Return of the dragon: Two-headed beast revives Dragon Day

Scrapped twice by the pandemic, Dragon Day is set to return April 1 with architecture students collaborating to parade through campus a two-headed “scrap dragon” built from recycled materials.

Students celebrate Match Day at Weill Cornell Medicine

Students in the Weill Cornell Medical College Class of 2022 learned on national Match Day where they will be doing their internship and residency training – setting the stage for the next several years of their medical careers and lives.

Patrick Mehler ’23 spins his chance on ‘Wheel of Fortune’

ILR student Patrick Mehler, also a member of Ithaca Common Council, wants to buy a vowel – and add a few consonants – when he spins for a chance to win money tonight on “Wheel of Fortune.”

The Second City Comes to Cornell

To help students develop networking and interviewing skills, Cornell Career Services and Cornell University Program Board will host Second City Works improvisors for a series of programs and exercises on March 25 and 26. 

Around Cornell

Hotel Ezra Cornell drink winners play up pineapple

The student-created signature drinks for Hotel Ezra Cornell 97 to celebrate the Nolan School of Hotel Administration’s centennial, feature the humble pineapple, long a hospitality symbol.

CALS junior earns national award for addressing social change

Christina Ochoa, who advocates for incarcerated people serving life sentences in New York state through the Cornell University Parole Initiative, earned the Newman Civic Fellowship for her dedication to transforming systemic injustice in prisons and parole policies.

Ukrainian veterinary student looks homeward

Maryna Mullerman, a first-year veterinary student, left Ukraine on her own at age 15 to pursue her education in the U.S. Cornell had always been her dream school, she says.

Student muralist explores public art, policy link

Junior Nate Reilly jumpstarts his own artistic career while working to enhance the arts from a systemic and policy-oriented lens as a participant in the Cornell in Washington program.

Cornell Bowers CIS hits milestone 2,000 majors

For the first time in its 23-year history, the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science has more than 2,000 undergraduate majors within its three departments – the latest milestone amid a sixfold growth in enrollment over the last decade.