Alum’s Black-Owned Grocery Thrives in a Former Chicago Food Desert Named for an infamous unmet promise of the post-Civil War era, Forty Acres Fresh Market carries a variety of produce and more
Alum’s Search for a Stem Cell Donor for His Son Inspires Campus Drive After Juan Uribe ’96 went viral with his social media campaign, a University effort added 1,350 people to the registry
Student-Run Group Helps Local Residents Who Lack English Fluency For more than a quarter-century, Cornell’s Translator Interpreter Program has offered language services free of charge
Sisters Team Up to Raise Awareness of a Rare Genetic Syndrome After years of medical struggles, Jessica Margrill ’01 finally got a diagnosis for her son; now, she and Heather ’05 are helping others
Is Tony Chen ’12 the World’s Most Devoted Cornellian? He tirelessly promotes the University and its alumni—connecting Big Red grads to their alma mater, and to each other
Meet the 2025 Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award Winners The recipients of one of Cornell’s highest honors were recognized during Trustee-Council Annual Meeting in October
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
Alums’ Farm Scores a ‘Touchdown’ with Bear-Themed Corn Maze Run by the Moores—a three-generation Cornellian family—the bucolic spot has long been a popular source for Christmas trees
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
Siblings Turn their Love for Dishing on Media into a Podcast Tune in to the recent grads behind Sisters Who Watch—which covers everything from reality TV to the Super Bowl and beyond