Campus free speech controversies have been making headlines in recent weeks, from the media flurry over student hecklers at a Federalist Society event at Stanford Law last month to an incident at San Francisco State University where a controversial campus speaker claimed she was physically assaulted by protesters.

However, as colleges—and their students—seem increasingly eager to abandon free expression, one school is trying to break the trend.

On Friday, the Cornell Chronicle reported that Cornell University’s 2023–24 academic year would have a “free expression” theme, with students encouraged to “engage with” the ideas of free expression and academic freedom and to participate in “a wide range of scholarly and creative events and activities” that foster civil discourse. An official announcement from university President Martha E. Pollack will be released on April 17.