Guest Room

GUEST ROOM | Kotlikoff Makes the Rules; He Needs to Follow Them Too

By Guest Author · Thursday, May 7, 2026

Cornell Law Professor James Grimmelmann analyzes and discusses the legality of the incident between students and President Kotlikoff following the April 30 Cornell Political Union debate.

GUEST ROOM | Why Cornell Needs a Fossil-Free Degree

By Guest Author · Wednesday, May 6, 2026

GUEST ROOM | What Ghana Added to My MBA Experience

By Guest Author · Wednesday, May 6, 2026

GUEST ROOM | Cornell Taught Us Better Than That, Ms. Weingarten

By Guest Author · Thursday, April 23, 2026

GUEST ROOM | Why Community-Engaged Learning Matters

By Guest Author · Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Basil Safi, executive director of the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, advocates for the importance of community-engaged learning as a cornerstone of the Cornell education as it directly applies academic research to have a positive impact on communities.

GUEST ROOM | Recovery Belongs at Cornell — And So Do the Students Living It

By Guest Author · Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Jacob Parker Carver, an Alcohol & Other Drug Specialist at Cornell Health, writes to Cornell's students going through alcohol recovery and proposes several ways that the University can aid in their journey.

GUEST ROOM | The Misrepresentation of History and the Ragebaiting Man

By Guest Author · Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Alexander Walters '28 responds to a Mar. 21 column on Francis Fukuyama's theory on The End of History and the Last Man. Walters provides a clarified interpretation of Fukuyama's work and discusses the importance of transparency and explanation in academic conversations.

GUEST ROOM | Acknowledgment Without Accountability

By Guest Author · Friday, April 10, 2026

Prof. Jon W. Parmenter, history, presents his original research on the profits the University continues to accrue from the land gained through Indigenous dispossession and argues that Cornell's land acknowledgement doesn't do enough to address the ongoing alienation of Indigenous nations from their lands.

GUEST ROOM | From Minnesota: In Response to Glasgow

By Guest Author · Thursday, April 9, 2026

Anna Lovat '28 uses her perspective as a Minnesotan to discuss the violence from ICE and respond to Opinion Columnist Leo Glasgow's Feb. 24 piece, Your Only MAGA Voice.

GUEST ROOM | Cornell’s Dangerous Compliance

By Guest Author · Monday, April 6, 2026

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten ’80 urges Cornell to defend academic freedom and resist the Trump administration's attempts to weaponize antisemitism against the autonomy of institutions of higher education.

GUEST ROOM | It’s Time for Cornell Alumni To Withhold Financial Donations

By Guest Author · Thursday, March 26, 2026

Robert C. Gottlieb ʹ72, a former Cornell trustee and member of Cornell Courage, warns Cornell against conceding again to the administration in the face of an open EEOC investigation and urges alumni to withhold donations to the University until it implements safeguards for student privacy and academic freedom.

GUEST ROOM | Why Cornell's Silent Majority Must Speak

By Guest Author · Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Derek A. Berman, a fifth year Ph.D. student in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and a 22-year veteran of the U.S. military, criticizes the Student Assembly's Resolutions 55 and 61 for their selective ideological partisanship and calls upon Cornell's Jewish students to more passionately defend their values and beliefs.

GUEST ROOM | Cornell Students Are Training To Be AI's Backup

By Opinion Department · Thursday, March 19, 2026

Kashyap Rajesh '28 writes about the shifting job market and how AI will impact entry level jobs. He argues that Cornell Career Services needs to follow suit and shift their guidance to reflect the reality of employment options for students after graduation.

GUEST ROOM | In AI Research, Academic Integrity Falls by the Wayside

By Opinion Department · Thursday, March 19, 2026

Finley Williams '25 rebukes Opinion Columnist Jan Burzlaff's stances on artificial intelligence and warns against boisterous and unsound research in the rapidly changing field.

GUEST ROOM | ‘Lowkenuinely,’ Are We Witnessing the Fall of Language?

By Opinion Department · Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Jasmin Sin examines why digital culture and real-world communication blur as internet slang continues to migrate into the personal vocabulary of college students and 'America’s Most Trusted Dictionary,' Merriam-Webster.

GUEST ROOM | What Will Save Us From Ourselves? Not Another Engineering Building

By Opinion Department · Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Professor Bruce Levitt argues that it is not engineering, but the arts that will ultimately save humanity from its most dangerous threat: itself.

GUEST ROOM | Measuring What Matters in Student Well-being

By Opinion Department · Monday, Feb. 23, 2026

Cornell Health Director of Strategic Planning and Data Analysis Abigail Dubovi, Ph.D. explores how Cornell measures student distress, flourishing and key well-being indicators through the Student Well-Being Survey, part of the Health Promoting Campus effort. Findings show improvement alongside persistent inequities and highlight how individual, relational and environmental factors shape well-being. When the survey arrives this spring, student participation helps ensure the results reflect lived experience and guide what comes next.

GUEST ROOM | Kotlikoff Makes the Rules; He Needs to Follow Them Too

GUEST ROOM | Why Cornell Needs a Fossil-Free Degree

GUEST ROOM | What Ghana Added to My MBA Experience

GUEST ROOM | Cornell Taught Us Better Than That, Ms. Weingarten

GUEST ROOM | Why Community-Engaged Learning Matters

GUEST ROOM | Recovery Belongs at Cornell — And So Do the Students Living It

GUEST ROOM | The Misrepresentation of History and the Ragebaiting Man

GUEST ROOM | Acknowledgment Without Accountability

GUEST ROOM | From Minnesota: In Response to Glasgow

GUEST ROOM | Cornell’s Dangerous Compliance

GUEST ROOM | It’s Time for Cornell Alumni To Withhold Financial Donations

GUEST ROOM | Why Cornell's Silent Majority Must Speak

GUEST ROOM | Cornell Students Are Training To Be AI's Backup

GUEST ROOM | In AI Research, Academic Integrity Falls by the Wayside

GUEST ROOM | ‘Lowkenuinely,’ Are We Witnessing the Fall of Language?

GUEST ROOM | What Will Save Us From Ourselves? Not Another Engineering Building

GUEST ROOM | Measuring What Matters in Student Well-being

GUEST ROOM | ‘Any Person, Any Study’: Cornell University Must Reopen Dual Enrollment to Local High Schoolers

GUEST ROOM | Winter Blues, SAD and the Benefits of Light Therapy

GUEST ROOM | The Value of Interfaith Engagement

Kotlikoff Drives Into Student and Recent Grad Following ‘Harassment’

Canvas Comes Back Online Following Cyberattack Disruption

VIDEO | ‘It’s Almost a Genocide’: Local Hunters Claim Cornell is Allowing for the Overhunting of Deer on its Land

TeraWulf Affiliate Approved to Draw 1 Million Gallons Per Day From Cayuga Lake

Annual 'Greek Freak' Dance Competition Celebrates Multiculturalism in Greek Life