Administration

Students Pack Student Assembly Meeting to Protest Proposed Funding Cuts to GJAC, Other Organizations

By Rooke Wiser and Emma Spindler · Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025

Cornellians packed the Student Assembly meeting on Oct. 30 to protest funding cuts to organizations including Gender Justice Advocacy Coalition, Cornell Minds Matter, CU Tonight and Class Councils.

Cornell to Discontinue Duo Phone Call, SMS Passcode: App, Key or Token Required Beginning On Tuesday

By Varsha Bhargava · Monday, Nov. 3, 2025

Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Unanimously Votes to Give Anabel’s Grocery $40,000 Over Two Years

By Rajorshi Chatterjee · Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025

Cornell Endowment Sees 12.3 Percent Return, Boosting University Support for Students, Research

By Kristie To · Friday, Oct. 31, 2025

University Launches ‘Resilient Cornell’ Initiative to Cut Spending, Overhaul Operations

By Rooke Wiser · Friday, Oct. 31, 2025

Cornell administrators announced “Resilient Cornell,” a University initiative to help reduce costs on all of its campuses through restructuring operations in an Oct. 16 statement.

Faculty Senate Resolution on Cheyfitz Controversy Faces Criticism From Professors, Administration

By Matthew Chen · Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025

Administrators criticized a resolution condemning the administration’s handling of the Cheyfitz case, presented at the Oct. 22 Faculty Senate meeting.

Pro-Palestine Protesters Call for Divestment from Weapons Manufacturers Outside Trustees Dinner

By Vivienne Cierski · Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025

Nearly 45 pro-Palestine protesters gathered around the entrance of Barton Hall on Friday afternoon as the Trustee-Council Annual Meeting reception and dinner were held inside.

The Board of Trustees Commemorates the Deaths of Two Emeritus Trustees

By Sophia Riley Sim · Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025

The Board of Trustees took a moment of silence to commemorate the deaths of two former Emeritus Trustees, Harold Tanner ’52 and Peter Ten Eyck II ’60 at its Friday open meeting.

Student Assembly Approves Resolution to Transfer Excess SAFC Funds to Assembly’s Reserve Account

By Matthew Kiviat · Friday, Oct. 24, 2025

The Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution requiring the Student Activities Funding Commission to transfer its excess funds to the Assembly’s reserve account on Thursday, citing new changes to its Charter.

Student Assembly Vice President of Finance Reassesses Funding Cuts After Student Assembly Rejects Proposal

Student Assembly Vice President of Finance Reassesses Multicultural Funding Cuts After Packed Meeting

By Emma Galgano · Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025

The Student Assembly Vice President of Finance, Hayden Watkins ’28, explained to The Sun how the finance committee arrived at its proposal to reduce funding for several student supplementary funding organizations.

Monday Canvas Outage Leaves Campus Unable to Access Assignments, Course Materials

By Varsha Bhargava · Monday, Oct. 20, 2025

A Canvas blackout hit campus on Monday morning as a result of an Amazon Web Services global outage, according to AWS, leaving students and faculty unable to access course materials.

Kotlikoff Reportedly Disapproves of Trump’s Higher Education Compact, Despite Decline to Comment to The Sun

By Joshua Cohen · Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025

After the Trump administration extended its higher education compact to all colleges and universities, Kotlikoff has reportedly indicated that Cornell would not sign on to the compact, though he declined to comment to The Sun on his stance.

Student Assembly Recommends Signage to Discourage Obstructing Accessibility Ramps

By Emma Spindler · Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025

The Student Assembly unanimously voted to pass Resolution 11: Addressing Obstructed Ramps and Handicap Aisles on Campus during Thursday’s meeting.

Cheyfitz Retires Amid Discrimination Investigation Over Confrontation With Israeli Student in Gaza Class

By Benjamin Leynse · Monday, Oct. 13, 2025

Prof. Eric Cheyfitz, literatures in English, who in his course on “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance," reportedly asked an Israeli student to unenroll, is now set to retire.

‘Its Principle of Restraint is a Good One’: Faculty Weigh Purpose of University Statements Following Release of Institutional Voice Task Force Report

By Kristie To · Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025

Cornell faculty weighed in on the University’s draft report of the Presidential Task Force on the University’s Institutional Voice, highlighting its effects on campus speech.

SUN EXCLUSIVE: Kotlikoff, Bala Discuss Federal Funding, Student Detainments, AI Use

By Dorothy France-Miller and Matthew Kiviat · Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025

The Sun sat down with President Michael Kotlikoff and Provost Kavita Bala to discuss the ongoing challenges that the University is facing amid the ongoing funding freeze from the Trump administration.

Presidential Institutional Voice Task Force Draft Report Says University Should Practice ‘Restraint’

By Benjamin Leynse · Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025

In a draft report released Wednesday, the University's Presidential Task force on Institutional Voice made recommendations regarding the content of what Cornell should speak on.

‘My Future Is Paralyzing’: Cornell International Students Express Concern Over Current Visa Process, Job Prospects, Security

By Zeinab Faraj and Hussam Kher Bek · Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025

Amidst the Trump administration’s changes to the visa application process, some international students expressed concerns over how to obtain visas, job prospects and their overall well being.

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Alleging Cornell, Other Elite Institutions of Price-Fixing Financial Aid Packages

By Jeremiah Jung · Friday, Oct. 3, 2025

An Illinois federal judge dismissed a major antitrust lawsuit, which alleged that Cornell and 39 other private colleges and universities colluded to reduce financial aid for students on Sept. 25.

Cornell Forms ‘Committee on the Future of the American University’

By Isabella Hanson · Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025

The University announced the creation of the Committee on the Future of the American University, which includes 18 professors representing eight undergraduate colleges and five graduate colleges.