Professors at Cornell University are using classic oral defenses and analog writing assignments to respond to AI-enabled cheating and blank-page work. In biomedical engineering, students in Chris Schaffer’s course deliver oral defenses without tools, while a German instructor, Grit Matthias Phelps, introduced “analog” typewriter assignments after seeing generative AI and translation platforms produce polished but unearned writing. The reporting frames the shift as a direct attempt to restore accountability to the testing process—by forcing students to demonstrate thinking in real time, or to produce written work without laptops or AI assistance. The approach also leans on in-person structure, slowing students down to reveal comprehension rather than output.