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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.

Powerpoint Slides

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

Meeting Chat

Meeting Audio

Video on Demand

Meeting Minutes

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