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Cornellians Reflect on Second Anniversary of Campus Shutdown
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Two years since Cornell closed its Ithaca campus to prevent the spread of COVID-19, students, alumni and administrators reflect on those days of chaos.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/news/page/2/)
Two years since Cornell closed its Ithaca campus to prevent the spread of COVID-19, students, alumni and administrators reflect on those days of chaos.
Tursunay Ziyawudun, a Uighur Muslim who survived China’s Xinjiang concentration camp, spoke to Cornellians on Monday about international solidarity and her experience of human rights violations at the hands of the Chinese government.
The Annual Chili Cook-Off returned to Ithaca in 2022 with fewer pandemic-related restrictions and many prizes for the best chilis, chili-related dishes and beverages.
John Brennan will join three other national security experts to speak to the Cornell community on March 14 about the past and future of drone warfare.
Secondhand store Trader K’s will be closing its doors in April, after serving the Ithaca community for 26 years.
At Monday’s GPSA meeting, the assembly heard presentations on the history of the assemblies at Cornell and on the campaign to provide free period products in bathrooms across campus.
Prof. Ed Baptist, history, will present Monday on the Freedom on the Move project’s work documenting the lives of fugitive American slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries using newspaper ads placed by slave owners.
The Perfect Match matchmaking service will return to campus for Valentine’s Day 2022. The site, created by a Cornell undergraduate, uses a survey to match participants with new people to date or sometimes just befriend.
More than a decade after being banned from campus over the death of George Desdunes ’13 during a Sigma Alpha Epsilon hazing activity, a campaign by the fraternity’s alumni has helped to return it to campus this spring.
The University Assembly met in person on Tuesday to hear from Cornell’s Public Safety Advisory Committee and proponents of a new initiative to install more sustainable waste receptacles around campus.