News about Randy Wayne

' Randy Wayne, a plant biology professor, is concerned that the new task force will be 'hijacked' by the 'diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucracy that stifles free expression.' President Martha Pollack of Cornell announced recently that the 2023-24 academic year would be based on rhetoric freedom, and she formed the Steering Committee for Free Expression, which will come to an end. Wayne said he was initially delighted by the news but he lost interest when he read the committee members' names,'none of whom have argued for free expression at Cornell.' Pollack has argued for a free expression framework at Cornell,' having previously endorsed free expression as essential to academic rigors.