Books Your June 2026 Reads This month’s featured titles include a novel about academia, a civil rights advocate’s memoir, and a dive into punk rock archives
Bear Hugs Remember Going to Triphammer Marketplace? Two Alums Bought It A married couple is planning some improvements to the venerable shopping center, located near campus in the Village of Lansing
Campus & Beyond Big Red Researcher Could Revolutionize Firefighter Gear Inspired by Formula 1 racers’ suits, a Human Ecology prof and his lab are developing new suits that could save lives
Campus & Beyond Raise a Glass to the Newest Alumni with these Statler-Crafted Libations Each spring, the Regent Lounge honors its seniors with cocktail and mocktail tributes—and we have the recipes!
Quizzes & Puzzles How Much Do You Know About the Big Red in the Big Apple? From the Cornell Club to the Tech campus, test your knowledge of your alma mater’s connections to NYC with 10 questions
Alumni Historian Curates the Cosmos—Both Fact and (Science) Fiction The Smithsonian’s Margaret Weitekamp, PhD ’01, ties spaceflight to its role in turbo-charging the human imagination
Campus & Beyond A Repository of Meals, from the Everyday to the Exquisite Kroch Library houses thousands of restaurant menus, many collected by a legendary maître d’ at NYC’s Waldorf Astoria
Alumni Friends, Fun, and Fond Memories: Reunion 2026, in Photos Some 7,500 alumni and their guests returned to the Hill for a weekend of reveling and reminiscing, Big Red style
Alumni This Hotelie is Bringing a ‘Superfruit’ to an Airport (or Campus) Near You A Class of ’19 alum designs the eateries in the health-conscious Sambazon chain, beloved for its açaí bowls and smoothies
Alumni How Lauren Weisberger ’99 Wrote a Novel—and Sparked a Phenomenon Famously inspired by her year at Vogue, The Devil Wears Prada has spawned book sequels, two movies, and even a musical