Agenda for Faculty Senate Meeting
February 11, 2026 — 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: December 10, 2025
Jonathan Ochshorn, Senate Speaker, Emeritus Architecture  [4 minutes]

Proposed Resolutions: [10 minutes]
Resolution to Create an Ad Hoc Committee to Review Cornell Policy 6.4, Faculty Handbook Section 6.6, and the Duties of the Cornell Office of Civil Rights Faculty Co-Investigator
Resolution to Request an Annual University Report on Academic Freedom
Resolution to Create a Disciplinary Case Reporting and Attestation Tool
Senators Bryan Sykes, Brooks School of Public Policy and Nate Matias, Communication
Senate Discussion [10 minutes]

Student Code of Conduct update [5 minutes]
Marla Love, Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students
Senate Discussion [10 minutes]

Presentation
Elaine Westbrook, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian and Vice Provost [10 minutes]
Senate Q&A [10 minutes]

Faculty Disclosure form presentation
Avery August, Deputy Provost, Microbiology and Immunology [5 minutes]
Senate Q&A [10 minutes]

Announcements and updates [5 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 [5 minutes]

Good of the Order [5 minutes]
Emily Zinger, Librarian

Adjournment [1 minute]
Jonathan Ochshorn, Senate Speaker, Emeritus Architecture