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Lansing Board Withdraws Ordinance That Would Have Stalled TeraWulf Data Center

By Valencia Massaro · Monday, Dec. 8, 2025

The Lansing Town Board voted to withdraw the proposed moratorium, which would have halted construction of the TeraWulf Data Center.

Mamdani Walks Back Prior Call To Boycott Cornell Tech

By Madeleine Naumoff · Monday, Dec. 8, 2025

‘The Core Problem with the EMS System is Simple. We Don’t Have a System’: A Look Into Tompkins County’s EMS

By Valencia Massaro · Monday, Dec. 8, 2025

‘Here to Help in Any Capacity’: A Look Into The Financial Resources of the Student Assembly

By Polina Doronkina · Monday, Dec. 8, 2025

‘The Charge Was Never for Us to Solve the Problem’: Sexual Assault Task Force Co-Chairs Speak on Holistic Health Approach, Delayed Progress

By Benjamin Leynse and Ariana Sanchez · Friday, Dec. 5, 2025

Co-Chairs of the sexual assault task force Dean Marla Love and Dean Rachel Dunifon spoke to The Sun about their work with the task force following delayed progress in the release of a report.

‘It’s Given Me A Greater Sense of Purpose’: A Look Into ROTC at Cornell

By Teju Vijay · Friday, Dec. 5, 2025

The 2025-2026 academic year marks one of the largest classes of incoming student cadets to Cornell’s Tri-Service Brigade in recent history. The Sun decided to shed some light on ROTC’s presence at Cornell.

U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights Releases Cornell’s Antisemitism Investigations, Title VI Files

By Iris Liang · Friday, Dec. 5, 2025

Following Cornell’s $60 million Nov. 7 settlement with the Trump administration, the University saw the negotiated closure of several ongoing civil rights investigations directed towards Cornell.

Cornell’s Chief Lawyer, Vice President And General Counsel Donica Thomas Varner To Leave Cornell

By Sofia Loayza · Friday, Dec. 5, 2025

Donica Varner, Cornell’s vice president and general counsel, will depart from Cornell on Feb. 6, 2026, according to the Cornell Chronicle.

Track and Field Restricts Meet to Rostered Collegiate Athletes, Shutting Out Club Athletes

By Zeinab Faraj · Friday, Dec. 5, 2025

The men's and women's track events will no longer be open to unattached athletes to compete in, sparking controversy.

Ithaca City Manager Deb Mohlenhoff Resigns After Tensions Over Budget Shortfalls

By Taehee Oh · Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025

After a multi-million-dollar budgeting error, Ithaca City Manager, Deb Mohlenhoff resigns at the request of Common Council.

Referendum on Cornell’s Disciplinary Process Announced, Voting to Begin Dec. 12

By Kate Turk · Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025

Students can submit pro-con statements for the next seven days to weigh in on Student Assembly’s referendum on Cornell’s disciplinary processes.

Cornell CALS Dean Not Chosen as ISU’s Next President, Despite Receiving More Positive Feedback From ISU Community Than Competitor

By Kate Turk · Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025

CALS Dean Benjamin Houlton had higher approval ratings from the Iowa State Community than his competitor, despite not being chosen as the next president.

NY Assemblyman Alex Bores ’13, Architect of AI Regulation Bill, Mounts Run for Congress in Manhattan

By Atticus Johnson · Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025

NY Assemblyman Alex Bores ’13 enters a congested race for New York City’s 12th Congressional district.

Former Cornell Employee Arrested for Death Threats

By Ellie Porter · Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025

Jerry Gordon, a 56-year-old former Cornell employee, was sentenced to two years in prison for threatening to kill a man from Aurora, New York.

Meet Senior Will MacLeod: Team USA’s Chessboxing World Championship Silver Medalist

By Inga Wooten-Forman · Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025

Meet Will MacLeod ’26, a math major in the College of Arts and Sciences, who earned silver for Team USA in the Chessboxing World Championships in September after starting the sport just three months prior.

DOJ Memo is ‘Not the Institutional Position of the University’: Kotlikoff Clarifies Settlement Questions at UA

By Yuhan Huang · Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025

In their annual address at Tuesday’s University Assembly meeting, President Kotlikoff and V.P. University Relations Kyle Kimball fielded questions on the DOJ memo recommendations, staff layoffs and the University’s legal capabilities post-settlement.

‘Even If Our Numbers Are Lower, We’re Still Here’: Indigenous Student Engagement Persists Despite Enrollment Drops

By Svetlana Gupta · Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025

Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned affirmative action, enrollment levels of indigenous students at Cornell remain below 2023 levels yet students say engagement persist.

IN DATA | Cornell Only Ivy to See No American Rhodes Scholars Named in Class of 2026

By Angelina Chen · Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025

32 students across America were named Rhodes Scholars this year including students across all Ivy League universities — except Cornell, which has not produced a Rhodes Scholar for the past six years.

Graduate Student Union Passes Referendum Committing to BDS Guidelines for Solidarity With the ‘Palestinian Liberation Struggle’

By Coral Platt · Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025

Cornell Graduate Student Union passed a referendum adopting the “International Solidarity with the Palestinian Liberation Struggle” statement on Nov 26.

Former Cornell Student Convicted of Rape Over 2024 On-Campus Sexual Assault

By Benjamin Leynse · Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025

22 year old former Cornell student Bilguun Enkhbayar was convicted of Rape in the First Degree and Burglary in the Second Degree on Nov. 24 after being arrested at Cornell on Sept. 12, 2024 for an on-campus sexual assault.