Bear Hugs Far Across Cayuga’s Waters, Alum Reprises Record Swim Four decades after Claire de Boer ’83, BS ’85, swam the lake’s length, she teamed up for a relay in another alum’s memory
Storytime with Corey Why the Hill Is Home to Amazing ‘Collections of Collections’ Our Big Red history expert recalls the McGraw Hall museum, which once housed an astounding array of objects
Bear Hugs CALS Alum Celebrates Indigenous ‘Dryland’ Farming Techniques A member of the Hopi tribe, Michael Kotutwa Johnson ’99 is spreading the word about how ancient methods nurture crops
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