Student Assembly Meeting
Thursday, April 23, 2026
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Term:
2025-2026
- Assembly/Committee: Student Assembly
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Date & Time:
Thu, Apr 23, 2026 - 4:45pmto6:30pm
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Location:
Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room (WSH407)/Zoom
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- Minutes: No minutes available
Associated Resolutions
| Resolution | Abstract | Status |
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| SA R75 (2025-2026): Reassessing the Financial Relationship Between Cornell University and the State of Qatar | In light of reporting from the Cornell Daily Sun and other organizations, this resolution seeks to remove Cornell from Qatari donations. The resolution calls on the university to immediately cease accepting new donations from the State of Qatar. | Adopted by the Assembly |
| SA R77 (2025-2026): Improving Communication from Housing & Residential Life to Students About Building-Wide Maintenance Issues | Highlighting the lack of status updates regarding building-wide maintenance issues that affect student life in residence halls. The solution would consist of biweekly communication via email as well as a consistent online webpage from Housing & Residential Life that provides residents with an estimated time of completion and status updates. |
Adopted by the Assembly |
| SA R78 (2025-2026): Recommending an Adequate Provision of Course Information to Students Prior to Course Enrollment | This resolution is a recommendation to faculty to provide an adequate outline of what a student can expect to learn and what work they can expect to complete in any given course. | Adopted by the Assembly |
| SA R79 (2025-2026): Consolidating Student Access to University Resources | A recommendation to Cornell IT to adopt a student-facing software that consolidates university resources into a single, searchable source. The software is intended to combat information barriers and increase student accessibility to critical university resources, including mental health services, financial aid, and employment opportunities. | Adopted by the Assembly |
| SA R80 (2025-2026): Transferring Funds to Cornell Minds Matter for Light Up the Season | This resolution transfers funds from the Student Assembly reserve account to Cornell Minds Matter for the purpose of funding infrastructure for their annual Light Up the Season event in the 2026-27 and 2027-28 winters. | Adopted by the Assembly |
| SA R82 (2025-2026): Approving the Recommendation from the Ad-Hoc Committee on Special Projects | This resolution approves the recommendations voted upon by the Ad-Hoc Committee on Special Projects, formed by Resolution 57. | Adopted by the Assembly |
| SA R86 (2025-2026): Ensuring Efficiency and Accountability in the Distribution of the Student Activity Fee | This resolution amends the Student Assembly Charter to remove the requirement for individual recommendations to be presented after each Finance Committee meeting, modernize archaic restrictions from the 1999 Board of Trustees, and to require public documentation of organizational finances. | Adopted by the Assembly |
| SA R87 (2025-2026): Reprimanding the University for its Antidemocratic Suppression of Free Speech | This resolution reprimands the University for recent actions it took to silence students’ voices, as reported on by the Cornell Daily Sun on April 15, 2026. It reminds Cornell of its moral commitment to its founding principle of “any person...study” and its incompatibility with actions that suppress free speech. | Adopted by the Assembly |