The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/news/page/2/)
Former Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé ’83 is back at Cornell with a new book out and positions in the Dyson school. He told The Sun that he feels overwhelmed and happy to see his story and advice being used to help the current Cornellians.
“Obviously, the Spanish-speaking population is a minority — in Cornell at least. The language itself is something that helps a lot of minority groups unite and feel more comfortable,” said Jacobo Carreon ’23, a member of the Spanish debate team.
“Every year, all of our GPSA counterparts from the Ivy League plus schools get together to discuss the state of our groups as well as initiatives we’re working on. It’s a kind of networking plus sharing of information and strategy,” said GPSA president Preston Hanley grad.
The monkeypox vaccine arrives in Ithaca this month less than a month after three cases of monkeypox were reported in Tompkins County, adding monkeypox to the list of pandemics students face this fall. As of Sept. 6, 3,326 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in New York State.
Cornell’s United Auto Workers Union, which represents employees in areas such as dining and building care, has once again voted no on a temporary agreement, citing insufficient measures to deal with pay and workload concerns.
Pollinate is a service that allows students to buy seats in classes they want but can’t enroll in. The site also promises to help students convince professors to let them into classes they couldn’t get into.
Under new University policies, Cornell’s north campus hill has seen five new buildings constructed for student housing and sophomores have been forced to live on campus instead of moving off to Collegetown and the surrounding residential areas.
After nominations, presentations and interviews, some University departments and programs have chosen new leaders. These professors promise changes in priorities and new efforts to address the challenges their programs face.
For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, Cornell students are taking their swim tests, which are required for graduation.
“How to teach students about the rule of law, precedent and the allegedly non-political nature of law is seriously threatened [by Dobbs v. Jackson],” Prof. Cynthia Bowman, law, said. “As well as the lives of all my female students!”