Cornell University Congratulations December 2020 graduates! Cornell is recognizing undergraduates and graduate students who meet the requirements for December graduation in a congratulatory video featuring remarks by Provost Michael Kotlikoff and President Martha Pollack, as well as brief comments from each dean whose college or school has December graduates. Celebrating December grads after ‘a semester like no other’ December 19, 2020 On Dec. 19, nearly 1,500 Cornell students celebrated their winter graduation in a virtual recognition ceremony viewed around the world – the first such event at Cornell, and a fitting end to what President Martha E. Pollack called “a semester like no other at Cornell.”