Cornell

A major Cornell donor says he will no longer donate to the university if it continues to implement diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The donor is also calling for the resignation of the school’s president.

A 21-year-old engineering student at Cornell University was arrested on Tuesday for making online threats against Jewish students on campus, which ended up putting the Ivy League university on high alert over the weekend.

Cornell University professor Russell Rickford went on a pro-Hamas tirade on Sunday, calling the terror group’s recent attacks against Israel “energizing,” adding, “I was exhilarated!”

Researchers at Cornell University were able to convert Microsoft’s Bing AI into a scammer that requests compromising information from users, including their name, address, and credit card information.

A professor at Cornell University says the school’s library has removed a bronzed Gettysburg Address plaque and a bust of President Abraham Lincoln after somebody complained.

Alumni around the country are demanding that universities respect free speech on their campuses, and are withholding donations to pressure schools to take them seriously.

Cornell University’s faculty is set to vote on “anti-racism” training proposals, which will include whether to mandate an educational requirement on “racism, bias and equity” for students and faculty.

Students at Cornell University recently hosted an event examining abolishing the police — but in a bizarre new twist, the event specifically focused on defunding the police through a “queer framework.”

Two members of the Cornell University student government were removed from their positions as part of a retaliation campaign after they refused to support an effort to disarm the campus police force, according to the students were removed and the Cornell College Republicans. The student assembly said their former peers were removed in response to the “emotional violence” they committed by voting against the disarmament resolution.

Cornell University recently offered an exemption on its mandatory flu vaccine policy to minority students. A page on the university’s website suggests that “students who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as a Person of Color (BIPOC)” can apply to be exempt from the mandatory vaccine rule if it makes them uncomfortable for reasons that most may find perplexing.

Cornell University student government leaders were harassed by their peers after vetoing a resolution that would have effectively disarmed campus police officers. One student representative was even pressured to change his vote by peers that shamed him for voting to keep campus polices officers armed.

Liquor sales at stores surrounding Cornell University are skyrocketing in the aftermath of the presidential election. One wine shop near campus reported that sales increased 96 percent during election week.

Cornell University announced this week that its faculty has voted to change the name of the English department as part of a broader campaign to eradicate “structural forms” of racism at the university. The department will now be referred to as the “department of literatures in English.”

The Cornell Faculty Coalition made a series of demands in a letter published last week as part of a larger campaign to promote social justice. In one part of the letter, the coalition demanded a racial breakdown of faculty spouses and that Cornell “abolish colorblind recruitment policies.”

Cornell University has announced that it will reopen its campus to students this fall to benefit the health of students. Despite the decision by several major universities to keep their campuses closed for the fall semester, Cornell believes it is best for the health of its students to hold classes in person.

George Washington University Law School Professor Jonathan Turley criticized his colleagues in a blog post last week for shaming those that have voiced criticisms of the Black Lives Matter movement. A group of professors at Cornell Law School shamed Professor William Jacobson last week over a series of Black Lives Matter criticisms that appeared on his legal blog, Legal Insurrection.

Cornell University Law School Professor and owner of the Legal Insurrection blog William A. Jacobson claims that university alumni and faculty are mounting a campaign to have him fired over his recent criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Cornell University announced this week that it will accept $12.8 million in federal coronavirus relief despite mounting public pressure to reject the funds. Several Ivy League institutions, including Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, announced last week that they would reject the federal funds after pressure from both President Donald Trump and the American public.

Cornell University has decided to forgo its SAT and ACT requirements this upcoming semester over the Chinese virus pandemic.

All eight of America’s prestigious Ivy League universities have adopted lenient grading policies over the Chinese virus pandemic.

A teaching assistant at Cornell University accused right-wingers of supporting the sexual abuse of children. The accusation was made in the context of a larger criticism of a decision to host former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) on campus.

The Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma, the developer of opioid OxyContin, donated $60 million to various prestigious universities around the world including Yale, according to a report published this week.

Many universities around the country have begun to offer menstrual products in men’s restrooms as part of a campaign to support transgender students.

Cornell University has adopted a project to partially replace burger meat with ground-up mushrooms. The school’s director of nutrition management refers to the initiative as a “stealth” approach at “deemphasizing” students from eating meat, implying that the Ivy League students may not be aware of the added fungi and that eating decisions should be made for them.

Cornell University is planning to host a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood in celebration of Valentine’s Day, complete with singing and dancing performances by the school’s a-cappella and dance groups.

A new column in Foreign Policy magazine details the intense persecution of students at universities in China.

Cornell University has announced the addition of a “Diversity and Inclusion” course requirement for students that they must complete before graduation.

A group of graduate students at Cornell University is condemning a group of professors who signed a letter defending NYU professor Avital Ronell, who was accused of sexual harassment by a former student.

Cornell University plans to spend $60 million on increasing faculty diversity over the next five years.

An orientation packet handed out to freshmen at Cornell University this year separates “privileged” from “oppressed” students.

A Ph.D. candidate at Cornell University is having his degree withheld because he questioned the legitimacy of a sexual harassment allegation against his advisor.

A guest speaker at Cornell University told students that the government-created food pyramid and related dietary guidelines are racist.

A senior at Cornell University stripped down to her underwear during her thesis defense last week, after her professor criticized her clothing during a previous class session.

39 percent of “top-tier liberal arts colleges” don’t have a single Republican professor, according to a report.

An American Studies professor at Cornell University argued that the American Dream is a now a “hallucination.”

Vassar College students “were whipped into a frenzy” ahead of a speech given on campus this week by Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson on the topic of hate speech on college campuses.