6 Questions For ... In 2025, Avoid ‘Specialness Spirals’ (and Practice Self-Gifting) The Johnson School’s Jacqueline Rifkin offers insights on why waiting too long to use a present may mean getting less joy from it
Ask the Expert Marketing Wisdom, From the Alum Who Helped Turn Domino’s Around Each year, now-CEO Russell Weiner ’90 comes back to the Hill to speak about the secret sauce behind the pizza chain’s turnaround
Campus & Beyond Alumni Ag Experts Help Protect NY’s Poinsettia Industry A CALS-affiliated research and extension center supports small businesses cultivating the quintessential holiday ornamental
Campus & Beyond What’s that Bird? Like Magic, ‘Merlin’ Can Tell You ighly rated by users, the Lab of Ornithology’s free identification app has millions of devotees worldwide
Quizzes & Puzzles Test Your Knowledge of Big Red Presidential Trivia As Interim President Kotlikoff winds up his first semester, we offer 15 questions on Cornell’s leaders, from A.D. White onward
Books Your December 2024 Reads This month’s featured titles include a novel set in Arthurian times and a prof’s memoir about his education under Apartheid
Campus & Beyond Lessons in Large-Animal Medicine—From a Fiberglass Cow With a new simulator, vet students can practice delivering a calf in a realistic (but lower-stakes) way; all that’s missing is the ‘moo’
Campus & Beyond A Prof and Alum Memorializes a Nobelist’s Time in Ithaca Thomas Campanella, MLA ’91, spearheaded the installation of a historic marker near campus honoring author Pearl Buck, MA ’25
Storytime with Corey Off to See the Wizard: Cornell’s Links to an Iconic Book and Film From its feminist influences to an alum in a key role, there’s a bit of the Big Red behind the Emerald City
Bear Hugs For This Alumni Couple, Acts of Kindness Are the Best Holiday Décor Beth Dessen Duffy ’82 and Dan Duffy ’82 have parlayed a family tradition into a multimedia project, adorning trees with good deeds