Ithaca Common Council Opens Applications for Fourth Ward Alderperson after Patrick Kuehl ’24 Steps Down

By Shubha Gautam · Friday, Aug. 28, 2026

The Ithaca Common Council announced on Aug. 12 that applications are open for the position of Fourth Ward Alderperson. The position was vacated after Alderperson Patrick Kuehl ’24 (D-4th Ward) announced his resignation in early July.

Student Assembly Meeting on January 24th, 2019. (Haonan Peng Sun Staff Photographer).JPG

Student Assembly Opens New Term With Committee Appointments, New Standing Rules

By Emma Spindler · Friday, Aug. 28, 2026

‘Students Not Bombs’: Student Coalition Demands Cornell Divest from Israel

By Mary Caitlin Cronin · Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026

Cornell Launches AI Critical Literacy Program for All First-Year Undergraduate Students

By Coral Platt · Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026

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Cornell Among 30 Institutions Asked by Pentagon to Audit Foreign Ties

By Atticus Johnson · Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026

The Pentagon has ordered 30 universities, including Cornell, to review collaborations with foreign “entities of concern," according to a Monday release.

AK Okereke ’25 Signs Two-Way Contract With L.A. Lakers, Joining Former Teammate Chris Mañon ’24

By Everett Chambala · Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026

Cornell Removes Universitywide Essay Question for Fall 2027 Applicants

By Everett Chambala · Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026

‘This Is the Place I Want to Be’: Incoming Freshmen Make the Move to Campus

By Varsha Bhargava · Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026

Science & Tech

Prof. Robert Howarth to Retire After a Lifetime of Legacy

By Leah Chang · Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026

After three decades of teaching and renowned global research impact, Prof. Robert Howarth, ecology and evolutionary biology, will retire in December.

‘Whole Person Health’: Inside Weill Cornell Medicine’s Research in Integrated Opioid Use Disorder Care

By Sofia Romero · Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026

How Andrew Bovenzi Brought a Life-Size Dinosaur to the Museum of the Earth

By Kitty Zhang · Monday, July 20, 2026

A Dog Named Dug: The Science Behind Therapy Animals

By Angela Shi · Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Arts & Culture

HATER FRIDAY | Stop Making TikTok Edits

By Ali AlSaif · Friday, Aug. 28, 2026

Ali AlSaif '29 criticizes the overabundance of short form edits online, arguing that these edits often include irrelevant moments dressed up to create as much hype and "aura" as possible.

TEST SPINS | The Rolling Stones: ‘Beggars Banquet’

By Sydney Levinton · Friday, Aug. 28, 2026

Dolly Parton: A Tribute to the Reign of the Queen of Country

By Gia Lish · Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026

TJADEN | The Hush and Rush of an Ithaca Summer

By Hazel Tjaden · Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026

Sports

Men’s Lightweight Rowing Placed on Three-Year Probation For Hazing, Rower Disputes Report

By Zeinab Faraj · Wednesday, July 29, 2026

A newly released hazing report placed the men’s lightweight rowing on probation through Spring 2029. A team member denied the allegations and disputed the University’s findings.

Track and Field Teams With Penn to Sweep Oxford and Cambridge in Transatlantic Series

By Christine Savino · Thursday, July 16, 2026

Track and field teamed up with the University of Pennsylvania to sweep the team titles against Oxford and Cambridge in the 2026 Transatlantic Series on June 27, claiming decisive men’s, women’s and combined victories in Cambridge, England.