Cornell University is currently under investigation due to a federal complaint filed by evolutionary biologist Colin Wright, alleging that the university racially discriminated against him during his 2020 hiring process. Wright, a White and self-proclaimed liberal, has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), accusing Cornell of implementing racially biased practices that excluded qualified professionals based on race. The complaint details how Wright applied for a tenure-track position in the university’s Neurobiology and Behavior department, only to discover later that the university had initiated a separate search for a faculty member in evolutionary biology — exactly his field of study — but kept the process under wraps.
Wright’s allegations are supported by internal emails from Cornell, obtained by the America First Policy Institute, which reveal that the university’s hiring committee was actively seeking a