Addressing gaps in legal services for veterans

Read the full story by Eileen Korey in the Cornell Chronicle. In 2023, Cornell Law School launched a new practicum course that serves military veterans. The Veterans Legal Practicum—designed by members of the Cornell Law Veterans Association and Law School staff—addresses a wide gap in legal services for veterans in need of legal information, advice, … Read more

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Paying it forward to first-generation students at Cornell

Read the full story by Kelly Kuehn from Student & Campus Life. “I view it as my story, and it’s a matter of using your story to your advantage,” says Lisa Rangel ’92, a first-generation college student and alumna. She’s also proud of how Cornell helped her and other first-generation students succeed. For instance, Rangel … Read more

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Celebrating first-generation college students

Read the full story from Student & Campus Life. First-generation students—the first in their families to attend college—bring a unique perspective to the Cornell campus. These students are trailblazers, overcomers, achievers, dreamers, and fighters. And they’re no small group; 19.9% of the students in the incoming class of 2026 identified as first-generation college students.

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Accelerating the transformation of global agrifood systems

Read the full story by Blaine Friedlander in the Cornell Chronicle. In 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations introduced its Agrifood Systems Technologies and Innovations Outlook (ATIO) initiative. This project produces a new flagship publication, published biennially, for distribution around the world. Christopher B. Barrett, the Stephen B. and Janice … Read more

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Chuck Feeney, Cornell’s ‘third founder,’ dies at 92

Read the full story by Joe Wilensky in the Cornell Chronicle. Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and Cornell University’s most generous donor, died Oct. 9 in San Francisco. He was 92. Feeney, who quietly devoted his fortune to worldwide causes for decades, invested nearly $1 billion in Cornell through … Read more

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Can you cool a particle accelerator using only lake water?

The Wilson Laboratory, which houses the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, is now tapped into the university’s  Lake Source Cooling system, allowing the lab to be more efficient and sustainable while achieving greater precision for its experiments.

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