Visitors to Cornell’s Ithaca campus spent $78 million locally in the most recent fiscal year – surpassing pre-pandemic totals – while the university spent a similar sum on construction projects,
Advocates for campus free expression and academic freedom say they’ve seen increased reports of squelched speech since Oct. 7 often following social media campaigns and political pressure. Maria Renata Gangemi, an associate professor of communication arts, allegedly shared on Facebook last month a political cartoon of an arm with red and white stripes, connected to a gloved hand with the white and blue colors and Star of David from Israel’s flag. The hand wielded a bloodied butcher’s knife, which had sliced thrice through the bloodied body of a baby wearing Palestinian colors. Each time the knife went through the infant, it cut into the “International Law” book the corpse lay atop.
To highlight how local partnerships improve Cornell, Ithaca and Tompkins County, the university presented the Cornell Town-Gown Awards – known as the TOGOs – to three student-community collaborations.The 13th annual TOGOs were awarded Nov. 4 at Ithac
The Cornell University student accused of posting online threats to kill members of the university’s Jewish community appeared in federal court Wednesday and was ordered to remain behind bars for the time being.