Cornell is launching the Cornell Career Network, a new university-wide model designed to make career development more connected, accessible, and integrated into the student experience. By uniting career offices across colleges under a shared network, the initiative aims to help students explore opportunities earlier, navigate resources more easily, and build confidence for lifelong success.

Black Student Empowerment received the 30th annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony at an April 20 ceremony in Willard Straight Hall.

It's an annual opportunity for the best and brightest of collegiate culinarians to show off their creativity. Each year the schools named to the Princeton Review Best Campus Food ranking send representatives to Amherst for a showcase dinner at the University of Massachusetts.

Eight teams played six games over three days, and we talked to the many partners who helped coordinate the event so we could do justice to the scale of this collaborative accomplishment.

Cornell Dining launched a Kick the Cup campaign in February, giving all of our coffee shops and cafés a chance to compete against each other to see which outlet could most effectively promote our Beverage Rewards Program and thus most increase its percentage of sales of drinks in reusable mugs.

Cornell Dining marked the 25th anniversary this month of Amit Bhatia Libe Café, one of our flagship coffee shops centrally located off the lobby of Olin Library.

Cornell’s student-run Translator Interpreter Program provides free language services to local communities, helping non-English-speaking residents access essential resources and support.

Thanks for joining us for Cornell Dining’s annual Black History Month dinners this February!

Giving Day 2026

The photo show is part of the Cornell Class of 1966 Thriving Red program.

Cornell University has earned the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, a national recognition of its commitment to hands-on learning and meaningful community partnerships. The designation highlights how community engagement is integrated into teaching, research, and student experiences, connecting academic learning with real-world impact.

Passover begins the evening of April 1st, 2026.

Tricia Hersey, founder of The Nap Ministry, challenged Cornell students and community members to rethink productivity, burnout, and rest during the 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture, framing rest as a human right and a powerful act of resistance.

Cornell celebrated the opening of a new indoor adaptive challenge course at the Noyes Community Recreation Center on Feb. 10. Designed for participants of all abilities, the accessible, team-focused course expands inclusive recreation and community-building opportunities on campus.

Members of the Class of 1966 have contributed generously to bring community, wellness and arts programming directly to the West Campus House System.

A Cornell student and two alumni have been named Schwarzman Scholars for 2026–27 and will pursue a fully funded master’s in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing, joining a prestigious program focused on leadership, global engagement, and cultural exchange.

Katrina Greene ’27, a government major in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been named a John Robert Lewis Scholar by the Faith and Politics Institute. A first-generation student deeply involved in advocacy and equity work at Cornell, Greene is the first Cornell undergraduate to receive the award, which supports emerging leaders committed to advancing social justice through public service and nonviolent change.

Four familiar faces from Cornell women’s hockey will compete on the sport’s biggest stage at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Brianne Jenner ’15 and Kristin O’Neill ’20 will skate for Canada, Laura Fortino ’13 will represent host nation Italy, and Rory Guilday ’25 will make history as the first Big Red alumna to play for the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team.

Inspired by Italian dining culture, Hotelie Maximo Mander ’26 is bringing fresh, handmade pasta to pop-up restaurants while growing a culinary brand with more than 100,000 Instagram followers.

Cornell Dining’s annual Black History Month dinners return this February, celebrating the depth and diversity of cuisines across Africa and the African Diaspora.

As Lent begins on Wednesday, February 18th, we'd like to share with you the offerings available to students, staff, and faculty on campus who are observing this period of fasting.

Writer, multidisciplinary artist, and theologian Tricia Hersey will deliver Cornell’s annual MLK Commemorative Lecture on Feb. 9, exploring her “Rest Is Resistance” framework and the liberatory power of rest, community care, and healing through her work with The Nap Ministry.

As Ramadan begins the evening of Tuesday, February 17th, we'd like to share with you the resources available to students, staff, and faculty on campus who are observing this month of fasting.

Over the past five years the number of students unable to rely exclusively on food available from the serving lines at Cornell Dining’s residential dining rooms, who thus need individualized prepared meals, has quadrupled.

Please return any borrowed Cornell Dining tableware before you leave for winter break, no questions asked!