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
Bear Hugs Looking Sharp: CALS Grad Collects Vintage Cornell Pins (and Jewelry) Kate Costa Leming ’01 started amassing Big Red memorabilia in the early days of eBay—and now she has her own store
Quizzes & Puzzles A Trivia Tribute to Legendary Cornellian Ken Dryden ’69 As the world mourns the passing of the beloved hockey star, we offer 12 questions about his storied career—on and off the ice
Campus & Beyond Crowning Glory: McGraw Tower’s Renovations Are Complete Sporting a new roof and other improvements, the iconic clocktower is ready for another century