Alumni From Composition to Concrete: Your Most Life-Changing Classes Your alma mater asked you to share the courses that had the biggest impact on you—and you aced the assignment
Students A Big Red Welcome: Move-In and Orientation 2026, in Photos The University greeted the members of the Class of ’30, as well as transfer students, with open arms and a wide variety of activities
In the President’s Words ‘Unprecedented Freedom to Explore, Inside and Beyond Your Classrooms’ At Convocation, President Kotlikoff welcomes first-years and transfer students to Cornell’s ‘community of academic discovery’
Chime In I’m Among the Last ‘Hangovers’ (But Not the Ones You Think) Once upon a time—including when I matriculated on the Hill in the early 1960s—engineering was a five-year program
Cornelliana The ‘161 Things Every Cornellian Should Do’—Updated for 2026! For the University’s 161st anniversary year, we revisited the iconic list of Big Red experiences. How many of these have you done?
Alumni How Is Academia Like Punk Rock? Ask Cornell Prof David Rand ’04 Back at his alma mater, he’s making headlines for groundbreaking research melding AI, psychology, economics, poli sci, and more
Alumni Meet the Alums Using Robots and AI to Improve Crop Health Launched for vineyards, their company—dubbed Budbreak—now works with growers of berries, citrus, almonds, and more
Campus & Beyond Tree Climbing Program Takes Participants to New Heights Run by Cornell Outdoor Education, it comprises PE classes, local training sessions, expeditions, research support, and more
Books Your August 2026 Reads This month’s featured titles include poetry, a look at what we eat (and why), and a management guide on the art of firing
Bear Hugs Hotelie Returns Library Book—Half a Century After He Borrowed It Better late than never, a master’s alum mailed a beloved work of philosophy back to his alma mater