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September 18, 2024 This afternoon, members of the Coalition for Mutual Liberation disrupted a Career Fair in the Statler Hotel. Cornell Police officers were pushed and shoved. Guests of the university felt threatened. And students were denied their ability to experience the Career Fair. This behavior is unacceptable, a violation of university policy, and illegal.…

Aug. 26, 2024 We are appalled by the graffiti spraypainted, and glass shattered overnight along the front entrance of Day Hall. Acts of violence, extended occupation of buildings, or property damage (including graffiti) will not be tolerated and will prompt an immediate response from public safety. Cornell Police are conducting a thorough investigation, and those…

May 3, 2024 We were appalled this morning to find graffiti spraypainted overnight in several campus buildings and outdoor locations. These acts of vandalism are not just violations of university policy but are also crimes. They are being thoroughly investigated by Cornell Police, and perpetrators will face conduct referrals and potential criminal charges. Joel M.…

April 27, 2024 Free expression is a core value of our university, and the right to peacefully protest on our campus has a deep and respected history. However, such protests must respect the rights of others to teach, learn, and work without undue disturbance. These protests must also comply with our individual and collective responsibilities…

April 25, 2024 Free and open expression, including peaceful protest, is core to Cornell’s values. We want always to allow a diversity of voices to speak and to be heard. At the same time, it is important that such expression not infringe on the rights of others in our campus community nor pose a risk…

April 19, 2024 Salim Dridi, 25, has been charged with harassment in the second degree by the Ithaca Police Department for spitting on a female Muslim Cornell student while she was walking in Collegetown last month. At the time of the incident, Dridi was pursuing a master’s of engineering (MEng) in computer science at Cornell.…

March 6, 2024 We are disappointed that again today there was a disruptive protest held using amplified sound in Klarman Hall, in violation of our policies. Although the protestors were only there for a very short period of time before they dispersed, this type of disruption will not be tolerated at Cornell. Participants were referred…

Feb. 8, 2024 Earlier today, a group of students disrupted university business by holding a demonstration inside library and academic spaces. Cornell University Police were called to the site and worked to quickly remove the students and to gather identification from students to refer for disciplinary action. While Cornell values and protects students’ right to…

Feb. 8, 2024 Earlier today, a group of students disrupted university business by holding a demonstration inside library and academic spaces. Cornell University Police were called to the site and worked to quickly remove the students and to gather identification from students to refer for disciplinary action. While Cornell values and protects students’ right to…

Oct. 31, 2023 We can confirm that a subject has been identified as a suspect in the antisemitic threats made against our Jewish students on Sunday and is currently in custody. We thank the FBI and other law enforcement agencies for their coordination. We will update the public as we have further details to release.…

September 7, 2023 Our community mourns the death of Yohanes Kidane ’23, a recent graduate in computer science from the College of Engineering and the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science. We are devastated by the tragic nature of his passing, and we encourage all who knew him on campus to seek…

Sept. 6, 2022 Dear Students, To vote in state or federal elections, you must be a registered voter. I am pleased to provide you with information about how to register to vote in New York state and elsewhere. To register in New York state, you must be a United States citizen, be 18 years old…

November 9, 2021 Dear Cornell Community, Local law enforcement is continuing the search for a gunman traveling on foot in the Village of Cayuga Heights, just north of the Ithaca campus. All individuals within a one-mile radius of the last known location of the gunman should continue to shelter in place. This includes the following…

Nov. 7, 2021 Dear Cornell Community, Just before 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon, Tompkins County 911 received an anonymous call from an individual claiming to be in one of our academic buildings with automatic weapons, and that explosives had been placed in several other academic buildings. Cornell University Police Department (CUPD) immediately began investigating and issuing…

November 2, 2020 Dear Campus Community, Tomorrow is Election Day, which is always an exciting time for our democracy. If you are a registered voter and you have not already cast your ballot, please remember to vote tomorrow. Information on how to locate your polling place and additional resources are detailed below. Many commentators have…

Sept. 10. 2020 Earlier this evening, Cornell University conducted its regular weekday update of our COVID-19 tracking dashboard to reflect 13 confirmed positive cases that were detected yesterday through our surveillance and for-cause testing program. Of those cases, several were related to cases previously identified by the university, and those students had already been in…

Sept. 8, 2020 Dear Students, To vote in state or federal elections, you must be a registered voter. I am pleased to provide you with information about how to register to vote in New York state and elsewhere. To register in New York state, you must be a United States citizen, be 18 years old…

March 27, 2019 As we have frequently noted , free speech is an essential part of Cornell University’s commitment to the discovery of truth, and the University’s leadership is resolute in upholding the principle of freedom of expression on our campuses. Recently, we learned that an independent, student-run organization, the Cornell Political Union, had already…

Oct. 29, 2018 In order for the interests of our students to remain a key objective of on-campus events, Cornell University policy requires all events held on campus to be registered and sponsored by an organization that is affiliated with the University. Likewise, all events must be reviewed by a committee that helps to ensure…

May 17, 2018 Cornell University is pleased with the decision released Wednesday by independent Arbitrator Howard Edelman to uphold the March 2017 graduate student election, directing that its result be certified. More than 80 percent of eligible Cornell graduate assistants participated in that election supervised by the American Arbitration Association, with the majority voting against…

March 16, 2018 Dear Ithaca Campus Community On Thursday, March 15, FBI agents arrested Maximilien R. Reynolds, a former Cornell student, following the reported seizure by the Ithaca Police Department (IPD) earlier this month of a number of weapons at his residence in Collegetown. Please know that the Cornell University Police Department (CUPD) is working…