The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/university_assembly/)
Cornell’s Board of Trustees assembled in Ithaca for their annual semester meeting, with committees reviewing New York State policies and finances, requesting Plant Science Building construction authorization and discussing shared governance resolutions.
University Assembly representatives discussed upcoming executive elections, reactions to honors and distinction policies and obstacles to campus carbon neutrality.
The most successful initiatives have come out of many of the conversations that focus less on what we think we know and more on what we can learn — that have aimed at listening to the community then enacting resolutions, followed by not just talking but doing.
In the second in-person University Assembly meeting of the semester, President Martha Pollack joined to discuss on University finances, wages, mental health and new swimming pool facilities.
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.
Following a recent push from the Faculty Senate, the University is considering eliminating or revising the Dean’s List, noting concern over student stress levels and a lack of standardization across colleges.
On Jan. 25, Prof. Bruce Lewenstein, communication, became Cornell’s 13th Ombudsman in a vote by the University Assembly.
The University Assembly held their first meeting of the semester where they discussed a resolution mandating vaccines for all staff, students and faculty.
After calls for reform, a new Student Code of Conduct will go into effect this fall, aiming to make on-campus judicial proceedings less legalistic.
In a Tuesday meeting, the University Assembly discussed topics of emissions and immigration.