A record-high number of Cornell alumni –– 27,685 –– voted for the newest representatives on the University’s Board of Trustees, electing Meredith Rosenberg ’92 and William McAleer ’73 MBA ’75, the University announced Tuesday.

Douglas Shire ’89 is currently working in a Cornell laboratory to develop a retinal implant that he hopes will allow blind individuals to see light, color and even movement by the end of the year.

Tom Allon ’84, president and CEO of Manhattan Media, will prepare to launch his campaign for Mayor of New York City. He will be running on a platform of education reform, job creation and economic development.

After recieving nominations, two Cornellians, Thelma Schoonmaker ’61 and Danfung Dennis ’05, fell short of winning Oscars at the 84th Academy Awards Sunday night.

The Office of Alumni Affairs sent more than 750 students, staff and alumni to the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. this weekend.

To recognize their contributions to literature, the New York State Writers Hall of Fame will induct Kurt Vonnegut ’44 and Toni Morrison M.A. ’55 this July, the organization announced on Jan. 11.

WASHINGTON (AP) — One year after being shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords M.A. ’96 (D-Ariz.) is on a mission to return to the job she so clearly loved.

When Michael Dijamco ’15 moved into room 120 in Risley Hall this August, he tacked his Smallville poster of Superman near the door. Little did he know, Christopher Reeve ’74 — who played the original Superman — occupied that very room his senior year at Cornell.

Harvey Stenger Jr. ’79 will be the next president of Binghamton University, the SUNY Board of Trustees announced Nov. 23.