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Last Sunday, I had the immense honor of celebrating Groundhog Day with Punxsutawney Phil himself. I’d like to share my experience and tips, as well...
A recent response to Interim President Kotlikoff’s op-ed argues that Cornell’s flawed decarbonization approach aligns with discredited Big Oil...
Cornell’s founding principle of “... any person … any study” and our core value of free and open inquiry and expression are under threat....
The Alliance for Community Protection demands that Cornell take immediate action to protect students, faculty, and staff from systemic threats that...
Jewish Voice for Peace at Cornell condemns President Trump’s executive order for weaponizing antisemitism to suppress pro-Palestinian activism and...
Difference is so fundamental that the capacity to perceive it is shared by all living organisms from the worm to the human. Cognitive diversity is the...
Cornell should introduce a pre-enrollment preview, a digital tool offering past syllabi, lecture recordings, and student reviews. The post KOH | Stop...
At Cornell, I’ve come to realize that, by this point in history, to think that anything at all is unprecedented is simply to have not read enough...
While the physical size of our campus cannot be changed, we need to address loneliness at Cornell by engaging in discourse that can contribute to...
Holocaust testimonies bear witness to humanity at its most vulnerable. They urge us to confront the fragility of memory and the weight of history....
On Jan. 21, the first day of the semester, pro-Palestinian activists vandalized the A.D White statue. Even if Cornell identifies and punishes the...
Since we're in the 90 day comment period before monarchs would officially be listed under the Endangered Species Act, I thought I would publicly offer...
The Museum of the Earth, however, is in imminent danger of closing its doors. After more than 90 years of contributions to paleontological research...
While we must critique and reform systems that enable such atrocities, we must not see rape culture as an exogenous issue. The post POGGI | Blame The...
Kotlikoff owes Cheyfitz an apology. But he owes the University community something more. He owes us an affirmative, public commitment that going...
Cheyfitz's course is cause for concern. He should not be able to promulgate his anti-Zionist views in the classroom. The post ROSENSAFT | Why I Object...
Cornell is committed to eliminating carbon emissions from its energy usage. Achieving this goal in a rapidly changing energy landscape in a manner...
However, Rate My Professor reviews barely differ in their form from course evaluations, as both ask for written opinions on course and professor...
In a world where a lack of ethical reasoning can lead to disastrous consequences, we must ask: Are we doing enough to foster genuine moral integrity...
Daylight savings changes our lives, whether we know it or not. Climate change adds another wrinkle. The post AGRAWAL | Climate Anomalies and the...
Criticism of the Chinese government is not an insult to the Chinese student community at Cornell University, nor can acting as a mouthpiece for the...
Cornell is known nationally as a dining powerhouse. In this edition of IDEAS, Serin Koh reveals a dark reality behind our shining reputation. The...
No one prepared me for the heartbreak of losing my mother tongue. At Cornell, I acutely feel disconnected from the Russian language. The post...
We are writing in response to Cornell administration’s use of temporary suspensions and “persona non grata” status as a disproportionate...
This election, the Democratic Party has been handed its most humiliating loss in recent memory. For the first time in 20 years, a Republican...
That’s why Cornell also has an obligation to take the larger circumstances behind a disruption into account, and to extend “tolerance,” too, to on-...
In many ways, I see the University as a microcosm of empire through its mass surveillance, deference to profit, and exploitation of its labor. And,...
We would welcome the opportunity for dialogue with the Cornell administration, which unfortunately has not yet occurred. Decisions on complex,...
Look at our campus: Cornell has made a shift away from longstanding established policies to solve shorter-term issues — and it has proved costly....
Rickford's "processing of grief" rally was anti-Israel wrapped in the farce of pro-democracy. Cornell Democrats need to do better. The post FARB |...
This is not a cry against protest: simply a plea for more productive protest. Your disruption should make a difference. And I hope that small...
The answer is morality. It has been common political parlance to follow Bill Clinton’s chief strategist James Carville’s advice “It’s the economy,...
I don’t speak out on politics, or controversial issues in general, much less write about them in my column. I usually stick to ranking bathrooms,...
The emails I get in response to my columns tell me I’m courageous for speaking my mind, but I’m just saying what I think. The post FARB | The...
All across the country, there is a battle taking place for free speech and the future of university education. Swarthmore students face expulsion...
So this is my advice for Cornell students: Take a break from your busy schedule and send a friend from afar an email or letter. I guarantee they’d...
What goes through their minds when they see the same violence I do? How can they justify it? And how can I separate the “them” and “us” when the...
Coming back to the question the student asked, no one has been referred for their speech, and free expression remains fully protected at Cornell....
Despite your (nonexistent) impact on the result of the national election, you still need to vote The post BERMAN | Your Vote Won’t Matter, But You...
To those who voted for and supported Harris: you have lived under a Donald Trump presidency once, it will be okay a second time. You will survive a...
Surveillance grows more invasive even as it becomes less visible. And somewhere, there's video. The post MARGULIES | Learn Everything, Disclose...
To opt in to institutional neutrality is to opt out of the tough calls, protecting the University from criticism by leaving little to criticize. ...
When it comes to scientific education, especially at a university as prestigious as Cornell, the efficacy of lab-based learning is of central...
The administration prefers this approach because their charges — and, in this case, their racialized rhetoric — do not hold up to scrutiny. They...
What I’ve learned at Cornell is that it’s not about finding the perfect activity. It’s about finding the people who make this place feel a...
Following a walkout organized by the student-led Coalition for Mutual Liberation, protesters disrupted the career fair through noise and chants,...
When I first came to Cornell, all bright eyed and hopeful, experiencing sexism was simply an afterthought. Boy was I proven wrong. The post TIAS |...
Cornell is finally signaling a willingness to move on from the attention-sucking disruption from a minority of students. The post FARB | The...
Administrators’ fear of issuing proper consequences proves that Day Hall’s residents have been comfortable with a new culture that feeds the egos...
Whether it’s bushmeat in Ghana or insects in Southeast Asia, let’s think beyond what we’ve been conditioned to accept as “normal” and...