Alumni ‘Study Smart and Study Hard, But Don’t Neglect Self-Care’ Your alma mater asked you for exam-prep advice for current students—and from health tips to gentle wisecracks, you delivered
POV: Young Alumni Voices ‘My Journey Felt Less Like a Weight and More Like a Credential’ Having survived pediatric cancer, I’m channeling my experiences into advocacy—urging new treatments for tomorrow’s patients
Alumni We’re Bowled Over: Engineering Alum Is a Top Cricket Player Saurabh Netravalkar, MEng ’16, balances a career in tech with a spot on the U.S. national team and in a pro league
Campus & Beyond An East Hill Cemetery Is Home to Millions of Ground-Nesting Bees A Class of ’24 alum is first author on a paper about the discovery, based on research he did as an undergrad in Arts & Sciences
Glorious to View Feathered & Fabulous: Images from the 2026 Great Backyard Bird Count The annual event had more than a million participants around the world; feast your eyes on a small sampling of its 200K+ photos
Ask the Expert Staying Safe During Tick Season: An Illustrated Guide for People and Pets An alum and staffer at Cornell’s Integrated Pest Management program offers some tips for warding off the tiny, bitey critters
Chime In We Create Rich Characters, While Defying Publishing Norms My co-author and I have a successful partnership—belying cultural critics’ insistence that novelists stick to their own racial lanes
Books Your April 2026 Reads This month’s featured titles include a mystery novel, poetry, and a comprehensive look at the psychology of tipping
Bear Hugs Alum’s Black-Owned Grocery Thrives in a Former Chicago Food Desert Named for an infamous unmet promise of the post-Civil War era, Forty Acres Fresh Market carries a variety of produce and more
Alumni This Young Alum’s Job Is a Real Roller Coaster Ride Hayley Sopko Duffy ’16, BS ’17, is director of design and engineering at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, the popular Virginia theme park