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Lindsay France/Cornell University Dryden (right) and Bradley at their talk, “Lives on the Run: Sports, Service, and Leadership.”
Alumni

'Thoughtful, gracious and humble': Remembering Ken Dryden '69

Cornellians

The co-author of Forever Faithful reminisces about the star goalie as a player, a writer, a sports-safety activist, and a man.

Person wearing a black vest and white shirt, speaking publically
Courtesy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Morse at a ribbon-cutting event for the publication’s new offices in downtown Atlanta.
Distinguished Visiting Journalist

'I love print, but I love journalism even more': Meet Andrew Morse '96

Cornellians

A conversation with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution publisher, former Daily Sun editor, and past Distinguish Visiting Journalist in A&S, whose newspaper will soon be digital-only.

Grassy hill with a road leading up it: Scene from Taiwan
Sam Chang/Unsplash A road in Taiwan
Alumni

18 Cornellians receive Fulbright awards

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell's 2025–26 Fulbrighters, including several A&S alumni and students, will conduct research, study and teach English in Canada, France, Honduras, India, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Norway and Taiwan. Most will be on site by October.

Houses in a neighborhood, seen from above
Clark Ma/Unsplash
Sociology

Sense of place trumps tax breaks in choosing where to live

Cornell Chronicle

There’s no place like home — and even when state-by-state income tax disparities make it profitable to move, high-wage earners seem to agree, according to new Cornell-led research.

Freedom Party 2025 poster
Provided Freedom Party 2025 poster
Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures

Inaugural “Freedom Party” in downtown Ithaca centers on community connection

A&S Communications

A Sept. 27 event taking inspiration from the foundations of the Harlem Renaissance will highlight collaboration, resource sharing and storytelling.

The Nobel Prize as a Gold medal on black background
Events

Three Nobel Laureates to speak on campus this semester

A&S Communications

This fall, the Cornell community has the chance to hear from three Nobel Laureates in one semester, two of whom are alumni: Claudia Goldin ’67, Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, and Richard Thaler.

Tall display case in a museum room that's full of light
Adam T. Smith/Provided Open through Dec. 31, 'Sacred Ground' highlights findings from a four-year archaeological excavation of Ithaca’s St. James A.M.E. Zion Church conducted by Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca school children from 2021–2024.
Ithaca community engagement

‘Sacred Ground’ exhibit receives Historic Ithaca preservation award

A&S Communications

Open now through Dec. 31, the exhibit highlights findings from a four-year archaeological excavation of Ithaca’s St. James A.M.E. Zion Church conducted by Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca school children from 2021–2024.

Book cover: Rural Versus Urban
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Government

How rural vs urban polarization can be repaired

Cornell Chronicle

The study by Cornell government scholars Suzanne Mettler and Trevor Brown spans five decades and includes every U.S. county.

A field of stars surrounding one circular and one oblong area of extreme blackness surrounded by a halo of light
SXS Lensing/Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes Collaboration. A visualization from a computer simulation of two black holes similar to those of GW250124.
Physics

On 10th anniversary, LIGO verifies Hawking’s theorem

A&S Communications

The LIGO-VIRGO-KAGRA team has announced a black hole merger similar to its first detection; a decade’s worth of technological advances allow unprecedented tests of General Relativity to be performed.

Claudia Goldin '67
Clément Morin/© Nobel Prize Outreach Claudia Goldin '67
Economics

Nobel-winning economist to speak on ‘why women won’

Cornell Chronicle

Claudia Goldin ’67, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics, will return to campus to give the 2025 Staller Lecture on Sept. 25.

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binaya_photography on Unsplash Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, Nepal
Anthropology

Nepal expert comments on violent protests in Nepal

A&S Communications

Kathryn March, professor emerita of anthropology, comments on the violent protests in Nepal.

Flag with broad red stripe on top and broad white tripe on bottom on flagpole against a blue sky.
Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash Flag of Indonesia
Government

Cornell expert: Indonesia’s Prabowo ignoring ‘needs of the people’ in cabinet shake-up

A&S Communications

Professor Tom Pepinsky comments on the news that Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has reshuffled his cabinet, removing top economic and security officials.

Lots of students standing in a big space with bright lights overhead facing someone with a microphone.
Amanda Hatcher A crowd of students listens to alum Dan Cane '98 talk about the companies he's founded during an entrepreneurship kickoff event Sept. 4.
Economics

Entrepreneurial students flock to kickoff event

Cornell Chronicle

Niko Tsavekou ’27, an economics major in the College of Arts & Sciences, won the pitch contest for Katha, a creatine-enhanced coconut water recovery drink he created with two friends.

Ken Dryden, in hockey uniform.
Cornell Athletics Ken Dryden ’69 was one of the greatest goalies in NHL history.
Alumni News

Hockey legend Ken Dryden ’69 dies at 78

Cornell Chronicle

Ken Dryden ’69, the legendary Cornell men’s hockey goaltender who still holds the program record for career wins (76) and backstopped the Big Red to its first national championship in 1967, died of cancer Sept. 5.

Glass beakers on a table, one partially filled with liquid
Photo by Hans Reniers on Unsplash
Chemistry & Chemical Biology

‘Three-tailed’ lipid helps cells survive during heart attack, stroke

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers have uncovered the "three-tailed" fat molecule's surprising role in cellular survival: protecting against damage when oxygen runs out.