Cornell President Martha E. Pollack confirmed on March 20 that two members of the Ithaca campus community have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus.
As the coronavirus pandemic sent the entire world reeling, Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program had to make a last-minute decision regarding its annual graduate student conference, March 13-15.
To keep New York’s food processing industry safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cornell has created a comprehensive website for commercial processors: Food Industry Resources for Coronavirus (COVID-19).
President Martha E. Pollack announced to graduating students and the Cornell community that the 2020 Commencement ceremony will be rescheduled for a later date.
In a virtual forum March 18 with the Employee Assembly, Opperman praised Cornell staff’s resilience as the university takes steps to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including asking many employees to work remotely.
Cornell University Library is helping campus community patrons with remote service requests, while answering a larger volume of reference questions and working to maintain and enhance other services.
In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, making important decisions regarding the health and well-being of the Cornell community is no small task. But that’s exactly what university leaders have faced.
