Class Notes July / August 2025 Find out what your fellow alums are up to—new jobs, babies, marriages, and much more—in the July / August 2025 Class Notes!
Campus & Beyond From Halting Cancer to Protecting Soldiers, Big Red Research Is at Risk A look at some projects imperiled by federal funding cuts—and how you can support your alma mater through ‘Cornell Matters’
Alumni Money May Not Grow on Trees—But These Plant-Based Wallets Did Heather Jiang, MBA ’16, launched Allégorie, a high-end accessories brand whose vegan ‘leather’ is made from fruit
Alumni Alumna’s Namesake Observatory Takes a Deep Dive Into the Cosmos The facility, which honors astronomer Vera Cooper Rubin, MS ’51, has released its first images—and they’re mind-blowing
Chime In With Science Under Attack, We’re Making Our Voices Heard Through the McClintock Letters, my fellow grad students and I are urging Americans to speak out against cuts in research funding
Campus & Beyond All Fired Up: Meet Cornell’s Only Scientific Glassblower An artist in his own right, staffer Sean Donlon makes bespoke equipment that facilitates discoveries by Big Red researchers
Glorious to View ‘This Beautiful Place of Nature and Learning’: Through Garrett’s Lens Take a trip back to your alma mater with these evocative images by a Class of ’25 alum—who shot thousands of photos as a student
Cornelliana Collegetown 101: How Ezra’s University Shaped a Neighborhood A look at the history—complete with photo tour—of how a sleepy 19th-century enclave became the beating heart of off-campus life
Chime In Why Experimental Art Is More Important Than Ever When we focus on making our work marketable, it’s no longer the creative endeavor that our society so desperately needs