Assemblies Update, Week of Feb. 4

The following are brief reports from the Student Assembly (SA), Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA), Employee Assembly (EA) and University Assembly (UA). For more information, visit <http://assembly.cornell.edu/&gt;.

Recent meetings:

• GPSA: Feb. 4. Presentations by Charles Walcott, university ombudsman, and by Ulysses Smith, SA vice president for diversity and inclusion. Discussion of first two Graduate Community Initiative Update topic areas: career resources and family services.

• EA: Feb. 6.

• SA: Feb. 7. Presentation by David West regarding minimum parking requirements for developers in the city. Resolutions providing for the divestment of the endowment's holdings in the fossil fuels industry, the reaffiliation of Ivy Council with the SA and an amendment to its charter.

Upcoming meetings:

• UA: Feb. 12, 4:30 p.m., 401 Physical Sciences.

• SA: Feb. 14, 4:45 p.m., Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall.

• GPSA: Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m., Bache Auditorium, Malott Hall. Discussion of three more Graduate Community Initiative Update topic areas, TBA.

• EA: Feb. 20, 12:15 p.m., 401 Physical Sciences.

 

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