Julia Senzon

1 month ago | cornellsun.com | Julia Senzon

Congratulations to the newest Cornell alumni — the Class of 2025! As you don black gowns and shoulder tassels representing your collegiate communities and accomplishments, graduation may feel like a decisive ending. Your long chapter of trudging up the slope to classes, searching for an empty seat in the Olin stacks and scribbling through prelims in Barton is coming to a close.

1 month ago | cornellsun.com | Dorothy France-Miller |Matthew Kiviat |Julia Senzon

The Sun sat down with President Michael Kotlikoff and Provost Kavita Bala during a period where the “University is facing substantial challenges,” according to Kotlikoff. The two newly appointed administrators have steered Day Hall this semester amidst a federal funding freeze, controversy after Kehlani’s removal as Slope Day headliner, concerns about visa revocations and more.

Mar 28, 2025 | cornellsun.com | Julia Senzon

Welcome and congratulations to the newest members of the Cornell community — the Class of 2029!Each year, The Cornell Daily Sun has the honor of greeting a new class, and this year, that class is you. Cornell was founded as an institution for "any person ... any study." But that mission is more than a phrase etched in stone — it’s a challenge. It asks all of us to make this university more open, more thoughtful and more courageous than the day we arrived.

Mar 4, 2025 | cornellsun.com | Julia Senzon

The Sun gathered at its downtown Ithaca office on Saturday to elect the 143rd Editorial Board. Dedicated and daring Sunnies stepped forward into their new roles, promising to protect the truth, above all else. The truth can be hard to find these days. We have entered a world where leaders in the highest levels of government treat truth as malleable, and journalism as an industry that can be bent, rather than a pillar of democracy.

Feb 18, 2025 | cornellsun.com | Julia Senzon

U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-T.X.) released a database of over 3,400 grants awarded by the National Science Foundation that he is requesting the agency conduct “significant scrutiny” of for “promot[ing] Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanc[ing] neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda,” detailed a Feb. 11 press release. Of the listed projects, 22 were from Cornell, accumulating $18.7 million in NSF funding.