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WRFIxSun Podcast | Here’s What Trump’s Executive Orders Mean for Cornell and Ithaca
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Just over two weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, Ithaca and Cornell are already in the media spotlight. Here’s why.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/dei/)
Just over two weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, Ithaca and Cornell are already in the media spotlight. Here’s why.
President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders target diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives on U.S. college campuses like Cornell.
Black Students United rallied to demand the University fire Vice President of University Relations Joel Malina after he said a KKK member would be allowed on campus if a faculty member or a student group invited them to speak.
Cornell’s decrease in Black, Hispanic and Indigenous first-year enrollment following the end of affirmative action has posed recruitment challenges for academic racial affinity groups.
The goal shouldn’t be to create silos, but to foster an environment where differences are acknowledged and respected, while still working toward common goals.
Catherine Ching ’26 — a top 21 semifinalist in Miss New York and the current Miss Connecticut Earth 2024 — uses her pageant platform to advocate for disability equality and human rights.
Lesbian and feminist literature house Firebrand Books was honored by a plaque erected in the Commons. Determined government officials and allies of Firebrand pursued this milestone for years amid pushback from The Yellow Deli — a religious group-run restaurant that currently owns the building.
Cornell today faces challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion measures and controversies over antisemitism and Islamophobia, while its admissions process adapts to the overturn of affirmative action.
Despite the increase in DEI initiatives within sororities under the Panhellenic Association, four members told The Sun about race-related anxieties over recruitment and biases within the Greek Life system.
In response to alumni who criticized his open letter, Jon Lindseth ’56 maintained that DEI is a harmful “religion” that infringes on free speech, though he struggled to articulate why.