Quizzes & Puzzles Trivia with Corey! Test Your Knowledge of Cornell at the Oscars Big Red history expert Corey Ryan Earle ’07 offers a challenging prelim on alums nominated for one of filmmaking’s highest honors
A CAU Trip Sparks a Look Back at Cornell’s Ties to Cuba Among the many connections: national hero José Martí was an ardent admirer of the University and its founding principles
What’s the Weather Going to Be? Check the Signal Pole! Cornellians have long known the joys of ‘Ithacation’—and earlier generations got their forecasts the old-fashioned way
Off to See the Wizard: Cornell’s Links to an Iconic Book and Film From its feminist influences to an alum in a key role, there’s a bit of the Big Red behind the Emerald City
Why Your Thanksgiving Turkey Has a Cornell Pedigree In the mid-1900s, one CALS department changed our holiday tables—and an industry
Why Early Cornell Students Took a Sepulchral Shortcut Back when getting to class meant trudging uphill from downtown, the quickest route was through Ithaca’s oldest cemetery
Cornellians-in-Chief? A Roundup of Big Red Presidential Hopefuls Over the decades, a handful of alums—from a media magnate to an Esperanto fan—have vied for the White House
Student Orientation, from Freshman Camp to the “Face Book” In the University’s earliest days, new arrivals had to fend for themselves—but a welcoming system soon took root
Why All the Olympic Rings Could Be Colored (Big) Red Cornell and its alumni have played prominent roles in the Games—even before they were founded
After a Century on Hoy Field, Baseball Slides into a New Home A look back at the Big Red’s early days on the diamond—plus a photo tour of the team’s state-of-the-art facility