Weill Cornell Medicine is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning, living, and working environment for its students, faculty, and staff and does not discriminate on the basis of protected status, including sex, in the education programs and activities it operates. Admission and employment are included in the requirement not to discriminate in the education program or activity that WCM operates. Through our policies, the university provides means to address bias, discrimination, harassment, and sexual and related misconduct.
Nothing in these procedures shall be construed to abridge academic freedom and inquiry, principles of free speech and expression, or the university’s educational mission. Based on the protections afforded by academic freedom, speech and other expression occurring in the context of instruction or research will not be considered prohibited conduct under Cornell University Policy 6.4, unless the speech or expression meets the definition of Prohibited Conduct under these procedures.