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Faust F. Rossi, Influential Law Professor and Prominent Legal Scholar, Dies at 91
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Prof. Emeritus Faust F. Rossi J.D. ’60, law, who is estimated to have taught more law students than any other professor in the Law School, died at 91.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/cornell-law/)
Prof. Emeritus Faust F. Rossi J.D. ’60, law, who is estimated to have taught more law students than any other professor in the Law School, died at 91.
Amid tensions in the Middle East, Prof. Menachem Rosensaft, law, began teaching a new course that offers a safe environment for students to ask difficult questions.
The University’s highly anticipated free speech academic theme prompted a moderated discussion on the role of the First Amendment in college.
Cornell professor Elizabeth Aherne ’95 reflects on her time on the Hill and her career in the lead up to her New York State Supreme Court election this fall.
Cornell professors weigh in on what the Supreme Court vacancy and Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination means for the 2020 election and for the country.
“It’s not just about a one-time de-escalation training or a one-time racial sensitivity training. Those are merely band-aids.”
To the Editor:
As individuals and as professors, we oppose racism in all its forms. We are outraged by the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and by the killings of countless other Black people who have lost their lives as a result of racialized violence. We are also outraged by commentators, some of them attached to Ivy League Institutions, who are leading a smear campaign against Black Lives Matter. In describing the protests, they deliberately use terms like “wilding,” a racially loaded term coined in 1989 to describe the imagined actions of five innocent Black teenagers (Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Antron McCray and Yusef Salaam) who were wrongly convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the assault of a White jogger. These commentators express rage over the sporadic looting that has taken place amidst the largely peaceful protests, calling for organized manhunts to track down those responsible. Theirs is a form of racism that gives cover to those police who use their batons and tear gas and rubber bullets and fists to silence and maim their critics.
Gideon Aronoff J.D. ’91, who authored the letter to the editor, called Trump’s removal “politically motivated,” arguing that Atkinson acted in line with his role under federal law and followed Cornell Law’s motto: “lawyers in the best sense.”
Best-selling conservative author, Iraq War veteran and National Review commentator David French will speak at Cornell University on September 18 at the invitation of the Cornell University College Republicans.
Four proposals were selected from a pool of 30 applications. A committee surveyed Cornell students and faculty from both campuses in order to make their final decisions on the recipients of $250,000 in grant money.