July/August 2017 articles
Meet Martha Pollack
Cornell’s new president chats with CAM about her first weeks on campus, her approach to the job, her cultural touchstones, her credo to ‘be kind,’ and much more
Wild Kingdom
Veteran banker Vik Dewan ’76 is the unlikely leader of America’s oldest zoo
Wall Art
A colorful tour of Cornell’s dorm murals
Thanks for the Memories
Reunion 2017
He’s Got the Beat
Leo Ikenaga ’12 tours the world as a member of Japan’s premier taiko drumming group
Green Goddess
Zaro Bates ’11 tends an urban farm on Staten Island
Brew Master
Raise a glass to Penn researcher Patrick McGovern ’66, the Indiana Jones of ancient alcohol
Sound Track
How long-forgotten recordings by David Newburge ’57 sparked a trip through CAM’s archives—and a performance art show now in NYC
Star Man
Above the clouds on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, Simon Radford ’79 runs the Smithsonian’s submillimeter telescope
A New Leaf
CALS leads New York State’s efforts to reintroduce industrial hemp, marijuana’s long-suffering sister plant
