members of the Cornell Black Alumni Association gather at Reunion 2024

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The ceremonial first pitch on Big Red baseball’s new Booth Field was thrown in spring 2023. How many years earlier (almost to the day) did the same thing happen at Hoy Field, the team’s previous home?

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In September 2025, Spencer ’19, BA ’18, and Kristen Ferguson Kopko ’20 took over ownership of the Triphammer Marketplace.

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