With 930 positive COVID cases detected on campus this week, final exams shifting modality and winter break fast approaching, the situation on campus is rapidly evolving. Here’s what we know so far.
Prameela Kottapalli ’23 and Louise Wang ’23 have created a Cornell-specific document that includes pages of courses, Ithaca-based advocacy groups and organizations in regions where many students live.
As the murder of George Floyd has shocked the nation into protest and the realities of systemic racism are further exposed, it is important to consider just how deeply this racism permeates. As the farmers market pavilion in Ithaca opens for its 46th year and many home gardens in the upstate region finally begin to flourish after a long winter’s frost, it is incredibly important to consider the intersection of food and racial justice. Our country was founded on colonialism and inequality. These same inequalities proliferate into our current food system, creating vast disparities in access to food and land. As a growing number of movements seek to dismantle our current food system in hopes of erecting one founded on principles of sustainability, health and justice, we must also acknowledge that food justice is racial justice.
While COVID-19 poses unique challenges to all of Ithaca, St. John’s Community Services and the Tompkins Department of Social Services remain committed to helping the city’s homeless population.
Students have generated a spreadsheet with over 200 contacts willing to provide travel assistance and places to stay in wake of the several policies enacted in response to COVID-19, which have caused stress for students making last-minute plans.
Members of the Employee Assembly discussed the availability and state of mental health benefits for Cornell employees and staff vacation day policies at their meeting Wednesday afternoon.