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Sarah Skinner

Sarah Skinner

Sarah Skinner is a member of the class of 2021 in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is an assistant news editor on the 136th Editorial Board and can be reached at sskinner@cornellsun.com.

NASA officially declared the Opportunity rover dead after months of no response from the craft.
Mars Rover

NASA Declares Death of Cornell-Led Opportunity Rover After 15 Years on Mars

By Sarah Skinner | February 14, 2019

The rover was meant to last 90 days. Instead, it roamed the surface of Mars looking for signs of past life for over a decade longer.

Aggregated from the University's published budget planning documents, this graph reflects the annual percent change in tuition for the endowed colleges.
budget

Cornell Introduces Smallest Recent Tuition Increase — $6 Less Than Last Year’s Hike

By Maryam Zafar and Sarah Skinner | February 11, 2019

Provost Michael Kotlikoff said in an interview Sunday that students receiving University financial aid will see “no net increase” in tuition owed next year, even as the sticker price increases.

Leaked water from the broken pipe pools on tables in a physics lab on the second floor of Rockefeller Hall. The lab is closed until future notice.
water damage

Burst Rockefeller Pipe Causes Cascade of Problems

By Sarah Skinner | January 28, 2019

“Some [water] went out [an attic window], and the rest came down through the ceilings, walls, etc — third floor, second floor, first floor, and a little bit to the basement,” Haddad said.

Dean Yoon of AAP assumed her new position on Jan. 1 of 2019.
AAP

First Female Dean in AAP’s 122-Year History Assumed Office Jan. 1

By Anu Subramaniam and Sarah Skinner | January 28, 2019

After 122 years, the College of Architecture, Art and Planning’s first female dean assumed her position on New Year’s Day. Dean J. Meejin Yoon ’94 is expected to serve a five-year term.

Prof. Lisa Kaltenegger's research focuses on detecting possible habitable worlds TRAPPIST-1.
News

Head of Carl Sagan Institute is Searching the Stars For Life

By Sarah Skinner | January 28, 2019

“We have nearly 4,000 confirmed exoplanets [that we can test] so far,” she told the crowd. “We have about 5,000 more candidates that we are still evaluating.”

Leaked water from the broken pipe pools on tables in a physics lab on the second floor of Rockefeller Hall. The lab is closed until future notice.
pipe burst

Frozen Pipe Bursts in Rockefeller Hall Attic, Flooding Classrooms

By Sarah Skinner | January 23, 2019

Buzzing alarms and rushing water drowned the quiet top floor of Rockefeller Hall late Tuesday night when a pipe in the attic burst, dousing the building in water that gushed out the windows and splattered onto the concrete below.

Bus driver Charles D. Dixon had told police that he “fell asleep at the wheel,” but prosecutors said traces of cocaine were found in Dixon’s bloodstream when he was tested at a local hospital following the crash in October.
Big Red Bullet

Bus Driver Charged With Homicide, Had Cocaine in System During Crash That Killed Cornell Alumna, Prosecutors Say

By Sarah Skinner | November 21, 2018

Prosecutors said bus driver Charles Dixon had traces of cocaine in his bloodstream and that the Cornell alumna who died had texted 911 minutes before the crash, warning of Dixon’s erratic driving.

Voting at St Luke Lutheran Church on Nov 6th, 2018
midterm elections

Dems Win House, Republicans Hold Senate Majority

By Sarah Skinner and Yuichiro Kakutani | November 7, 2018

Democrats were projected to seize the majority in the House with 33 new seats, while the Republicans were predicted to pick up three more seats to fortify their Senate majority according to polling site FiveThirtyEight.

Students present a letter and a petition to Interim Director of Financial Aid Colleen Wright on Oct. 17.
People’s Organizing Collective

Students Demand University Eliminate Student Contribution Fee

By Sarah Skinner | October 23, 2018

Freshmen at the University are required to chip in $2,700, which cannot be reduced through grant aid or University scholarships.

Blanco was killed Oct. 14 when a Big Red Bullet bus crashed off of a Pennsylvania highway on its way from Ithaca to New York City.
Big Red Bullet

In Wake of Fatal Bus Crash, Big Red Bullet Riders Recall ‘Dangerous’ Behavior of Company’s Drivers

By Sarah Skinner | October 18, 2018

Two people filed complaints with Big Red Bullet in the last year, one of which resulted in the company terminating a bus driver, according to an email from the company obtained by The Sun.

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