COVID-19
Administrators Work to Justify Friday Policy Twist, Calling COVID-19 Cases Inevitable
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“As you look across the country right now, we’re in fairly unchartered waters,” Lombardi said in an interview with The Sun.
News
Cornell to Close Classrooms in Unprecedented Step, Though Questions Remain
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The historic move — which will likely have implications on everything from housing to graduation plans — leaves in its wake a reeling campus, with students, faculty and administrators alike forced to traverse uncharted territory.
COVID-19
Cornell Cancels In-Person Classes After Spring Break, Will Shift to Online Instruction Amid COVID-19 Turmoil
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Cornell has become the latest university to announce that it would go digital after spring break, following a wave of colleges nationwide that have canceled in-person classes due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
COVID-19
Cornell Braces for Virus as Upstate N.Y. Reports First Case of COVID-19, West Coast Colleges Close Classrooms
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Shortly after Cornell announced a new set of stringent travel and policy guidelines, a growing number of COVID-19 cases prompted New York to declare a state of emergency and West Coast campuses to cancel in-person classes.
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Tobacco Ban Back on Table As University Assembly Surveys Cornell Nicotine Use
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Citing the growing number of colleges that are adopting an increasingly tough posture on tobacco, the survey asked respondents if the U.A. should recommend a two-to-three year process to establish a tobacco-free campus.
Uncategorized
Ithaca Common Council Passes 2020 Budget
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After months of revisions, proposals and back-and-forth, the City of Ithaca has finally settled on a budget for the upcoming 2020 year. Passed at a meeting of Ithaca’s Common Council meeting last Wednesday, the plan — which lists $80,397,578 in total spending — carries few surprises.
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‘Virtually All of Cornell’s Online Services’ Seize Up as Network Servers Suffer Campus-Wide Outage
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A server outage on Thursday disrupted campus Wi-Fi, eduroam, Cornell Dining, Net-Print, Tableau, Student Essentials and other services.
Charlie Walcott
Office of the University Ombudsman Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
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For the past 50 years, the Office of the University Ombudsman has been on a mission: solving problems by “meeting people where they are at.”
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From Labor Stronghold to Right to Work, ILR Prof Dissects Walker’s Wisconsin Legacy
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In a Monday night event immediately preceding former Walker’s talk at Cornell, Prof. Lee Adler, labor relations, dissected how — in just eight years — one leader’s tenure turned a once hotbed for union activism into a state synonymous with organized labor’s most high-profile, decisive defeats.
annual financial performance
Cornell Bleeds Red Ink in Latest Financial Report With Operating Losses of $104 Million
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Despite a 6.5 percent increase in tuition revenue, Cornell has once again lived up to its “Big Red” nickname for the third year in a row: According to its annual financial report released days ago, the University posted an operating loss of $104 million for the fiscal year ending June 2019.