Economics
Former Cornell Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
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Former Cornell Prof. Richard Thaler took home the prize in what was apparently an overdue win for the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Sciences on Monday.
Cornell Murder
Ithaca Man Found Guilty of Murder on Cornell’s Campus
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The murder happened on Aug. 28, 2016, when Anthony Nazaire — a 19-year-old Ithaca college student — was fatally stabbed in front of Olin Hall.
Willard Straight Hall
Provocative Art Adorns Willard Straight Hall During Takeover
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While students were streaming into Willard Straight for the sit-in, four posters loomed in the entrance, each with one word of Cornell’s “any person, any study” motto. Khansa Mahmun’s ’19 art was a way of reclaiming that phase.
DACA
Pollack Tells Trump to ‘Preserve and Defend’ DACA Program
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“On behalf of Cornell University, I write to share my deepest concern with news reports indicating that you intend to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program,” Pollack wrote to Trump.
News
NYS Dive Team Finds Dead Body of Cornell Student in Ithaca Falls Gorge
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Perez Ventura, found dead in the Ithaca Falls gorge on Saturday evening, was an incoming Cornell student born in the Dominican Republic.
collegetown
Collegetown Residents Forcibly Touched Through Their Bedroom Windows
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The police were not able to find the suspect, who is allegedly a clean-shaven white male in his 30s, according to a media release.
News
Cornell Tech Announces Collaboration with Citigroup
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In its partnership with Citi, Cornell Tech students will learn about cyber security, data applications and the use of technological products in professional banking applications, according to a press release.
Fraternity suspension
Fifth Greek Organization Suspended Since Start of Semester
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According to the University’s statement, the interim suspension is “used when details of credible report compel the university to cease activities of the organization for the safety of the members, those joining, or guests.”
English
CORNELL CLOSE-UPS | Award-Winning Poet, Professor Captures ‘Spirit of Caribbean’
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“The spirit of Caribbean-ness and those kinds of things, they’re so intertwined in the psyche,” he said. “Yes, you suffer from this wound, this immense desire to want to be there, to be engaging with the physical landscape and so on and so forth — but those things are inside of you.”
Student Assembly
S.A. Passes Bill Urging University to Oppose Local Pipeline, Cut Ties with Wells Fargo
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“Having these local pipelines is … eventually in the long-run, going to hurt [Cornell’s] environmental goals.”