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Climate Justice Cornell activists blocked roads, staged sit ins and held protests over the course of the spring semester to push for fossil fuel divestment. — Cornell Will Effectively Divest From Fossil Fuels. Here’s Everything You Need To Know.
By Kathryn Stamm and Tamara Kamis | 3 hours ago
The Board of Trustees voted Friday to institute a moratorium on new private investments focused on fossil fuels: What exactly does that mean?

Campus Reopening

On campus research has been suspended since March, leaving researchers to find remote alternatives to their typical work.

Research Among First On-Campus Operations to Reactivate After Committee Releases Findings

fall 2020

As the spring semester comes to a close, it's unclear whether students will return to campus for the fall.

Even as New York Colleges Announce Fall Plans, More Questions Than Answers Remain

divestment

After months of protests on the part of Climate Justice Cornell and other activists, the Board of Trustees voted to divest from fossil fuels.

Cornell to Effectively Divest from Fossil Fuels, Trustees Vote

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cornell Grad Students Demand a Fair Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Touchdown statue by Teagle Hall sports an N95 respirator.

THIS WEEK IN PHOTOS | March 22, 2020

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The Auburn Correctional Facility (pictured above), a participating member in CPEP, has no reported cases of COVID-19, according to NY-DOCCS.

Cornell Prison Education Program Spearheads Statewide Effort to Provide Masks to the Incarcerated Across NYS

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News

District Attorney Candidates Spar on Ethics, Police-Relations in Democratic Debate
By Angela Li | May 13, 2020
Cornell Receives ‘Higher Than Target’ Admissions Acceptances for Class of 2024
By Meghana Srivastava and Madeline Rosenberg | May 13, 2020
For First Gen Student, Online Orientation Can’t Replace Early Move-In
By Madeline Rosenberg and Meghana Srivastava | May 13, 2020

Sports

Head Coach Peter Milliman Leaves Men’s Lacrosse, Red Promotes Assistant Coach
By Mike Seitz | April 27, 2020
The 2019-20 Cornell Hockey Season in Photos
By The Cornell Daily Sun | April 13, 2020
Barron Selected as Men’s Hockey First-Team All-American, Kaldis Named to Second Team
By Luke Pichini | April 13, 2020

Opinion

HUA | The Butterfly Effect
By Joanna Hua | May 13, 2020
JOHNS | Cornell Is a Time We Live, Not a Thing We Do
By Michael Johns, Jr. | May 13, 2020
GHAZI | Leaving Youth at College Sunsets
By Paris Ghazi | May 13, 2020

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Arts & Entertainment

No Idle Hands: Mourning and Memorializing Through Music
By Zachary Lee | May 12, 2020
YANG | Hey, Stephen, Are We Cyborgs Now?
By Stephen Yang | May 12, 2020
YANDAVA | 2020’s Pulitzer Prizes Give Black Writers Their Due
By Ramya Yandava | May 11, 2020

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Science

Student Spotlight: Two Seniors Continue Their Research on Invasive Species From Home
By Natalie Monticello | May 13, 2020
Group of Cornell Undergraduates Design New Medical Mask for the Era of a Pandemic
By Catherine Cai | May 12, 2020
NY Representative Introduces Bill To Eliminate Student Loan Debt of Frontline Healthcare Workers with Weill Cornell Dean
By Anil Oza | May 6, 2020

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Dining

That’s a Full Lid – Spring 2020
By Benjamin Velani | May 12, 2020
Murali Dreams of Good Food
By Murali Saravanan | May 6, 2020
Food Ethics | Medicine for the Lonely
By Benjamin Velani | May 1, 2020

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