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Cornell released the results of its mental health review Thursday afternoon, addressing a range of issues present within the Cornell community, including the work-life balance students have found hard to achieve within the college environment.
Students must complete a three-step process to agree to the behavioral compact, which will then allow them to enroll in fall classes.
Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi announced a behavioral compact that students must sign and more specifics on the University’s COVID-19 screening policy in an email to the Cornell community Thursday.
President Martha Pollack and Ryan Lombardi, Vice President for Campus Life, address concerns raised by the Student Assembly about Greek Life restrictions at Thursday night meeting.
In an email to students on Wednesday night, vice president for student and campus life Ryan Lombardi outlined plans for sweeping reforms to student mental health services. Some students, however, questioned whether Lombardi’s promises would result in meaningful improvements to Cornell’s frayed mental health support system.
The student-led Mental Health Task Force formally submitted a letter to Vice President of Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi on Friday, outlining proposed actions to improve Cornell’s mental health services.
Cornell will continue to protect transgender individuals from discrimination, despite federal changes in the definition of sex proposed by the Trump administration, the University affirmed in a statement published Friday.
In regard to mental health, Pollack spoke about several substantive changes, including an increase of over two and a half years from 32 to 43 counselors and Cornell’s decision to contract with ProtoCall, a 24-hour by-phone mental health counseling service that Pollack said was “very carefully vetted” in the hope that it would be helpful.
The University has published information about Sigma Nu’s violations that led to their decision to revoke the chapter’s recognition for “no less than three years.”
The charges against the chapter included several counts of blindfolding, alcohol, being picked up in a car, being hosed, having clothes removed, exercise, house cleaning and many references to females being present.