The Engineering Quad’s Iconic Sundial Marries Art and Science The time-keeping instrument isn’t just a beloved campus fixture—it’s one of the most accurate of its kind on the planet.
Anchors Aweigh: Big Red Names Graced WWII-Era Hulls From the Liberty-class S.S. Andrew D. White to the cargo ship S.S. Cornell Victory, there were quite a few World War II-era ships bearing names that would make Big Red alumni proud.
Cornell’s First Female Doctoral Grad May Preston Slosson, PhD 1880, was Cornell’s first female doctoral graduate—as well as the first woman in the U.S. to earn a PhD in philosophy.
The Lives Behind Some of the Hill’s Iconic Buildings Their walls and halls are intimately familiar—but what do you know about their namesakes?