Faculty Senate – September 10, 2025
Agenda for Faculty Senate Meeting
Meeting Time: 3:30-5:00PM
Physical location: Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall
Contact your unit’s Faculty Senator for the zoom link.
Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ Land Acknowledgement
Call to order
Approval of Minutes: May 7, 2025
Jonathan Ochshorn, Senate Speaker, Emeritus Architecture [4 minutes]
Motion to vote on S.C. Johnson College of Business Teaching Professor proposal [5 minutes]
Andrew Karolyi, Dean, Finance
Jeanne Varney, Deputy Area Chair, Operations, Technology, and Information Management
In attendance: Representation from the Senate Committee on Academic Programs and Policies
Senate Q&A [5 minutes]
College of Veterinary Medicine department merger [5 minutes]
Toshi Kawate, Interim Chair, Molecular Medicine
Senate Q&A [5 minutes]
Generative AI in the Classroom [10 minutes]
Steve Jackson, Vice-Provost for Academic Innovation, Information Science
Rob Vanderlan, Director of the Center for Teaching Innovation
Senate Q&A [10 minutes]
Cornell Office of Civil Rights (COCR) updates [10 minutes]
Katie King, Associate Vice President for Cornell Office of Civil Rights
Senate Q&A [10 minutes]
Announcements and updates [10 minutes]
Eve De Rosa, Dean of Faculty, Chair of the University Faculty Committee, Psychology
Adam T. Smith, Associate Dean of Faculty, Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee, Archeology
Senate Q&A [10 minutes]
Good of the Order [5 minutes]
Senator Richard Bensel, Government
Adjournment [1 minute]
Jonathan Ochshorn, Senate Speaker, Emeritus Architecture