The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/tamarakamis/)
As a growing number of students call for a mandatory pass grading option for the rest of the semester through the Big Red Pass movement, the Big Red Choice movement is also gaining support.
As non-essential Cornell research and lab activities are now suspended, many Cornell researchers are now donating much needed supplies, doing their part to help mitigate an impending statewide shortage.
As of March 21, travel has been reduced by 52 percent in Tompkins County, following a lockdown of the state.
As Cornell prepares to shift to all online classes by April 6, students demand that the University implement a mandatory universal pass policy.
In an open letter to Cayuga Medical Center and the presidents of Cornell University and Ithaca College, students and a network of organizers are calling for emergency aid.
COVID-19 is placing unprecedented pressure on the U.S. health system, with medical professionals and supplies in high demand. As New York State faces a potential shortage of respirators and intensive care unit beds due to the exponential rise in coronavirus cases, healthcare systems may have to answer the difficult question: Who receives care when there isn’t enough for everyone?
COVID-19 poses an especially complicated threat to students with chronic illnesses, whose regular symptoms can mirror those of coronavirus, and who may be more at risk while traveling home.
All dining halls move to take-out only amid COVID-19 prevention efforts.
While the University moves towards social distancing in the light of the global COVID-19 outbreak, Climate Justice Cornell plans to move their movement online.
Climate Justice Cornell protesters disrupted traffic near North and South Campus bridges on Monday afternoon, where they faced angry motorists and the Cornell University Police Department.