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BREAKING: Majority of Voters Support Ceasefire, Divestment Referendum
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Undergraduates voted “yes” on the ceasefire and divestment referendum questions by a 2:1 ratio.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/board-of-trustees/)
Undergraduates voted “yes” on the ceasefire and divestment referendum questions by a 2:1 ratio.
The Coalition for Mutual Liberation at Cornell organized an occupation at Day Hall, urging President Martha Pollack to facilitate a vote during the Board of Trustees meeting for divestment from weapon manufacturers.
We write in full support of Cornell University’s efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion on campus because those principles are core features of the Cornell Tradition. In fact, Cornell University’s founding principle of “any person, any study” was indeed our beloved University’s first ever DEI statement.
Following an open letter from Jon Lindseth ’56 calling for President Martha Pollack’s resignation, the Cornell Board of Trustees unanimously voted to approve Pollack’s leadership.
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The University approved the revised version of the MOU passed by the Common Council, increasing voluntary annual contributions to $4 million for a 15-year span.
Cornell’s Board of Trustees assembled in Ithaca for their annual semester meeting, with committees reviewing New York State policies and finances, requesting Plant Science Building construction authorization and discussing shared governance resolutions.
On Tuesday afternoon, the University announced that the Board of Trustees approved the 2022-2023 budget, including an increase in tuition rates for the upcoming academic year alongside increases in grant-based financial aid.
After months of advocacy and a department vote, the Board of Trustees approved renaming the Department of English to the Department of Literatures in English.
Despite repeated attempts by student representatives to postpone a vote, the Board of Trustees voted to accept the recent Cornell code of conduct revisions — the culmination of a process almost two years in the making.