Alumni Edging Toward a ‘Life List’ of 10,000, Leading Birder Flies High Retired Foreign Service officer Peter Kaestner ’75, BA ’76, holds the world record for viewing the most species
Alumni Alum’s Nonprofit Combats the Mental Health Crisis in Rural U.S. After a family tragedy, veteran dairy farmer Jeff Winton ’80 founded Rural Minds in the hope of helping others
Alumni As the Statler’s GM, Hotelie Doles Out Big Red Hospitality After a career with some of the industry’s biggest names, Arthur Keith ’84 has come home to Upstate NY to lead the beloved hotel
Campus & Beyond Powered by Sound, Researchers Help Protect Animals Worldwide From birds and whales to elephants and gibbons, scientists at a Cornell-based center are using bioacoustics to spur conservation
Alumni ‘Social Justice Comedian’ Mines Jokes both Highbrow and Low A star of NPR’s ‘Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!,’ Negin Farsad ’98 has steadily gained fame across radio, TV, movies, podcasts, and more
Campus & Beyond The ‘Morris Worm’: A Notorious Chapter of the Internet’s Infancy In an experiment gone awry, 35 years ago a grad student in computer science inadvertently crashed 10% of online machines
Campus & Beyond Maple Recipes Add Spice to the Season (and Beyond) The Cornell Maple Program offers an online trove of eating—and drinking!— ideas for the state’s signature sweet elixir
Alumni Alum’s Book Gleans Inspiration from Black American Trailblazers From Oprah and the Obamas to lesser-known heroes, Joseph Holland ’78, MA ’79, finds words to live by
Students Meet the Undergrad Who’s a 2023 World Wrestling Champ Continuing the Big Red’s tradition of excellence on the mat, Vito Arujau ’24 is the first Cornellian to hold the title as a student
Campus & Beyond Cornell Cinema Still Lights Up the Silver Screen After more than a half-century in the Straight, the Hill’s iconic movie venue remains a film fan’s delight