To honor deceased Cornellians who could not complete graduation requirements, the Faculty Senate will now allow these students to be awarded posthumous degrees and certificates.
Photo by Jason Koski, graphic design by Rob Kurcoba/Cornell University
Administrators knew Cornell could host in-person classes only if students could sit at least 6 feet apart; they turned to the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering to optimize the university’s classrooms. Model makers: How engineers saved the fall, spring semesters
January 28, 2021
As the spring semester begins, a team of engineering students and faculty has finished tweaking the master schedule, using lessons they learned last fall during their heroic effort to help Cornell have safe, in-person classes.
University leaders faced a critical question in April 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic surged and they contemplated an in-person fall semester: Would it even be possible?