Cornelliana

Initially aimed at tricking readers, the satires—which have actually run at various times of the year—now seek to amuse and lampoon

Since the 1940s, Professor Clive McCay’s recipe has been a nutritious alternative to the typical white stuff

The “Alma Mater” dates back a century and a half, to just a couple of years after classes began on the Hill, and is identified with the University as closely as McGraw Tower or the Ezra statue.

Now in its fourth year, the Alumni Wine by Cornell Alumni Affairs collection comprises one red and one white wine, created by Cornelllian vintners and marketed only to the alumni community.

The time-keeping instrument isn’t just a beloved campus fixture—it’s one of the most accurate of its kind on the planet.

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.

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.

Their walls and halls are intimately familiar—but what do you know about their namesakes?