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Kotlikoff Joins More Than 230 Higher Education Leaders in Signing Letter Against Trump’s ‘Political Interference’
President Michael Kotlikoff signed a statement condemning the federal government’s political interference in universities as “endangering American higher education” this week. The letter, published by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, was signed by 238 higher education leaders — including all Ivy League presidents except Dartmouth College. In the letter, Kotlikoff and other signatories call for “constructive engagement” between higher education institutions and the federal government, urging the government to halt actions threatening academic freedom, research and the security of international students. “We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight,” the letter reads. “However, we must oppose undue government intrusion in the lives of…
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin ’98 Talks Democracy in Democratic Rebuttal to Trump’s Address
Sen. Elissa Slotkin ’98 (D-M.I.) highlighted issues in the economy, government efficiency, immigration and foreign policy in a rebuttal speech to President Donald Trump’s Congressional address on Tuesday night. Slotkin, the junior senator from Michigan, previously served Michigan’s 7th District for three terms in the House of Representatives. Slotkin is the first Cornellian to be elected to the Senate since former Sen. Mark Kirk ’81 (R-I.L.) lost his re-election bid in 2016. She is the fifth Cornell graduate to ever serve in the U.S. Senate. Speaking live from Wyandotte, Michigan, Slotkin emphasized Democrats’ discontent with Trump’s second-term policies in the Democratic rebuttal to Trump’s joint congressional address. Trump’s first address…
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WRFIxSun Podcast | Here’s What Trump’s Executive Orders Mean for Cornell and Ithaca
Just over two weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, Ithaca and Cornell have found themselves in the center of a national debate over diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, the limits of free speech in higher education and sanctuary city policies. In the first episode of a new weekly radio podcast unpacking headlines about Cornell, Editor-in-Chief Gabriel Levin ’26 and staff writer Maryam Ismail ’27 join Felix Teitelbaum of WRFI, an independent local radio station, to discuss the effects of Trump’s recent executive orders on the Cornell and Tompkins County communities, using three Sun articles to tell the story. Episode one will air Friday at 2 pm and 5 pm…