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Cornell grad student union backs 'armed resistance by any means necessary'

Cornell’s graduate student union is considering an anti-Israel resolution that endorses full BDS measures and repea…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Nov 24, 2025

Communist Cornell student wins Ithaca council seat, professor calls city a ‘leftist bubble’

A communist Cornell student won a seat on the Ithaca Common Council, campaigning on affordability and justice polic…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Nov 17, 2025

New rankings score colleges on merit, academic rigor, free speech

New university rankings from the City Journal highlight a growing divide between institutions that prioritize affor…

By Emily Sturge
Nov 17, 2025

Cornell Faculty Senate's vote to condemn university response to prof booting Jewish student from class fails

The Faculty Senate at Cornell University failed to vote to condemn the university for having disciplined a professo…

By Michael Duke '26
Nov 14, 2025

Cornell restores frozen federal research funding after reaching agreement with Trump administration

The deal ends multiple investigations and reestablishes eligibility for future government grants.

By Jared Harris
Nov 7, 2025

Cornell student newspaper retracts professor's artwork featuring Nazi symbolism and bloodied Star of David

The Cornell Daily Sun published and later retracted artwork by a Cornell professor featuring a bloodied Star of Dav…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Oct 28, 2025

Cornell prof to file civil rights complaint after Israeli student doxxed for reporting discrimination

A Cornell law professor plans to file a federal civil rights complaint accusing the university of failing to protec…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Oct 21, 2025

Cornell business students told not to attend diversity events if they aren’t 'marginalized'

Cornell business students who are not part of marginalized groups were instructed by the student council not to att…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 22, 2025

Cornell students receive anti-Semitic threats in spoofed emails posing as university president

Cornell University is investigating a spoofed email impersonating the university president that contained anti-Semi…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 15, 2025

Cornell slashes budget after Trump admin freezes $1 billion

Cornell University is facing budget cuts, workforce reductions, and a restructuring plan after the Trump administra…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Aug 28, 2025

ANALYSIS: New Trump memo closes affirmative action's backdoor access into DEI infrastructure

Even after the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action in 2023, race has held a firm grip on college admissi…

By Emily Sturge
Aug 16, 2025

Cornell renames DEI office amid $1B funding standoff with Trump admin

Cornell University renamed its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office on Friday as the school remains negoti…

By Brendan McDonald '25
Aug 6, 2025

Trump admin negotiates fines with elite universities to restore funding

The Trump administration is in talks with several prominent universities for them to pay fines in order to restore …

By Patrick McDonald '26
Aug 6, 2025

Cornell accused of race-based hiring and scholarships in federal civil rights complaint

The America First Policy Institute filed a civil rights complaint accusing Cornell University of discriminating bas…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jul 10, 2025

Internal emails suggest Cornell considers race in hiring despite merit-based claims

Although Cornell University states it hires based solely on merit, internal documents suggest the school may factor…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jul 8, 2025

NYC mayoral candidate targets Cornell Tech over Israeli partnership

A Democratic Socialist and NYC mayoral candidate called for a boycott of Cornell Tech in 2020 over its collaboratio…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jul 1, 2025

Cornell grad students say union targeted their Jewish faith in EEOC complaint

Two Jewish graduate students at Cornell University have filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Com…

By Savva Archakov '26
Jun 27, 2025

Cornell students raise thousands for pro-Palestine concert after school drops anti-Zionist singer

Anti-Israel students at Cornell University have raised thousands of dollars for a pro-Palestine concert following t…

By Patrick McDonald '26
May 9, 2025

Cornell Jewish students speak out against university's selection of anti-Zionist performer

Cornell University has hired a vocally anti-Israel singer for an on-campus concert in Ithaca, New York.

By Patrick McDonald '26
Apr 28, 2025

Congressional judiciary committees warn Ivy Leagues of possible antitrust violations from high tuition costs

Ivy League university presidents have been notified by congressional lawmakers that their institutions may be in vi…

By Campus Reform
Apr 9, 2025

Trump admin. hits Cornell, Northwestern with $1.79B funding freeze over anti-Semitism

Northwestern University has been at the center of several anti-Semitic controversies covered by Campus Reform.

By Elad Vaida
Apr 9, 2025

Cornell restores website's DEI language after brief removal amid federal scrutiny

Cornell University has reimplemented references to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) after it initially removed…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Mar 27, 2025

Anti-Israel Cornell grad student facing deportation has visa revoked

Momodou Taal, a graduate student at Cornell University and a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and The Gambia, has…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Mar 24, 2025

SJP at Cornell ‘faces suspension’ for disruptive protesting of event on Middle East peace

‘Individuals attempting to shout down speakers and disrupt dialogue seriously compromise our values,’ Cornell’s pre…

By Elad Vaida
Mar 13, 2025

Cornell University speaker event to focus on misogynistic 'fat evolution' and 'fatphobia'

Cornell University hosts lecture focusing on 'fatphobia,' 'female and fat evolution,' and 'morality'

By Michael Duke '26
Mar 12, 2025

60 universities will face consequences if they fail to protect Jewish students, Dept. of Education warns

The U.S. Department of Education sent letters to 60 universities warning they are under investigation by the depart…

By Emily Sturge
Mar 11, 2025

MOTION-SICK KITTENS: DOGE may cut government grants to projects like these 10 university animal experiments

The Trump administration has proposed funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which would impact r…

By Emily Sturge
Feb 20, 2025

Cornell to offer music course centered around ‘black-queer-feminist’ identities

The course description states that the class centers around the "black queer ethic of care."

