Cornelliana Far Beyond a Quonset Hut: Fascinating Facts about ILR To celebrate the school’s 80th birthday, we offer 17 delightful details about its history and achievements
Bear Hugs How Hundreds of Letters Home Connect a Cornellian Family A student chronicled her life in the ’50s and ’60s—then shared those memories with her daughter and granddaughter
Campus & Beyond Kotlikoff Is Inaugurated as the 15th President of Cornell The ceremony was held in Barton Hall during Trustee-Council Annual Meeting, with two of his predecessors in attendance
Cornelliana A Visit to Sage Chapel’s Crypt, Resting Place of Eminent Cornellians More than a dozen people—including the Founder—are interred below an ornate chamber known as the memorial antechapel
Bear Hugs Alum’s Book Pays Tribute to the Legendary Clocktower Pumpkin In rhyming verse, Wendy Stevens Larson ’00 immortalizes the mysterious gourd that appeared on McGraw Tower in 1997
Cornelliana Our Latest Jack-o’-Lantern Stencil Celebrates a Famed Big Red Prank Put a pumpkin on McGraw Tower—on a pumpkin—for a meta interpretation of a Halloween legend!
Quizzes & Puzzles ‘Straight’ Shots: A Visual Quiz for the Student Union’s 100th Can you identify the locations of these 16 architectural details, found in and around the beloved campus landmark?
Cornelliana ‘Meet You at the Straight!’: Beloved Student Union Celebrates a Century Built during the Jazz Age, the campus landmark was designed ‘for all activities other than the athletic and the academic’
Campus & Beyond New Era, New Olin: Library Unveils Sweeping Interior Renovations Take a photo tour of the redesigned spaces—including a glow-up of the iconic call board, now a colorful custom clock
Cornelliana Prolific Campus Architect Couldn’t Wait for a Department—Or a Degree From Eddy Gate to the iconic clocktower to the president’s villa, William Henry Miller 1872 shaped a young Cornell