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President David Skorton

Why Speak With our ‘Enemies’?

December 1, 2008 - 12:00am
By David J. Skorton
My recent trip to Iran as part of an academic delegation has confirmed my belief that while tensions abound in our world, “people-to-people” exchange is ever more important. Our world is polarized along lines drawn by our race, ethnicity, religious convictions, politics, gender, sexual orientation and many other attributes. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the current tensions defined by the intersection of the Judeo-Christian and Islamic worlds. The events of last week in India are just the most recent manifestations of these tensions. How to respond to this polarization?

Big Red Bear Market

A Crisis of Opportunity

November 13, 2008 - 12:00am
By Dmitri Koustas
Fortunately, the price of your soul isn’t factored into the endowment; otherwise Cornell would be running at a loss.

Kent Fuchs Replaces Martin as Cornell's 15th Provost

October 19, 2008 - 11:00pm
By Ben Eisen

As Cornell’s highest ranking officers gathered in Ithaca this weekend, President David Skorton announced to a standing ovation that Kent Fuchs has been appointed as the University’s 15th provost. Fuchs, who currently serves as dean of the College of Engineering, will take the reins as Cornell’s chief academic officer and second-in-command to the president in January.

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Skorton chose Fuchs nearly five months after Biddy Martin decided to vacate the position to become chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently David Harris serves as interim provost.


Skorton Addresses State of C.U.

Warns of serious fiscal strains

October 19, 2008 - 11:00pm
By Emily Cohn

Despite national economic turmoil and threats of the worst financial crisis since the great depression, President David Skorton assured on Friday morning that Cornell is “not in a financial crisis.” Still, in his annual State of the University Address, Skorton emphasized the need for the University to revise its economic plan for its future in light of recent “stresses and strains that deserve our serious attention.”


Administration Confronts Turnover of Top-Level Posts

October 19, 2008 - 11:00pm
By Jimmy Crowell and Venus Wu

Before students of the Class of 2009 were even born, Carolyn “Biddy” Martin and Carolyn Ainslie were dwelling in Ithaca as Cornell employees. So it came as a surprise this summer when both the provost and the vice president for planning and budget bid adieu to Cornell after more than two decades of service.


Where Am I? and Other Tales of the Morning After

All the Characters Are Fictional

October 8, 2008 - 11:00pm
By Rabia Muqaddam and Rachel Gevirtz
At 17, R’s mom bought her her first fake ID so she could go to Vegas on spring break with her friends. A year earlier, another R found herself wandering through the seedy alleys of Chinatown to procure her very own false identification card. Little did they know that years later each R would meet an R much like herself, with whom she would use her trusty ID in good times and bad, until one R’s ID was taken away at Ruloff’s two weeks ago. RIP R’s ID.

On Race at Cornell, Dodging the Bullet

BSU leaders weigh in on Skorton’s response to The Review

September 30, 2008 - 11:00pm
By Tia Hicks and Zachary Murray The discussion has shifted and now we’re talking about “intellectual diversity.” We’re talking about providing “robust discussion” instead of preventing bigotry; we’re talking about the politics of diversity instead of outlining concrete efforts to achieve diversity and equality; we’re talking about how the University can protect itself from being criticized instead of responding to groups that alienate and denigrate. The problem with Americans is that we talk about race. We do not engage in conversations about racism. In fact, we avoid it altogether.

Skorton on Race, Intellectual Diversity and the Review

September 28, 2008 - 11:00pm
By David J. Skorton
My column today was motivated by a current controversy on our campus and by the larger issues it represents. Articles in the Cornell Review’s orientation issue have once again put issues of civility, diversity, and free speech squarely before our campus community and the greater Cornell family. The views as expressed in the Review articles — one focused on minority students and one satirically linking Muslims to terrorism — were clearly at odds with the values of our university. The current controversy raises three broad issues: 1. How should we as a campus respond to writings and other forms of speech that target certain groups within our campus community in ways that many find offensive? 2. How can we foster a robust discussion and civil debate of contentious issues in ways that are respectful of political and intellectual diversity? 3. When it comes to hurtful or hateful speech, is there a certain line that we as a university won’t let people cross?

Skorton, Murphy Answer GPSA’s Questions

September 22, 2008 - 11:00pm
By Brendan Doyle

The Graduate and Professional Student Association met yesterday for the first meeting of the year in the Big Red Barn. In attendance were University President David Skorton and Vice President for Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy ’73.

“Any non-academic policy issue that impacts the graduate student body is within our interests,” said Mario Guerrero grad. “This is a meeting where we talk about some of the advocacy issues we’re looking into.”


Skorton Names David Harris as Interim Provost

Haynes selected to lead provost search committee

June 24, 2008 - 3:05pm
By Ben Eisen

Updated June 24

Plans have quickly fallen into place to find the University’s next chief academic officer. Less than three weeks after Provost Biddy Martin’s announcement that she will leave Cornell to become the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, President David Skorton named Deputy Provost David Harris to temporarily fill her position. Harris will serve as interim provost until Martin’s successor is chosen, according to the University.