Grievances and Complaints
Summary Conflict between graduate students and faculty members occasionally arises. When conflicts occur, they can often be resolved through discussion that engages both parties who are directly involved. However, when…
PPR Category: Getting Help
Consensual Relationships
Summary Cornell believes that romantic or sexual relationships between individuals with a power differential can jeopardize the integrity of the mission to provide students with the freedom to pursue academic…
Advocacy Services
Summary Please see the Code of Legislation of the Graduate Faculty for specific grievance procedures if informal attempts at resolving an issue have not been successful. In sum, the grievance procedure…
Assistantships
Summary Full-time Ph.D. and research master’s students may be awarded financial support in the form of an assistantship. These fall into four general categories: teaching assistant (TA), research assistant (RA),…
Workers’ Compensation
Summary Workers’ compensation coverage is a type of insurance designed to protect an individual injured in the course of conducting duties for the employer by providing medical expenses and a…
Maternity and Paternity Options (Parental Accommodation)
Summary Cornell University graduate and professional students are eligible for parental accommodation to help balance the competing demands of academic and family life. Accommodation options vary with the student’s funding…
Leaves of Absence
Summary You may request a leave of absence for health, parental, or personal reasons. A leave pauses your student status, with the opportunity to return to your program at a…
Code of Legislation
Download the Graduate School’s Code of Legislation April 2024 (PDF). The Graduate School’s Code of Legislation (Code) sets forth the rules governing graduate education as overseen by the General Committee of the…
Student-Parent Dependent Care Grant (Formerly Student Child Care Grant)
Summary In 2004, Cornell University became one of the first universities in the nation to offer a child care grant program for student-parents. The objective of this program had been…
Release of Personal Information
Summary Your Cornell-related personal, academic, and financial records are protected by federal law via the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). FERPA gives you the following rights: to inspect…