COVID-19
Specter of Virtual Cheating Prompts Professors to Explore Unconventional Proctoring
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With the fall semester in full swing, professors attempt to enforce unconventional proctoring procedures for prelims.
fall semester
Cornell Reiterates Promise to Implement ‘Robust’ Testing, Denounces ICE Order in Virtual Town Hall
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Administrators met an audience of 3,000 registered guests to discuss the upcoming semester at the international student forum.
collegetown
SMITH | Getting Cold Feet
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Whenever being home was getting to me or quarantine seemed like it would never end, I would comfort myself with a vision of the little studio apartment I’d saved up to lease in Ithaca. There would be houseplants galore, I could once again see my friends and I would be more mentally challenged than I am currently by my three-month free trial of Skillshare. Enter Pres. Martha Pollack’s email, announcing the hybrid, altered semester and the start of classes on September 2nd. That email was the answer to a lot of my prayers, though there are the obvious limitations as a result from COVID-19. Yet, ever since it arrived in my inbox there’s been a sense of anxiety I can’t kick.
Cornell
Are Students Excited to Return to Campus This Fall? It Depends Who You Ask
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President Martha E. Pollack’s long-awaited Tuesday announcement welcomed Cornellians back to campus, but described a Cornell that faintly resembles the one students left in March. Many say they are still thrilled to return to Ithaca in September, while others were skeptical of the reopening message, wary of what social distancing will mean in an environment built for socializing.
Cornell
Freshmen, Transfer Students Express Mixed Feelings About Reopening Plan
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In light of the circumstances that come with COVID-19, Cornell has decided to commit to a reopening plan that will include, in part, an in-person semester. For the incoming freshman class and transfer students, their first Cornell experiences will look different.
coronavirus
Planning Committee Contemplates Fall in Ithaca, but With Many COVID-19 Caveats
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The reports — which “provide a clear sense of the considerations that will go into final decisions about whether … we are able to invite our students back to Ithaca,” Pollack wrote in a Monday afternoon email — offer the most comprehensive look yet at what college in the era of COVID-19 may entail.
fall semester
Cornell Aims to Make Announcement on Fall Semester in Early July
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All three Reactivation Committees chartered by President Martha E. Pollack have submitted their reports on time, an announcement slid onto Cornell’s COVID-19 FAQ page reads. It is the ‘hope’ of the administration to announce the status of the fall semester in Early July.
Columns
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Re: ‘Cornell Needs to Postpone the Fall Semester’
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To The Editor:
Deepti Talesra ’21 and Paula Amols ’75 both make great arguments for not opening the University this fall. There are issues regarding the quality of education online, issues of comradery, and significant financial burdens to Cornell University, Ithaca and the student body. We do not have a crystal ball; we have flawed changing models of the pandemic’s progress and a ton of unknowns as to what will or may happen this fall and coming winter. Coming out of shelter-in-place too early will likely lead to a second wave of disease and death beyond anything we personally have ever experienced. Physically calling students back from all over the world where the virus is at various stages of infection could present a significant health problem for the Cornell and Ithaca communities. Experts and data suggest that a vaccine will not be available this year and maybe not be fully available until later next year.
fall semester
Committee Releases Range of Scenarios for In-Person Fall Semester, Reflecting a New Normal
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Cornell released a list of different scenarios that give a glimpse as to how the fall semester could play out, showing that life on campus won’t return to normal during the coronavirus pandemic.
fall 2020
Even as New York Colleges Announce Fall Plans, More Questions Than Answers Remain
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While Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) maintains that it is still too early to make a determination about the fall semester, some colleges across the state are making plans.