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Cornell University

Office of the Dean of Faculty

Connecting & Empowering Faculty

Academic Integrity

The Office of the Dean of Faculty is the administrative home for academic integrity across the university.

Dean of Faculty Office is responsible for:

  • Institutional coordination
  • Policy and process consistency
  • Central reporting and continuous improvement


Guidelines



 Template Letters for AI-Related Communications

Any summer academic integrity hearings should follow the current process. The new code will take effect on August, 24, 2026

L1. From Hearing Board or dept chair to independent witness.  L1.pdf   L1.doc

L2. From instructor notifying student of primary hearing.  L2.pdf     L2.doc

L3. From instructor to student convicted in primary hearing.  L3.pdf   L3.doc

L4. From instructor to student found innocent in primary hearing. L4.pdf   L4.doc

L5. From instructor to Academic Integrity Board on primary hearing conviction.  L5.pdf    L5.doc

L6. From AIHB chair notifying student convicted in primary hearing.   L6.pdf   L6.doc

L7. From AIHB chair notifying student of hearing (without a primary hearing).  L7.pdf   L7.doc

L8. From AIHB chair notifying student of appeal hearing (following primary hearing).  L8.pdf   L8.doc

L9. From Dean notifying student of AIHB hearing after multiple convictions.           L9.pdf      L9.doc

L10. From Dean notifying student of AIHB hearing after conviction elsewhere.  L10.pdf    L10.doc

L11. From AIHB chair to student following AIHB hearing.   L11.pdf   L11.doc


From the Faculty Handbook

Cornell University places a strong emphasis on academic integrity, expecting unwavering honesty from its students. It is a shared responsibility where both students and faculty play a role in maintaining these values.

Whether in formal coursework or any other educational context, students must: acknowledge any outside assistance received for all academic endeavors; respect the intellectual efforts of themselves and others, which is undermined by plagiarism and cheating; respect the fact that academic integrity extends beyond the classroom to all interactions related to the educational process.

By submitting work for academic credit, students truthfully affirm that it is their own.

Section 6.1 of the Faculty Handbook