Pioneering Big Red Players Look Back at Early Days of Women’s Varsity Athletics In a Zoom roundtable, eight alumnae who competed in the 1970s share their memories—and how those experiences have shaped their lives
Book Looks Back at Heady Days of 1970s Big Red Men’s Lacrosse In an excerpt, a star player revs up his teammates during halftime of a big game against a key rival
April Fool! ‘Daily Sun’ Parodies Poke Fun at Life on the Hill Initially aimed at tricking readers, the satires—which have actually run at various times of the year—now seek to amuse and lampoon
Classic ‘Cornell Bread’ Is Still a Favorite of Health-Conscious Bakers Since the 1940s, Professor Clive McCay’s recipe has been a nutritious alternative to the typical white stuff
Hail, All Hail, Cornell! 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.
Wine Program Offers Limited-Edition Red, White to Alumni Oenophiles 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 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?