Andrew Tisch '71, Chair of the Task Force on Student-Elected Trustess, discusses the importance of student communication with the Trustee Board, and the Board's steps taken to increase student interaction.

The Faculty Senate passed a resolution earlier in October that would allow faculty members to pursue graduate and professional degrees with the dean’s recommendation and admission to the program.

The Board of Trustees unanimously endorsed the University’s NYC Tech Campus plan at a special meeting on Oct. 12, the University announced Monday.

Michael Abbott, Cornell’s chief investment officer, stepped down on Sunday. The reasons for his departure remain unclear.

The Sun makes its endorsement for student trustee.

The IFC's decision to ban social events this past weekend did not align with any of their long-term goals and appears to have produced little, if any, substantive progress.

Gathering outside Statler Hall, where the Board of Trustees was meeting, students protested the administrative decisioin to fold Africana into the College of Arts and Sciences on Friday.

The board elected Robert Harrison ’76, CEO of the Clinton Global Initiative, to be its next chair on Friday morning. Harrison will follow Peter Meinig ’61, whose second term as chair concludes at the end of the year.

The University hopes to expedite the voting process with a new voting system by Election Service Corporation, a third-party vendor.

The Board of Trustees approved the University financials over the weekend. Assets increased by $625 million in fiscal year 2010 and contributions to the University doubled.