Engineering Alum’s Work Could Bring New Meaning to ‘Just Do It’ Former Big Red gymnast Alison Sheets-Singer ’00 is the lead scientist on Nike’s Project Amplify powered footwear system
Historian Curates the Cosmos—Both Fact and (Science) Fiction The Smithsonian’s Margaret Weitekamp, PhD ’01, ties spaceflight to its role in turbo-charging the human imagination
Friends, Fun, and Fond Memories: Reunion 2026, in Photos Some 7,500 alumni and their guests returned to the Hill for a weekend of reveling and reminiscing, Big Red style
This Hotelie is Bringing a ‘Superfruit’ to an Airport (or Campus) Near You A Class of ’19 alum designs the eateries in the health-conscious Sambazon chain, beloved for its açaí bowls and smoothies
How Lauren Weisberger ’99 Wrote a Novel—and Sparked a Phenomenon Famously inspired by her year at Vogue, The Devil Wears Prada has spawned book sequels, two movies, and even a musical
TV Star Jane Lynch, MFA ’84, Urges Seniors to ‘Lighten Up and Dig Deep’ The Emmy winner’s Convocation visit also included a clocktower climb—and a yearbook viewing of herself on the Cornell stage
‘I Love the Water, I Love the Team, and I Love the Challenge’ A powerful Big Red rower as an undergrad, Todd Kennett ’91 is the program’s longtime director and men’s heavyweight coach
Meet the Entrepreneur Who Helped Change Wedding Planning In addition to co-founding part of The Knot Worldwide, Tim Chi ’98 was one of the Big Red minds behind Blackboard
For this Researcher and CALS Alum, Everything’s Fishy (in a Good Way) On land and by sea, NOAA scientist and Smithsonian curator Katherine Bemis ’15 collects and categorizes species
Fabric Artist Alum Creates Visual Poetry Whose Meaning Lingers As one museum puts it, the works’ sentiments are ‘often as prickly as her materials are soft and yielding’