I hope you had a relaxing break! As we head into the last few weeks of the spring semester, it is important to lean into your academic work and finish strong. Attend classes, be present, and be curious.
· If you have been struggling in a course, this is the time to schedule a meeting with the professor. This way you know where you stand and what you need to do to finish the course. Keep in mind, you can petition to withdraw from a course with a W on your transcript until the last day of the semester.
· If you are on Academic Probation or have received an Academic Concern email from our office this spring, reach out if you need to discuss your options.
· Please review the new Off-Campus Course Policy below. It may impact your summer plans.
· Lastly, take time to review your syllabus and deadlines for each course to make sure you understand what you have coming ahead of you in the next few weeks! Plan now.
With pre-enrollment coming soon, you can make an appointment with an Academic Advisor from our office through the Dyson Launchpad.
Andrea Poag Director, Dyson Student Services & Advising
FALL 2024 PRE-ENROLLMENT DATES
May 2nd – May 6th - Rising Seniors
May 6th – May 8th - Rising Juniors
May 7th – May 9th - Rising Sophomores
May 7th – Last day of classes
May 8th – 10th – Study Days
May 11th – May 18th – Exams
You should log into your Student Center to verify your pre-enrollment date as well as to double check that you do not have any holds that will prevent you from enrolling at your assigned time.
DYSON TRANSFER CREDIT POLICY – UPDATE Applicable for all Dyson Students
The following update to the Dyson Transfer Credit Policy was voted on by the faculty and will become effective May 19th, 2024.
All students planning to take any Dyson core courses off-campus this summer are affected by this new policy and MUST petition for an exception to the new policy through the General Petition Form. All petitions will be reviewed by the Dyson Academic Action and Petitions Committee but there is no guarantee your petition will be approved. No exceptions to the new policy will be approved starting Fall 2024 and beyond.
Specific details of the Dyson Transfer Credit Policy:
Students who matriculate to Cornell as first-year students may transfer up to 2-courses toward the Dyson core requirements, limited to the following: microeconomics, macroeconomics, calculus, statistics, or business law.
Students who matriculate to Cornell as transfer students are not restricted to 2 courses toward the Dyson core requirements at the time of transfer. However, if the 2-course limit is reached or exceeded at the time of transfer, students will not be permitted to take additional courses for transfer toward the Dyson core requirements.
Dyson Core courses are those courses listed within the yellow area of the Degree Checklists including the Economics and Management, Grand Challenges, Quantitative Methods, and Applied Economics.
Keep in mind that all off-campus courses must be pre-approved. The Off-Campus Course Approval form can be found on the Dyson Launchpad.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY REMINDER
Students are responsible for verifying their course enrollment, graduation requirements, number of course credits, and course sections multiple times throughout the semester. Any questions or concerns should be discussed with an Academic Advisor in the Dyson Office of Student Services & Advising.
MAY 2024 GRADUATES
If you are planning to graduate in May 2024, watch for emails from Nicole Heasley, Dyson Registrar to verify you are enrolled in the correct requirements. Some 2024 graduates may have already received these emails. Keep in mind, that if you make changes to your schedule, it is your responsibility to verify the courses are correct. It is vital that you review your CU email regularly.
What are business ethics? Why are business ethics important? How can leaders implement business ethics? How can we become more ethical leaders? What are the consequences of moral disengagement? These and other complex, gray-area questions and dilemmas will be discussed during this community conversation.
Professor Doris is the Peter L. Dyson Professor of Ethics in Organizations and Life at Dyson, and Professor in the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell. He works at the intersection of cognitive science, moral psychology, and philosophical ethics. His recent courses include NBA 5140/LAW 6392 Ethics and Corporate Culture; AEM 3205 Ethics in Business and Organizations; and AEM 2030 Sports as Society: The Science, Ethics, and Business of Sport.
Everyone welcome! We will be viewing a short video and discussing learnings from Data Feminism (you do not have to read the book to attend). Hosted by DICE (Diversity in Cornell Economics) and DDC (the graduate student branch of the Dyson Diversity Council).
https://data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu/
Data Feminism By Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein
A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism.
Today, data science is a form of power. It has been used to expose injustice, improve health outcomes, and topple governments. But it has also been used to discriminate, police, and surveil. This potential for good, on the one hand, and harm, on the other, makes it essential to ask: Data science by whom? Data science for whom? Data science with whose interests in mind? The narratives around big data and data science are overwhelmingly white, male, and techno-heroic. In Data Feminism, Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren Klein present a new way of thinking about data science and data ethics—one that is informed by intersectional feminist thought.
Illustrating data feminism in action, D'Ignazio and Klein show how challenges to the male/female binary can help challenge other hierarchical (and empirically wrong) classification systems. They explain how, for example, an understanding of emotion can expand our ideas about effective data visualization, and how the concept of invisible labor can expose the significant human efforts required by our automated systems. And they show why the data never, ever “speak for themselves.”
Data Feminism offers strategies for data scientists seeking to learn how feminism can help them work toward justice, and for feminists who want to focus their efforts on the growing field of data science. But Data Feminism is about much more than gender. It is about power, about who has it and who doesn't, and about how those differentials of power can be challenged and changed.
IN ITHACA IN JUNE AND LOOKING FOR A SHORT-TERM PAID GIG?
Alumni Affairs and Development (AAD) is now hiring 100+ student staff positions forCornell Reunionfrom June 6-9, 2024! Reunion Clerks are an integral part of Reunion execution. Reunion Class Clerks and Reunion Head Clerks provide hospitality and customer service to all guests throughout Reunion Weekend. As a clerk you’ll staff Cornell’s largest alumni tradition event: Reunion! We’re looking for passionate students to help make the weekend a success!
Reunion Class Clerk, this is a one-week gig: June 3-9 with training from June 3-5 and Reunion from June 6-9. Starting pay is $15.00/hr.
Reunion Head Clerks (a clerk leadership position) work from June 2-10 with training from June 2-5, reunion from June 6-9, and reunion debrief on June 10. Reunion Head Clerks have the option to start even earlier. Starting pay is $16.00/hr.Reunion Head Clerks (a clerk leadership position) work from June 2-10 with training from June 2-5, reunion from June 6-9, and reunion debrief on June 10. Reunion Head Clerks have the option to start even earlier. Starting pay is $16.00/hr.
This summer, the Einhorn Center is co-sponsoring two Women in Community-Engaged Leadership Symposiums, one in New York City on June 20 and one in Washington, DC on July 10.Students must apply to attend the free, in-person sessions by April 30.
These events will connect students with alumnae leaders in government, nonprofits, philanthropy, public interest law, advocacy, volunteerism, academia and elected office.
