Students Karen Chen ’23 Aims for Gold in Beijing The 2017 national figure skating champion has been chosen to compete for Team USA at the 2022 Olympic Games in China
Ask the Expert ‘What’s Your Purpose in Life?’ Psychology Prof Explains Why that Question Makes All the Difference Anthony Burrow heads a campus lab devoted to understanding purpose’s role—and how to leverage it for the greater good
Ask the Expert Exploring the Widening Chasm Between Urban and Rural Voters A team led by government professor Suzanne Mettler, PhD ’94, seeks to understand the factors at play in this red-blue divide
Alumni Doctoral Alum Has Devoted His Career to Saving Lemurs Working with a conservation nonprofit, Patel protects and studies the endangered primates in their native Madagascar
Campus & Beyond ‘Upside-Down Rhinos’ Study Is Latest Big Red Research to Win an Ig Nobel Alumni and faculty have won a half-dozen of the awards, which honor top-flight academic work that’s a bit odd or eccentric
From the President The Campaign for Cornell: ‘To Do the Greatest Good’ A message to alumni from Cornell President Martha Pollack
Alumni Alum Is an Evangelist for the Wonders of National Parks—‘After Dark’ Astronomer and artist Tyler Nordgren, PhD ’97, trains rangers to lead stargazing programs and immortalizes parks in 1930s-style travel posters
Alumni James Larison ’70, PhD ’01, Reflects on his Career as a Nature Filmmaker In a new memoir, the NatGeo veteran recalls globe-trotting adventures—and warns of climate change
Alumni Joseph Bruchac ’64, BA ’65, Explores the Native American Experience A prolific author in a wide variety of genres, he has published more than 100 books over a decades-long career
Students Student App Developers Enrich Life on Campus and Beyond Group gives members valuable experience in what it’s like to work for a real-world software company