Big Red Welcome

With wide smiles and precision planning, Orientation staffers and student volunteers make incoming Cornellians feel right at home

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Cornelliana

Green Thumb: Cornell University Press showcases the prose of plant science pioneer Liberty Hyde Bailey

Stepping It Up: ‘Stewards’ help make Ithaca’s gorges safer for all

Fine Print: America’s oldest university press turns 150

Star Turn: Rediscovered on Betacam, a ‘lost’ lecture by Carl Sagan still resonates

One hundred years after Willard Straight 1901 died in World War I, his legacy lives on in the iconic building that bears his name

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Gorging Ourselves: The brainchild of a Cornellian, Ithaca’s beloved tourism slogan graces T-shirts (and lots of other stuff) far and wide

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Stepping Stones: More than a handy shortcut, the Baldwin Memorial Stairway honors an alum who perished in World War I

A look at the past, present, and future of CU’s iconic Beebe Lake—which, like the University itself, traces its roots to Ezra

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Set Your Watch By It: East Hill’s iconic sundial marries art and science