Books Your August 2025 Reads This month’s featured titles include the latest from a top mystery writer, a Marvel omnibus, and a look at challenges to democracy
Chime In Professional Reinventions Can Be Hard—But Also Very Rewarding As a career development coach based in Washington, DC, I’m seeing firsthand how crisis can lead to opportunity
Alumni How a Home Economics Alum Put Pyrex on the Front Burner Cookware innovator Lucy Maltby 1921 also founded Corning’s famed test kitchen—and ran it for decades
Bear Hugs Alum’s Brand Offers Tasty Treats—Safe from Common Allergens Kimberle Lau ’01 runs Bake Me Healthy, whose cookies and mixes are free of eggs, dairy, nuts, wheat, and more
Campus & Beyond From Springsteen to the Stones: Your Big Red Concert Memories We asked you to recall the musicians you saw on the Hill—and like a great rock show, your responses blew our minds
Alumni Alum’s Book Celebrates the Bounty of the Ithaca Region Now in its second edition, Culinary History of the Finger Lakes taps the expertise of sommelier Laura Winter Falk ’87, PhD ’97
Cornelliana How Cornell Became Home to the World’s First Outdoor Electric Lights In the 19th century, a pioneering ‘dynamo’ not only lit up the campus—it sparked advances in engineering research on the Hill
Students Undergrad’s Start-Up Lets You ‘Hear’ through its Eyeglasses The company makes a smart accessory that uses AI speech-to-text technology to project subtitles viewable only to the wearer
Bear Hugs Alum Helps Kenyan Villagers Earn a Living from their Handicrafts Margaret Higgins Bowker ’68 runs a nonprofit that brings artisans’ work to the U.S.—and a student helped her expand sales online
Alumni With an Alum at the Helm, Co-op Extension Makes a Difference in NY Heading the organization that reaches every county, Andy Turner ’88, MPS ’93, says, ‘There are always new adventures ahead’