The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/carlinreyen/page/2/)
As students returned to campus in preparation for the first day of the spring semester on Jan. 22, many Collegetown restaurants reopened their doors and returned to business as usual after a period of closure during the break.
Every semester, Cornell students take out loans to pay University tuition and fees, which have continually risen over the past several years. Total estimated cost of attendance this academic year was $83,296 for endowed colleges, and $62,798 for state contract colleges. As of Aug. 24, a program announced by the Biden administration may help defray some costs for current Cornell students and graduates with student loans to pay back. According to the Federal Student Aid division of the U.S. Department of Education, for borrowers with an individual income of less than $125,000 or or a household income less than $250,000, the U.S. Department of Education plans to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for Pell Grant recipients and those with loans from the Department of Education.
As students return to Cornell’s campus for the Fall 2022 semester, campus officials and healthcare providers have to adapt to yet another national disease outbreak.
Through Cornell’s overseas academic programs, several students have traveled and studied abroad this spring and summer.
This summer, at two wine tasting competitions in Switzerland and France, members of Cornell Cuvée won first place, proving their skills in wine identification. In addition to tastings, the competitions involved examinations and subject-matter presentations on the wines.
During the week of June 13, Cornell will begin drilling the Cornell University Borehole Observatory, an initiative to explore the geothermal heating resources below Cornell’s campus.
Leaders from journalism to NGOs to politics joined The State of Democracy Summit, hosted by Cornell’s Institute of Politics and Global Affairs on May 24.
Cornell’s Student Assembly has a new president: Valeria Valencia ’23 has big plans for University policy changes as well as changes to the way the Assembly interacts with the rest of Cornell.
Nobel Prize recipient and Cornell Professor Emeritus delivered a talk at the University on Wednesday, sharing his experiences as a Holocaust survivor and speaking on the ongoing aggression in Ukraine to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.
After months of waiting, Cornell’s prospective Class of 2026 has received their acceptances.