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CORNELL AAUP | Statement Against Sexual Violence

CORNELL AAUP | Statement Against Sexual Violence

Editor’s Note: Below is an edited version of a statement issued by the Cornell chapter of the American Association of University Professors.  The...

02.10.2026 7

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Cornell Chapter Of The Aaup

BELMONTE | We Are All Complicit

BELMONTE | We Are All Complicit

Editor's Note: This article references sexual assault. I was speaking to a close friend about the scandal that has engulfed this University, as...

30.09.2026 10

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Adrian Belmonte

SCHWARZ | Looking Backward and Forward: Possibility and Opportunity for Each Student

SCHWARZ | Looking Backward and Forward: Possibility and Opportunity for Each Student

On July 1, 2026, I moved to emeritus status after teaching at Cornell for 58 years. The values I treasure, including the educational values which...

28.09.2026 5

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Daniel R. Schwarz

TOBIN | Why Does Government Make Simple Things So Complicated?

There is a particular kind of frustration that comes from knowing you are meant to do something and still being unable to figure out how to do it. You...

25.09.2026 10

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Lali Tobin

ROGERS | The Obsession With ‘Obsession’

The breakout hit movie of 2026, Obsession, is now positioning itself to sweep the awards season, with Inde Navarette and Curry Barker leading the...

23.09.2026 8

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Brayden Rogers

PETROVA | No Justice, No Peace: Abolish Cornell Police

Under any capitalist or fascist regime, the enforcers of that system are the police. In the United States, policing departments regularly administer...

23.09.2026 10

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Mina Petrova

CLIFFORD | On Cruelty: The Usual Suspects of the Death Penalty

“Was sentence of death ever pronounced except at midnight, by the light of torches, in a dark, gloomy hall, and on a cold, stormy winter's...

23.09.2026 10

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Elise Clifford

GALPERIN | When Neo-Nazis Get Invited to Campus

Editor's Note: This column was co-written with Noah Farb ’28, a junior studying economics in the College of Arts and Sciences and the...

23.09.2026 20

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Ezra Galperin

JASO | Closing a New Overton

Last autumn, former establishment media deviant and founder of The Free Press, Bari Weiss, took the stage at the Jewish Leadership Conference in a...

23.09.2026 10

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Francis X. Jaso

STEINGARD | The Government Stopped Counting Hungry Kids on Purpose

27.05.2026 50

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Mihir steingard

CARUSO | Success Has Many Interpretations. The Only One That Counts Is Yours.

25.05.2026 30

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Paul caruso

KASSAM | Grace Is Like Rain...

25.05.2026 30

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Karim-aly kassam

CORNELL AAUP | Joint Statement on the Trustees’ Investigation and President Kotlikoff’s Response

23.05.2026 30

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Cornell chapter of the aaup

FASTIFF | Three Seasons of Growth

21.05.2026 50

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Eli fastiff

HARNEY | What Kind of Person Should Go to Law School?

19.05.2026 40

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Liam harney

CARUSO | The Downeaster ‘Cornell’

18.05.2026 40

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Paul caruso

SENZON | Everyone’s a Journalist

18.05.2026 30

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Julia senzon

MUÑOZ | Accepting the Gravity

While many of my fellow class members are getting ready to pick up their caps and gowns and pose for graduation pictures, I am not.  That is because...

18.05.2026 40

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Gabriel munoz

WALTER | Dorms and Divinity: Why College Is the Perfect Stage for Religious Crisis

A man walks into a bar … An anorexic nitrous huffing klepto with prodromal schizophrenia jogs into a buddhist monastery. Cue the first meditation,...

16.05.2026 40

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Kira walter

XI | Capturing the Moment

Twenty six. That number seemed oh so far away to me four years ago, yet here we are — less than a month away from graduation. What seemed an almost...

15.05.2026 40

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Timmy xi

MCNALLY | Give My Regards

Lots of things end with a bang, something very finite — lasting — where you feel the reverberations even when it is over. Graduation is a lot like...

15.05.2026 40

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Jane mcnally

BLANCHARD | A Long-Awaited (But Not Anticipated) Goodbye

I’d be lying if I said that Cornell was the school I dreamed of attending. But if I told you I didn’t love it here from the minute I saw it, that...

14.05.2026 40

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Maya blanchard

GONZALEZ | Grad Column finalFINAL(2).pdf

Coming into Cornell as a bright-eyed freshman, I thought I knew how to write. I had written and read my way through life and, for some reason, I was...

