These are the minimum requirements for the development and maintenance of university and university-affiliated websites and web applications.
Ensuring strategic alignment for all website and web applications development at the earliest phases will guarantee the most efficient and impactful use of time and resources.
Consistent adherence to a communications strategy and aligning with the mission of the university is essential for project success. Reference the university nomenclature page to ensure proper use of naming when communicating about Cornell.
Contact: brand@cornell.edu
All websites must comply with university policy 4.10. Following the guidelines published on the Brand Center will provide a robust, unified experience for audiences while bolstering the Cornell brand on a larger scale.
Policies are created to protect the university and promote best practices. Policies related to communications, branding and website ownership can be found on the Brand Center.
Cornell University allows limited sales to be conducted on its properties in ways that are consistent with the university's mission, take account of off-campus businesses, and comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Cornell University allows the use of its name, and its logos, trademarks, insignias, and other indicia only with permission, as set forth in the principles and procedures of this policy.
The university imposes tight controls on the creation of subsidiary and affiliated corporations (and related communications assets) to exercise responsible stewardship over the university's tangible and intangible assets, to manage risk exposure, and to facilitate compliance with reporting and other legal requirements.
Cornell authorizes the creation and use of university social media accounts, provided their use is professional, protects the reputation and brand of the university, and complies with Cornell policies and applicable laws and regulations.
This policy provides the criteria for three-part domains, the method for requesting three-part domains, and alternatives.
Cornell University expects all institutional information stewards and custodians who have access to and responsibilities for institutional information to manage it according to the rules regarding storage, disclosure, access, classification of information and minimum privacy and security standards as set forth in this policy.
Contact: security-services@cornell.edu
Cornell University is committed to providing an environment in which all people have an equal opportunity to participate in the university's programs, activities, and services. To support this environment, all new, newly added or redesigned university web content, web pages, web functionality, websites, and web applications must be made accessible to people with disabilities to the standard prescribed by the most recently published Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), except where doing so would result in a fundamental alteration in the nature of a service, program, or activity or in undue financial and administrative burdens.
When fundamental alteration or undue burden applies, equally effective alternative means of access must be provided so that, to the maximum extent possible, individuals with disabilities receive the same benefits and services.
Contact: ur-accessibility@cornell.edu