News
Cornell Endowment Reaches Over $10 Billion Value, After Loss in Previous Year
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Cornell’s endowment saw a $355 million net investment gain in the 2023 fiscal year to surpass a $10 billion value.
City
Make Cornell Pay Coalition Urges Greater Transparency as the City of Ithaca and Cornell Negotiate a New Funding Agreement
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The Make Cornell Pay Coalition addressed the Ithaca Common Council at the council’s Wednesday, Aug. 2 meeting to emphasize the need for more transparency throughout negotiations between the City of Ithaca and Cornell.
Dining
A Skidmore Medal Topped with Runny Pasta: Freshman Year with Zero Meal Plan
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$147 and a big shopping cart were basically my Saturday afternoon in a nutshell. Five large, packed grocery bags wobbled back and forth inside the cart as I meandered my way to the bus stop. The bus came before I was there, so I had to run uphill and unload my cargo onto the decently occupied vehicle. I left the cart on the road; if you found one stranded around the Ithaca Mall, it could have been me. I apologize.
administration
Freezing Finances: Cornell Halts Hiring, Salary Increases
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The University announced a slew of cost-cutting measures intended to ensure it “has the funds necessary to continue to be a world-class university.”
Employee Assembly
Employee Assembly Evaluates Cornell’s Preparedness for Future Economic Recessions
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The effects of the 2008 Great Recession were at the forefront of discussion during last Wednesday’s Employee Assembly meeting.
Employee Assembly
Employee Assembly Hears Presentation on the State of Workers’ Benefits and Insurance at Cornell
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Gordon Barger, senior director of benefit services and administration, said that employee dental insurance premiums will decrease and life insurance costs will increase in 2019.
University Assembly
U.A. Expresses ‘Surprise’ Following President Pollack’s Rejection of Resolution to Share University Finance Information
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Pollack explained in a May email to the previous U.A. President Gabe Kaufman ’18 that she declined the non-binding resolution because the proposed committee’s authority “go beyond providing input and veer into policy setting, which must remain within my [Pollack’s] purview and that of the Board of Trustees.”