Campus & Beyond That Golf Course May Owe Its Lush Greens to Big Red Researchers Led by Frank Rossi, PhD ’92, CALS’ Turfgrass Program helps promote optimal growth, reduce pesticides, and more
Ask the Expert Back to In-Person Work? Classics Prof Offers Tips on Office Humor Mike Fontaine, author of How to Tell a Joke, weighs in on the best ways to bond with colleagues through shared laughter
Alumni Historic Marker Honors an Ithaca Home of Toni Morrison, MA ’55 Dedicated on what would have been the famed author’s 95th birthday, it commemorates a house where she lived as a student
Alumni Rory Guilday ’25 and Team USA Take Home Ice Hockey Gold It was the Olympic debut for the Arts & Sciences alum—the first Cornellian woman to represent the nation in the sport
Alumni Meet the Alum Who Helped Bring ‘Heated Rivalry’ to TV Screens Justin Stockman, MBA ’09, is an executive producer on the hit show about a romance between two male hockey stars
Alumni ‘I Hadn’t Come for the Oddness of the Art World’ In a memoir of her six-decade career, painter Pat Sutton Lipsky ’63 reflects on life, work, and the power of color
Alumni Alum Leads Urban Design Collective that Preserves Black Community Emma Osore ’09 is executive director of BlackSpace, which unites planners, architects, activists, and others in a common cause
Books Your February 2026 Reads This month’s featured titles include a novel on midlife reinvention, a look at the urban-rural divide, and a guide to mindfulness
Storytime with Corey The Overlooked Story of Cornell’s First African American Student Having escaped enslavement as a child, Thomas Shauter 1882 matriculated on the 10th anniversary of the University’s opening