Cornell University will be requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 8 or face termination, according to a letter sent out by administrative officials Tuesday.
The mandate comes in the wake of the Biden administration’s executive order and will be strictly enforced for all faculty and staff, “whether they work on campus in Ithaca, Geneva, New York City, or any other location,” according to the letter.
Full vaccination is the requirement for the December deadline, with note that “it is not sufficient to have started the vaccination process by that date.”
There was no mention of whether or not testing each week would be allowed for unvaccinated employees in the letter, but it did read that medical and religious exemptions would be considered by the university’s human resource office.
Unvaccinated employees have been notified that they will be contacted by HR on how to proceed.
The notice was signed by Cornell University President Martha Pollack, Provost Michael Kotlikoff and Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Mary Opperman.
