The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/funding/)
Cornell is raising its annual Ithaca City School District funding from $500,000 to $650,000 starting this year until June 2031, continuing the University’s commitment to financially support the district.
In their meeting on Mar. 9, Student Assembly passed Resolution 26 and Resolution 27, providing funding for the Pan-African Student Association and TEDxCornell through S.A.’s Special Projects Funding.
TCAT reached a consensus with Cornell, the city of Ithaca and Tompkins County on respective five percent funding increases.
After receiving a $10 million donation from David Meehl ’72, Cornell is looking to make big strides in the field of quantum physics by increasing their resources on campus including faculty and laboratory equipment in efforts to become the leading university in this research area.
When I read EARS’ application for funding, I saw serious issues with how they planned to spend their money. Unfortunately, I cannot disclose many details. Though it is certainly unethical that organization budgets being funded by student tuitions are not public. It speaks volumes about the relationship between the S.A. and the student body when the only details that are public are ones that are on the audio recordings for meetings.
Native American and Indigenous Students at Cornell call on the University to better support its Indigenous population following unmet demands.
Sage Chapel goes through an incremental renovation process, still struggling to secure funding for repairs to its 81-year-old Aeolian-Skinner organ.
Despite hardships caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Women’s Opportunity Center does its best to stay afloat.
The Student Assembly has been working to reduce the burden on students while keeping more than 1,000 student organizations afloat by reducing the student activities fee.
As the take-out only policy is enacted, Collegetown and other local restaurants are struggling. Two Hotel School Alumni have started a GoFundMe to try to support these stops as protective measures become more drastic.