By Benjamin Brown '26
Dec 22, 2024

Cornell president's criticism of anti-Israel class sparks academic freedom debate

Cornell Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff criticized a planned course, “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance,” as bi…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Dec 20, 2024

2024: 5 wacky college courses

Students across the country in 2024 took several wacky courses, including 'queer science.'

By Campus Reform
Dec 18, 2024

Anti-Israel activists hold 'die-in' on last day of classes at Cornell

Ivy League student activists in upstate New York recently held a 'die-in' protest against Israel on the semester's …

By Campus Reform
Dec 13, 2024

STURGE: 10 outrageous taxpayer-funded higher ed research projects DOGE can investigate

DOGE chiefs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy can push Congress to launch a thorough investigation into these questiona…

By Emily Sturge
Dec 5, 2024

‘Queer Marxism’ course coming to Cornell University next semester

The course will consider the possible union of queer and Marxist theory.

By Brendan McDonald '25
Nov 20, 2024

Cornell offers Israel-bashing course, cites debunked claim that ICJ accused Israel of 'plausible genocide'

The course will focus partially on “settler colonialism in Palestine/Israel with a particular emphasis on what the …

By Elad Vaida
Nov 5, 2024

Cornell suspends pro-Hamas students for 3 years following protest arrests

Cornell University has implemented a three-year suspension against four pro-Hamas students for forcibly breaching p…

By Emma Arns '26
Nov 4, 2024

Cornell University offering course on ‘Black Ecoliterature’

The university’s Feminist, Gender Studies & Sexuality Studies Program is offering the course.

By Brendan McDonald '25
Oct 30, 2024

Cornell allows pro-Palestine activist to continue studies after anti-Israel protests, restoring visa amid controversy

Cornell University decided not to suspend pro-Palestine activist Momodou Taal, allowing him to continue his studies…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Oct 15, 2024

10,000 sign petition calling for Cornell to reinstate student suspended after anti-Israel protest

A petition with over 10,000 signatures is demanding the reinstatement of Cornell graduate student Momodou Taal, who…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Oct 7, 2024

Anti-Israel student has visa revoked after second suspension for disruptive activity, may get deported

The student, Momodou Taal, faces possible deportation after his participation in a protest in which activists were …

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 27, 2024

Cornell anti-Israel protest against Boeing over Israel ties leads to potential criminal charges

Over 100 pro-Palestine demonstrators at Cornell University disrupted a career fair to protest Boeing's ties to Isra…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 23, 2024

Prof who said Hamas terrorism was 'exhilarating' is back to teach Cornell courses on socialism and the 'African American Vision of America'

A professor at Cornell University has returned to teach classes this semester after describing Hamas’ Oct. 7 massac…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 17, 2024

Cornell University pledges neutrality on political and social issues that don't 'impact the university'

Cornell announced in a statement on its website that it will be guided this coming fall semester by students’ righ…

By Michael Duke '26
Aug 30, 2024

Anti-Israel activists kick off new school year vandalizing Cornell buildings

Anti-Israel protesters vandalized the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York on Aug. 26.

By Benjamin Brown '26
Aug 29, 2024

Cornell to host event on DEI in integrated pest management

The event will focus on DEI in the world of integrated pest management.

By Michael Duke '26
Aug 28, 2024

Cornell University to offer course on 'Ecological Justice' focused on 'Feminist, Queer, and Trans Perspectives'

Cornell University is set to offer a course on ecological justice from feminist, queer, and trans perspectives.

By Sarah Prentice '25
Aug 20, 2024

Ex-Cornell student gets 21-month prison sentence for anti-Semitic death threats

A former student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for pos…

By Campus Reform
Aug 15, 2024

Cornell profs fear Harris will be a victim of 'misogynoir'

Cornell professors recently weighed in on Kamala Harris’ presidential run and some of the challenges she may soon f…

By Campus Reform
Aug 12, 2024

Cornell course teaches Homer, Plato through ‘prism of queer studies’

Cornell University will host a ‘Queer Classics’ course this fall examining Greek and Latin literature in the contex…

By Austin Browne '24
Aug 12, 2024

Anti-Israel Cornell medical student disrupts commencement, accuses university officials of 'genocide'

'My family is not here today, because they are in a genocide that you incited and and refuse to acknowledge. Shame …

By Michael Duke '26
Jun 19, 2024

‘DEI GROUPTHINK’: New report accuses Cornell of saying ‘No’ to faculty applicants for opposing DEI brainwashing

‘Cornell continues to practice blatant discrimination in the hiring of faculty,’ the report states.

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jun 17, 2024

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