Boatmun ’23 honored for campus-community leadership

Abigail Boatmun ’23, of Oklahoma, was recognized for her participation and leadership in a myriad of town-gown interests focused on mentorship, literacy and educational equity.

Four honored for excellence in undergraduate advising

Three Cornell faculty members and a senior lecturer have been recognized with Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards for their sustained and distinguished contributions.

Medical school, minus the debt

Weill Cornell Medicine’s debt-reduction program was created in 2019 to cover tuition, fees, housing and living expenses for students with financial need.

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CALS senior wins national student employee award

For her work in developing and teaching nutrition and food justice curricula to adolescents in New York City, Hannah Rudt ’23 has won the 2023 National Student Employee of the Year award – the first Cornellian to ever receive this honor.

Maribel Garcia awardee advances STEM education in Angola

PhD candidate Catia Dombaxe won the 2023 Maribel Garcia Community Spirit Award, a program of the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.

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From poetry to philosophy to politics, senior humanities scholars share research

The end-of-year Humanities Scholar Program research conference May 5 featured presentations by 45 senior undergraduates.

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Students donate handmade canoe to Haudenosaunee youth

On May 7, Cornell students presented a handmade canoe to Hickory Edwards, Onondaga Nation Turtle Clan member and founder of the Haudenosaunee Canoe Journey, a program that guides Indigenous youth through ancestral waterways in upstate New York. 

Technology showcase returns with a BOOM

Bits On Our Minds technology showcase, held April 27 in the Duffield Hall atrium, featured cutting-edge technology projects from across the university.

‘Phenomenal’ Dead & Co. concert awes a grateful crowd

The Big Red was awash in tie-dye May 8 as Dead & Company came to Barton Hall for a jubilant benefit show that had multiple generations celebrating the return of members of the Grateful Dead to the site of one of their most historic shows.