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Updated: Tuesday, March 31, 2020
On this page, you'll find updates on:
- Facilities
- Academic Calendar
- Undergraduate resources: student grading and student advising
- MPS resources: student grading, changes to the third-semester option, and student advising
- Info Sci events
Per Cornell University's coronavirus website: Effective at 5 p.m. Friday, March 13, Cornell University suspended all classes on the Ithaca campus for three weeks. Virtual instruction will begin on Monday, April 6. The university remains open; however, only students who have permission to remain in on-campus housing and essential personnel are allowed on campus at this time.
All Info Sci faculty and staff are currently working remotely.
Resources
Cornell's COVID-19 resources and updates page
Cornell Tech's COVID-19 resource page
IT Support Group: information and resources for working remotely
Remote Work Guidelines for departments and managers
COVID-19 Workplace Guidance for Cornell faculty and staff, courtesy of Cornell HR
Guidance and updates regarding continuity planning for Researchers at Cornell
Procuring research supplies during the laboratory shutdown
Facilities
Gates Hall and CIS spaces in Rhodes Hall: Beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, we will be limiting access to Gates Hall, and to the CIS spaces in Rhodes Hall, during this period of remote instruction. The restrictions will allow entry only to faculty, staff, and PhD/MS students in CIS, to be used by these groups in accordance with the guidelines for current building use conveyed in communications from the university. Read full details.
Deliveries
Drivers: If you don't have access to Gates Hall, please make your deliveries to Phillips Hall, 116 Hoy Road. You should be able to make a delivery there. Please call 212.255.6303 if there are any issues.
Changes to Academic Calendar
From University leadership: To accommodate for lost instruction time due to the two-week suspension of classes, the academic calendar for this semester has been revised as follows:
- First day of online instruction, Monday April 6
- Last day to ADD a seven-week course, Tuesday, April 14
- Last day for DROP/Grade Change, Tuesday, April 21
- Last day of online instruction, Tuesday, May 12
- Study Days, May 13 - 15
- Exam Period, May 16 - 23
This revised academic calendar applies to all undergraduates and Info Sci MPS students. The revised academic calendar also applies to all graduate students in research degree programs, except those enrolled in courses offered by Cornell Tech, which will maintain the existing calendar.
Per the same letter from University leadership: Based on much discussion with college deans and associate deans for education, input from students and consultation with peer institutions, the deadline for drop/grade basis change has been extended to April 21. There is additional flexibility for undergraduates to opt for S/U grading for any course this semester and guidance on how such grades will count towards major, minor and academic good standing requirements.
Undergraduate
Student Grading
From the University's FAQ page for Faculty: "Undergraduate students will be permitted to change their grading basis to S/U in any course (with the exception of 7 week courses from the first half of the semester that have already been completed and graded) until April 21, and for this semester, restrictions on S/U grades will be eased. Read the full details on the University's FAQ page [Under "Academic Policies", "What changes have been made to university policies related to drop deadlines and grading options?"]
Info Sci Major Admission Requirements as well as Criteria for Good Standing have been updated to reflect University guidance on S/U for Spring 2020:
- BA (Arts and Sciences): Admission Requirements & Criteria for Good Standing
- BS (CALS): Admission Requirements & Criteria for Good Standing
- BS (Engineering): Admission Requirements & Criteria for Good Standing
- Info Sci Minor: Eligibility
Advising
If you would like to make a virtual appointment, email Ugrad Advisor Ani Mercincavage (am2643@cornell.edu) with your availability with all days and times you are available for a 30-minute meeting between 7 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT. Please indicate: whether you would prefer a Zoom or a Skype meeting (if you prefer Skype, please let Ani know what your Skype name is); include your full name, your Cornell netid, and a brief sentence about what the meeting is about.
MPS
Please visit this Info Sci MPS Spring 2020 page for key information and resources concerning Spring 2020 adjustments due to COVID-19. This page includes information on S/U grading option for the Spring 2020 semester and outlines changes to our third-semester petition policy. Information from that page is excerpted below.
Student Grading
Students may count up to 8 additional credits (for a total of 10) of S/U course work toward the MPS degree. Read the full details.
Third Semester Option
Students who are on track to graduate in May 2020 may petition to stay a third semester (fall 2020) to take classes in the fall semester and change their expected graduation date to December 2020. The petition is due May 1. This page has the full details as well as additional guidance on next steps.
Advising
If you would like to make a virtual appointment with Barbara Woske, Info Sci graduate field coordinator, email her at bae2@cornell.edu. She'll respond with a Zoom link.
For Career Advising, students can schedule a Zoom session with Kate Reiter at www.calendly.com/kmr87 or by emailing her at kmr87@cornell.edu if they can’t find an appointment time that works for them.
INFO SCI Event Updates
- For the latest information on Commencement, please visit Cornell's Office of Commencement Events.
- BOOM 2020 has been canceled.
- Cornell Days has been canceled.
- M.Eng/MPS workshop "Crack the Case Interview" has been rescheduled to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, and moved to an online-only event. Registrants will receive a Zoom link once signed up.