14.05.2026 50

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Rafaella gonzalez

ASACK | The Cornell Daily Sun Does a lot of Good. Next, I Hope They Do Quality Control

I am one of five graduating staff writers from The Sun’s Arts & Culture department, and as I reflect upon my two years with the paper, I can...

14.05.2026 30

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Chloe asack

GONZALEZ | God Is Good Because Things Could’ve Happened Differently

Habakkuk 3:17-19 (NIV) “17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce...

14.05.2026 40

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Anjelina gonzalez

JASO | Agoras, Underground

12.05.2026 30

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Francis x. jaso

COMMITTEE ON THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY | Why Cornell’s Land Grant Mission Must Define Its Future

11.05.2026 40

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Committee

GUEST ROOM | Unfinished Campus Business: Memorializing Three Young People Who Gave Their Lives for the Right to Vote

09.05.2026 30

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Guest Author

CORNELL AAUP | President Kotlikoff’s Actions Demand an Independent Investigation

07.05.2026 50

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Cornell chapter of the aaup

SALTZBURG | A Grain of Salt

05.05.2026 40

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Ashlyn saltzburg

CLIFFORD | A Legal Overview of Birthright Citizenship

05.05.2026 50

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Elise clifford

BURZLAFF | A Final Is Never Final

04.05.2026 40

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Jan burzlaff

YUCESIR | In Transit

04.05.2026 50

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Defne yucesir

VILLAFUERTE | La Vie en Frenzy

01.05.2026 40

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Vie villafuerte

SCHWARZ | How to Resist When Universities Are Under Siege

01.05.2026 40

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Daniel R. Schwarz

TOBIN | From Iran to Ithaca: Brooks Student Takes on the Ongoing War

If we all close our eyes and think of the word ‘war’ I can bet that most of us wouldn’t associate it with ‘success,’ ‘winning’ or even...

30.04.2026 40

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Lali tobin

PETROVA | It's Fascism, Here's What

We are living under a fascist government. This is a statement that once accepted, bears immediate moral responsibilities. Fascism is a far-right...

29.04.2026 40

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Mina petrova

CROUSE | The Ethics of Engineering

Poor engineering kills people. The Champlain Towers collapse caused 94 deaths; two Boeing 737 MAX crashes caused 346 deaths; the OceanGate Titan...

29.04.2026 50

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Trevor crouse

BELMONTE | Greek Life Is Coming Out of the Closet

I’ve been avoiding writing about homosexuality in Greek Life for a simple reason: discourse invites over-examination. As Michel Foucault suggests,...

28.04.2026 40

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Adrian belmonte

GUEST ROOM | In Defense of Defense

Bryan Kim ’27 is a junior studying mechanical engineering in the Duffield College of Engineering. He can be contacted at bjk228@cornell.edu.  If...

24.04.2026 40

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Guest Author

FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY | Seeking Feedback on Our Future

After close to eight months of work, the Provost’s Committee on the Future of the American University released a set of preliminary documents this...

23.04.2026 40

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Committee

AGRAWAL | Dedicated to My Readers

No, not you, but let me explain. This will be my last column for a while. I’ve had a good run and have enjoyed communicating with you all. By...

22.04.2026 40

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Professor anurag agrawal

MOON | Reports Won't Stop Rape

Everyone deserves to feel safe here at Cornell, especially in their living spaces. But when 35% of undergraduate women report experiencing sexual...

21.04.2026 50

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Melissa Moon

VINK | In Defense of Shared Governance

When you think of the Student Assembly at Cornell, what comes to mind? Corruption? Inaction? Powerlessness? Or perhaps, nothing comes to mind at all?...

20.04.2026 40

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Adriana vink

TROIANO | Take a Seat

This spring, a ramshackle house with cigarette-stained ceilings will go on the market in Falmouth, Massachusetts, a middle-class resort town on the...

20.04.2026 50

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Max troiano

TODDINGS | Is Anxiety the Next Big Trend? The Evolution of the NeeDoh

17.04.2026 40

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Skylar toddings

CORNELL AAUP | A New Code

16.04.2026 50

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Cornell chapter of the aaup

WALTER | Why Rejection Should Be Now and Blunt

15.04.2026 40

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Kira walter

BADAWI | Don’t Turn Away

14.04.2026 40

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Leah badawi

CROUSE | Cockpit Conversations

11.04.2026 40

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Trevor crouse