University officials encouraged community members to contact police with the identity of protesters.

UAW union members began their strike on Aug. 18, as over 8,000 students returned to Cornell’s campus. The new contract includes wage increases and cost-of-living adjustments.

If workers vote to ratify the contract, they’ll return to the job on Tuesday.

The first day of classes was marked by a rally and graffiti on campus.

The UAW union, which represents service and maintenance workers at Cornell, has been on strike for over a week.

This school year, students will line up each morning and receive a pouch to lock away their phones, AirPods and smartwatches. At the end of each day, they will get the pouch unlocked before they leave school.

The union, which represents service and maintenance workers at Cornell, is trying to negotiate a new contract with the university.

As students return to colleges across the United States, administrators are bracing for a resurgence in activism against the war in Gaza, and some schools are adopting rules to limit the kind of protests that swept campuses last spring.

The New York state comptroller’s office found the school district did not have a clear system for disabling old user accounts. The comptroller’s office says those accounts no longer in use could serve as entry points for a cyberattack on the system.