‘Chopped Junior’ winner finds healing through food

Cassidy Tryon won Food Network’s “Chopped Junior” at age 12, shortly before being diagnosed with Crohn's disease. She's now studying food science at Cornell while continuing to master cooking for her diet.

‘Earth is transitioning’: Models suggest more megadroughts

By the end of this century, Cornell’s Flavio Lehner and others said that megadroughts – extended drought events that can last two decades – will be more severe and longer in the western U.S. than they are today.

Patrick Mehler ’23 spins and wins on ‘Wheel of Fortune’

By holding a sizzling hot hand toward the end of the show, Patrick Mehler won about $40,000 in cash and trip to Barbados (worth $11,000) to win “Wheel of Fortune” on March 21.  

2022 W.E. Cornell cohort celebrates STEM innovation

A select group of student entrepreneurs are chosen from W.E. Cornell's fall cohort to participate in its spring cohort where they conduct customer discovery and hone their business models. 

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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. 

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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.