For the first time, Cornell’s oldest all-gender a cappella group will compete in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Finals, as one of the top eight of 450 groups.
In a year of firsts for the Cornell Fashion Collective’s spring 2022 runway show, the biggest might be the setting: This year’s event, on April 30, will be held outside on the Arts Quad, under three large tents to guarantee a rain-or-shine event.
Cornell’s fingerprints are all over the tasty Big Red Cranberry Sour ale. It uses a Cornell-bred barley, alum-grown hops, and made by Big Red Brewing students with an alum-owned brewery.
Upcoming Balance Festival aims to help students explore current choices and the alternatives available in a way that meets students where they are and recognizes the constraints they face.
Eleven student groups including residence halls, student organizations, and Cornell athletics teams participated in the goal-breaking Ithaca Polar Plunge in late March to support the Special Olympics of New York.
The desire to help and connect to the local community has inspired four alumni and 33 students to join the Varna Volunteer Fire Company, with many students taking on leadership roles.
The Translator-Interpreter Program trains bilingual and multilingual students to serve as translators and interpreters for the community in both emergency and non-emergency situations. It has 45 active translators and interpreters, with 14 languages represented, and has worked with over 300 community agencies since its founding in 2000.
In its third application cycle shaped by COVID-19, Cornell has attracted record interest, admitting a talented, diverse Class of 2026 from a broader range of places than ever before.
