Thomas A. Lewis, who has led Brown’s Graduate School since 2022, will step down on July 31st to become Cornell’s Vice Provost for Graduate Education and dean of the Graduate School Lewis replaces ...

On June 23, Sriram Parasurama, a Cornell graduate student, was provided a public hearing before a five-person panel regarding his conduct at a protest last year. The protest took place at the Statler ...

Heard at Cornell is a column that regularly quotes important statements from Cornellians. This excerpt is taken from President Kotlikoff’s 2025 Commencement Address delivered on May 24. “Division has ...

Harvard’s complaint accuses the Trump administration of retaliatory overreach, stating, “The Government has not — and cannot — identify any rational connection between antisemitism concerns and the ...

2. Legally contest and refuse to comply with unlawful demands that threaten academic freedom and university self-governance. Freedom from political interference has allowed American universities to ...

On Friday, March 21, Michael I. Kotlikoff was named 15th President. The full Board of Trustees voted on his elevation from Interim President at their March meeting in Ithaca. In 2024, Martha Pollack ...

While not as important as the decision to attend Cornell or selecting a major, one of the most important decisions an undergraduate can make is whether to join a fraternity or sorority and then to ...

The size of funding is indicative of Cornell’s success and reputation because most grants are awarded competitively based upon the merit of the proposed research. The funds awarded are used not only ...

Boston University has posted on its website that it will not accept new Ph.D. candidates for the 2025-26 academic year. The affected programs include American and New England Studies, Anthropology, ...

In general, it is not clear how the tradition of naming buildings at universities or at Cornell in particular, got started. Naming rights were associated with a generous gift or recognition of service ...