Cornelliana Hail, All Hail, Cornell! The “Alma Mater” dates back a century and a half, to just a couple of years after classes began on the Hill, and is identified with the University as closely as McGraw Tower or the Ezra statue.
Campus & Beyond Wynton Marsalis Returns to Campus, Continuing Cornell’s Decades-Long Jazz Tradition A November 6 concert in Bailey Hall by Wynton Marsalis, the Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter, bandleader, educator, and composer, continues Cornell’s decades-long tradition of hosting, promoting, and showcasing renowned jazz artists.
Cornelliana Wine Program Offers Limited-Edition Red, White to Alumni Oenophiles Now in its fourth year, the Alumni Wine by Cornell Alumni Affairs collection comprises one red and one white wine, created by Cornelllian vintners and marketed only to the alumni community.
Alumni Alumna’s Galactic Quest Proved Existence of Dark Matter Astronomer’s years of data and observations won over skeptical colleagues and changed the field
Alumni Engineering Alumna Rockets to Netflix Baking Competition Renee Frohnert, MEng ’19, is one of 18 contestants in a new baking-engineering competition show, “Baking Impossible,” which premiered in early October on Netflix.
Alumni Sherwoods of Cornell Keep Harmonizing Through the Years The group, which originated as a subset of the Glee Club in the Fifties, has experienced a renaissance as a popular Reunion act.
Campus & Beyond Uphill Both Ways? Hiking up the University’s landmark hill in all kinds of weather is a shared Big Red memory and a Cornellian rite of passage. But how steep is it, really?
Cornelliana Anchors Aweigh: Big Red Names Graced WWII-Era Hulls From the Liberty-class S.S. Andrew D. White to the cargo ship S.S. Cornell Victory, there were quite a few World War II-era ships bearing names that would make Big Red alumni proud.
Alumni From the Hill to ‘The Hill’ When Melanie Stansbury, MS ’07, won a special election on June 1 to fill a U.S. congressional seat in New Mexico, it raised the number of Cornellians serving in the House of Representatives to seven—the most in nearly a decade.
Cornelliana Cornell’s First Female Doctoral Grad May Preston Slosson, PhD 1880, was Cornell’s first female doctoral graduate—as well as the first woman in the U.S. to earn a PhD in philosophy.