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Andrew Massaro DVM ’15, with the help of veterinary technician Sharon Johnson, examines Rubble, who presented for limping on his right hind leg.

Stand up for the changemakers: Harrison Award honors recent alumni leaders

The Robert S. Harrison ’76 Recent Alumni Volunteer Award honors recent alumni who have made an impact on the Cornell community—and beyond—in their first ten years after graduation. The award … Read more

By Linda Copman August 14, 2026
David Einhorn speaking at the opening of the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement at Cornell in 2021

David Einhorn ’91: The hedge fund manager who invested in community-engaged learning

David Einhorn ’91 grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a long way from the “fast-talking New Yorkers” he met in college. His parents, Nancy ’64 and Stephen ’64, first met at … Read more

By Linda Copman July 30, 2026
In his role as a volunteer firefighter, Oscar Bernal ’09, MEng ’10 rescued this dog from floodwaters caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011.

See all the good Cornellians can do

Over the past few years, we’ve been celebrating the good Cornellians can do. These are stories about service, in communities big and small. We asked for your submissions, and you … Read more

By Linda Copman July 6, 2026
In May 2024, three generations of Unraths (all of whom served in the U.S. Army) gathered at Cornell for Tyler Unrath ’24’s ROTC commissioning. (L to R): 2LT Tyler Unrath ’24 (Megan’s brother), currently serves as a logistics officer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; 2LT (now CPT) Megan Unrath ’21, a pediatric resident physician at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i; SPC (Vet) Vern Unrath (grandfather),formerly a radio operator and communications specialist at Fort Hood, Texas; and COL (Ret) Craig Unrath (father), formerly an Apache helicopter aviator and simulation operations officer.

Captain Megan Unrath ’21 builds a legacy of service

In her first year at Cornell, Megan Unrath ’21 went on a field training exercise with her Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) cohort. The group included ROTC students from … Read more

By Linda Copman October 28, 2025
Morgan Jones MBA ’15 (L) and Matt Carcella (R), senior director of diversity and U.S. regional alumni engagement, enjoy Cornell’s victory over Boston University at Red Hot Hockey in Madison Square Garden in 2023.

Contagious energy and committed service: Harrison award honors recent alumni leaders

The Robert Harrison ’76 Recent Alumni Volunteer Award honors recent alumni who have made an impact on the Cornell community in their first ten years after graduation. The award was … Read more

By Linda Copman February 6, 2025
Cornell Veteran’s Summer Bridge Program BBQ in Taughannock Park. Mary Fisk (far left), student veteran program director, and Kyle Downey (in green jacket), director for transfer/veteran admissions, joined participants and student ambassadors.

Student veterans find a Big Red community at Cornell

Not many university programs achieve a 100 percent success rate—even at Cornell. One exception is the Veteran’s Summer Bridge Program (VSBP), established in 2018 to provide a leg up for … Read more

By Linda Copman November 8, 2024
Student model simulating water circulation and leachate movement at Seneca Meadows landfill

Listening to the land: bringing Indigenous knowledge into practice

Juniors in Cornell’s landscape architecture design studio are taking on a tall challenge this fall: to imagine the future of Seneca Meadows, New York State’s largest landfill. The landfill is … Read more

By Linda Copman October 25, 2024
Students in Professor Roger Moseley's music and digital gameplay class experiment with sound design, enjoying how their creations interact with a live video game.

Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation: teaching the way people learn

Steve Jackson, Cornell’s vice provost for academic innovation, has a big job. For the past year, he’s been working to ensure that teaching in university classrooms, labs, studios, and field … Read more

By Linda Copman September 16, 2024
Samantha Juber listens to fish at Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park.

Listening in: Bioacoustics class records the sounds of Hawaiʻi

The founder of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Arthur Allen, made the first-ever recording of bird songs in 1929. Since then, the Cornell Lab has been recording and analyzing animal … Read more

By Linda Copman March 7, 2024
Detail of “Hidden in Plain Sight,” a 25-foot-tall bamboo sculpture of an Eastern screech owl by The Myth Makers, Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein MFA ’82

Making magic in Florida: Cornellians celebrate art, nature, and local culture

What do 30-foot-tall bamboo sculptures of birds, the Cornell Botanic Gardens, and two Florida Cornell Clubs have in common? The answers include: a shared love of nature, a commitment to … Read more

By Linda Copman February 15, 2024
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