The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/johnathanstimpson/)
Currently a master’s student, Davis-Frost ran on a platform that stressed, among other goals, establishing an anti-racism institute on campus, providing free menstrual products and making greater investments in Student Disability Services.
The endowment’s total assets fell from $7.3 billion last year to $7.2 billion, likely owing to money distributed to help fund the University’s operations.
Just a day before Student Assembly elections are set to end, last-minute confusion rained down on the election procedure, prompting concerns over invalid ballots.
The University announced plans to continue its CARES Act grants this semester, revealing Wednesday afternoon that it will deliver an additional $8.5 million to students in need.
Although typically in-person, “Black Life on the Hill” turned out to be an “amazing success” virtually, joining students both new and returning together to learn about campus organizations.
The U.S. News and World Report dropped Cornell in its rankings for the third straight year.
Less than four days after the University announced that a cluster of nine students had tested positive for COVID-19, the Tompkins County Health Department said that another 12 individuals who were close contacts of them have contracted the virus — bringing the total number of new campus cases in the past week to 24.
As New York’s 14-day quarantine mandate grows to 34 states — covering over 5,000 Cornellians — the University announced that it would backtrack from its promise to offer quarantine housing to all on-campus students.
UPDATE: As of 12:50 a.m. Wednesday, Tompkins County Legislator and assembly candidate Anna Kelles and D.A. challenger Ed Kopko lead election night returns. And downstate in New York’s 17th Congressional District, two Cornell alumni running for Congress are trailing behind a progressive favorite.
Prof. Kathryn Boor ’80, food science, the current dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will serve as the Graduate School dean and vice provost for graduate education, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced on Monday afternoon.