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  • April 8: Solar eclipse safety and campus pause

    March 26, 2024 Dear Ithaca and Geneva campus communities, On April 8, a total solar eclipse will cross North America. A partial eclipse with a magnitude of 98.8% will be visible in Ithaca, with 100% totality occurring further north in Geneva. The university will “pause” classes and some outdoor activities between 3-4 p.m. during the…

  • Presidential Task Force on Undergraduate Admissions Final Report

    September 14, 2023 Dear Cornellians, The Presidential Task Force on Undergraduate Admissions has now submitted a final report of recommendations for updated policies and best practices related to undergraduate admissions at Cornell. I have carefully reviewed their recommendations, and Provost Michael Kotlikoff and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Interim Vice Provost for Enrollment Lisa…

  • Campus Mental Health Review update

    Sept. 12, 2022 Dear students, faculty, and staff: As the academic year begins, we’d like to share updates on campus-wide initiatives to support and improve our community’s well-being in response to recommendations from the Mental Health Review (MHR). Following the 2020 Final Report, we have implemented dozens of improvements including promoting social connectedness and belonging…

  • Update on the Mental Health Review

    Aug. 19, 2021 Dear Cornell Community, A new academic year is about to begin, and we’d like to extend a warm welcome to the newest members of our Cornell community, and to all returning students, staff and faculty. Today we are pleased to share two new developments related to the campus Mental Health Review—a multi-year…

  • Update on course drop deadline

    April 14, 2021 Dear Faculty and Staff, Last night, I sent this message to students* explaining that, in an effort to alleviate the unusually high academic stress they are experiencing at this time, the colleges have collectively agreed to extend the course drop deadline without a W through the last day of instruction, May 14.…

  • Supporting student mental health and well-being

    April 13, 2021 Dear Students, I write today to offer my support to the Cornell student community in light of our recent loss of student Shawn West. This past year has been extraordinarily difficult, having navigated intersecting stressors related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including xenophobia, health disparities, national reckonings related to racial injustice, political upheaval,…

  • Supporting students mental health and well-being

    April 12, 2021 Dear Colleagues, We write today to offer support to the Cornell community in light of our collective loss of student Shawn West in the context of an extraordinarily difficult year. In 2020-21, we have navigated challenges from converging stressors related to the COVID pandemic, including xenophobia, health disparities, national reckonings related to…

  • Update on the Campus Mental Health Review

    Feb. 16, 2021 Dear Ithaca Campus Community, In October of last year, we released the final report from a year-long Mental Health Review, an effort that built upon longstanding work to examine and address mental health at Cornell. The review examined our campus culture, environment, academic root causes, strategies, and services in relation to student…

  • Mental Health Review Final Report Available

    Oct. 22, 2020 Dear Ithaca Campus Community, In the fall of 2018, President Pollack initiated a comprehensive review of student mental health. This initiative reflected the university’s commitment to promoting health and well-being as a foundation for academic and life success for all students. It also built upon the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force…

  • Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate submits final reports

    June 8, 2018 Dear Cornell Community, The Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate has now submitted a final report of recommendations from each of the three committees: campus experience; regulation of speech and harassment; and campus response. I am very appreciative of the care and thought that has gone into the report; the recommendations it…

  • Update from President Pollack

    May 2, 2018 Dear Cornell Community, Last fall, I asked our community to come together to address several issues of critical importance to the university, leading to the establishment of three working groups: the Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate; the Consensual Relationships Policy Committee; and the President’s Visioning Committee on Cornell in New York…

  • Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate membership announced

    Dec. 4, 2017 Dear Ithaca Campus Community, Earlier in the semester, I asked the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations to engage with the Ithaca campus community in a clear and transparent manner to identify students, faculty and staff willing to serve on the Presidential Task Force on…

  • President Martha E. Pollack announces co-chairs, charge of task force addressing bigotry and intolerance

    Oct. 11, 2017 Dear Cornell Community, I am writing today with two important updates regarding the Presidential Task Force that will examine and address persistent problems of bigotry and intolerance at Cornell. First, I am pleased to share the task force charge that has been carefully developed with the input of faculty, staff and students.…