Statements & Videos

Watch videos of Dean Ben Houlton's appearances and read messages to our internal and external audiences.

First-day letter to faculty and staff: 10/1/20

Virtual staff meeting: 10/1/20 (Video)

Virtual Meet the Dean for faculty and staff: 10/16/20 (Video)

Executive dean office transition announcement: 12/16/20

The passing of student KAR Robison: 12/31/20

Announcing New Senior Associate Dean Esther Angert: 1/20/21

Announcing New Senior Associate Dean Sahara Byrne: 2/15/21

Statement on accountability in difficult times: 4/21/21

Land acknowledgment statement added to college website: 4/23/21

Announcing Ann LaFave as assistant dean: 7/15/21

Announcing new faculty cohort hire in Equity and Inclusion: 10/4/21

Supporting one another through these times: 11/11/21

The passing of student Tara Atluri: 12/6/21

The Crisis in Ukraine: 3/3/22

The passing of student Daniela Lee: 4/20/22

Announcing Shorna Allred as senior associate dean: 4/20/22

Announcing our new roadmap to 2050: 5/11/22

Standing with our neighbors in Buffalo: 5/16/22

Chelsea Specht steps down as Diversity and Inclusion lead: 5/18/22

Announcing Olga Padilla-Zakour as Cornell AgriTech interim director: 7/20/22