The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/meghnamaharishi/)
The Student Assembly passed a resolution calling for Cornell Police disarmament during its last meeting of the semester on Thursday.
A student cluster of 11 people have tested positive for COVID-19, at Tompkins County Community College. No staff or faculty are involved in the cluster.
Cornell released the results of its mental health review Thursday afternoon, addressing a range of issues present within the Cornell community, including the work-life balance students have found hard to achieve within the college environment.
Cornell University is filing their second lawsuit against Trump’s administration this year, over their recent decision restrict H-1B visas — restrictions which would apply to a portion of international students.
The Tompkins County Health Department reported the first COVID-19 death of a resident in the county on Monday afternoon.
With 1,286 votes, Cat Huang ’21 won the election for Student Assembly President Monday night, ending an election season that faced a six-month delay and last-minute questions about its legitimacy.
As of Thursday afternoon, elections for Student Assembly President and University Assembly representatives have been suspended, after last-minute concerns over the validity of the ballots arose last night.
Almost a year after the death of Antonio Tsialas ’23, Cornell has indefinitely revoked the recognition of the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi, where Tsialas had spent the evening “dirty rushing.”
Marc Lacey ’87 joined professors in law and government to discuss solutions to the national crises of police brutality and structural racism.
The lawsuit against Cornell over the death of Antonio Tsialas ’23 will proceed, a Tompkins County judge ruled Sept. 4. In the almost 11 months since the tragedy, the University has shared few updates on the circumstances surrounding the first-year’s death or the investigations launched immediately after.