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…

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…

Summary Student Disability Services (SDS) provides academic and/or environmental accommodations and services for qualified students with disabilities. This unit on campus works to support that disability services be accessible to…

Summary Cornell’s Commitment: Cornell’s approach to institutional inclusion and diversity planning is holistic. Our commitments, both regulatory and strategic, involve novel approaches to improve campus culture and our demographic composition.…

Summary Cornell has been accessible to students from all backgrounds since the university’s inception. The first female undergraduate student entered in the fall of 1870, and in 1880, May Preston…

Summary Intellectual property policies provide licensing services and revenue to inventors, including graduate students. Cornell Policy 1.5 provides details about inventions and related property rights, and Policy 4.15 provides details about copyright. As…

Summary The International Travel Registry provides a one stop service to support emergency communications and access to emergency travel assistance while you are traveling internationally. Who should use the travel registry? Students: Mandatory…

Summary The Graduate School’s governing policy document, the Code of Legislation of the Graduate Faculty (Code), allows students to request exemptions from certain regulations by submitting a petition with convincing evidence…

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…

Summary Shared governance and student participation in university decisions are integral to Cornell’s structure. Graduate and professional students are represented through elected members of Cornell’s Board of Trustees, the Graduate…