financial officer, to fill the new position. The new position is intended to oversee all of Cornell’s risk-related units in efforts to maximize operational efficiencies, Garrett said in a University statement. In her new position, DeStefano will “continue oversight of Financial Affairs, the Investment Office and the Audit Office, and will share oversight with Provost Michael Kotlikoff of Information Technologies and Budget and Planning,” in keeping with her previous duties, according to the release. She will also take on oversight of Infrastructure, Properties and Planning, Risk Management and Insurance, Emergency Management/Business Continuity, Environmental Health and Safety and the Cornell University Police Department.