fall creek gorge
Body of Missing Cornell Freshman Found In Fall Creek Gorge
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Emergency personnel retrieved the body of a Cornell freshman from the base of the Fall Creek gorge Saturday afternoon. The student had been missing since Thursday night.
Summer College
For High School Students, Cornell Summer Programs Offer Window Into College Life
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When Bailey Landow ’21 first came to Cornell as a rising high school junior as part of the Cornell Summer College, she became certain of two things: That Cornell would be her first-choice college, but also that she was ready to work and live in an entirely new environment.
mental health
Student Mental Health Task Force to Submit Policy Recommendations to University
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The student-led Mental Health Task Force finalized its list of recommendations to improve Cornell’s mental health services on Sunday, with plans to formally introduce them to the administration and gather signatures from the student body on Monday. The task force recommendations include hiring new counselors and mental health liaisons, new training for resident advisors and university staff, changes to leave of absence policies, and increasing access to off-campus mental health services.
Since March, the task force has worked to identify possible areas of improvements to Cornell’s mental health services, during which the administration has faced criticism from students and mental health advocacy groups like The Sophie Fund — an advocacy organization founded by the parents of Sophie MacLeod ’14, who committed suicide while on medical leave from Cornell in 2016. In January, President Pollack rejected calls for an independent review of campus mental health services from Susan Hack and Scott MacLeod, founders of The Sophie Fund. At the time, Pollack said that a two-year external review by the JED Foundation and internal reviews of Cornell Health are sufficient audits for its mental health program. Hack and McLeod called the review “plainly insufficient” in a letter to Pollack in August, and repeated its call for an independent task force.
CUTonight
S.A. to Restructure Now-Defunct CUTonight, Releasing Over $100,000 in Funding
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CUTonight effectively ceased to exist this semester after most of its members resigned. This dissolution prevented student organizations from accessing its over $100,000 budget for student events in the fall semester.
compost
Students Work to Reduce Compost Rejected Due to Cross-Contamination
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One of the challenges standing in the way of better waste management is cross-contamination in the bins used by students at cafes and eateries.
mental health
Student-led Task Force to Submit Mental Health Petition to University
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A student-led task force launched in February to investigate Cornell’s mental health issues is now gearing up to release a petition proposing changes to the University’s mental health policy.
Columns
RUSSELL | To My 18-year-old Black Self
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Hey man! Big congrats on getting here. I mean that. In a week you’ll forget about how hard you worked to get into a school like this and you’ll just get caught up trying to make it to the next goal, so please just pat yourself on the back while you still have time to reflect. I’m sure you’re proud to surprise your high school guidance counselor who coulda’ sworn you were going to an HBCU.
family
Hurricane Harvey Hits Home for Cornellians
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For Cornell students from the affected region, reports of the hurricane’s destruction stirred up concerns for loved ones back home.
News
GPSA Outlines Structure, Goals for Year
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The Cornell Graduate and Professional Student Assembly launched the year with familiar and fresh items on the agenda.
Alumni
Latino Summit Empowers Aspiring Leaders
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With a theme of “breaking barriers,” the third annual New York State Latino Leadership Summit on Saturday featured prominent alumni, lectures from executives and workshops meant to give attendees tools to overcome obstacles they face as Latinx students at Cornell.