Jordy Singer isn't waiting around for opportunities to come her way. She's making them happen. A Cornell junior who transferred from Human Ecology to the Hotel School, Jordy has embraced everything Cornell has to offer—from competitive business clubs and leadership roles to internships at Rose Associates and an upcoming summer at Blackstone. She takes us behind the scenes of Establishment, where Hotel School students run a real restaurant. We also talk about her Cornell family ties, our SDT, ...

Caroline Coors has lived in more places than most people twice her age, so she knows a thing or two about being the new girl! After transferring from Cal Poly to Cornell, she learned that finding your people doesn't always happen overnight. She also discovered that Cornell is, as she puts it, "sneaky fun," and that there are endless opportunities to be engaged in and out of the classroom. We catch up with Caroline in Copenhagen to talk about making friends, building confidence, Slope Day memo...

It's been a difficult and heartbreaking time for the Cornell community. Recent events have left many feeling angry, saddened, disappointed, and concerned. We share those feelings, recognize the pain of those directly affected, and appreciate the voices speaking up, asking hard questions, and demanding accountability and meaningful change. This week, it's just the two of us. We wanted to acknowledge what's happening, share some of our own feelings, and talk about what it means to love Co...

AI can give us answers faster than ever—but getting the answer is only part of making a good decision. Cheryl Strauss Einhorn '91 returns to talk about her new book, The Human Edge, how to work with AI to make better decisions, and why judgment, self-awareness, and critical thinking are becoming more valuable than ever in the age of AI. We've made the decision that she can come back whenever she wants. We always get smarter after talking to her. If you want to be smarter too, you can find her...

Rachel Doyle ’05 was just 17 when she turned a brilliant idea into GlamourGals. More than 25 years later, that idea is still bringing teenagers and older adults together. We talked with Rachel about starting young, building something that lasts, and the Cornell experiences and relationships that helped shape the journey. We also talk about ambition, connection, some advice that changed the way she thought about her organization—and why the real magic of GlamourGals has never actually been sol...

Max Hartley ’29 has been at Cornell for one month—and somehow he’s already everywhere. The 20-year-old sophomore transfer is studying in ILR, singing with Last Call A Cappella, running, building businesses and creating Sillage—what he calls “Letterboxd for fragrance fans.” We talk about leaving a college he loved for Cornell, finding his people as a transfer, getting the knock on his dorm-room door that changed his Cornell experience, and why he can sometimes identify a stranger’s cologne jus...

Gary Yarnell knew he wanted to be a veterinarian at two years old. He never changed his mind. At Cornell, he raced through undergrad, met his future wife Laurie—and once rescued a parakeet from anatomy lab by putting it in his pocket and sneaking it out. Then came vet school, 45 years of caring for animals, and a Rye practice he built by being there for his patients around the clock. Literally. Gary tells us what veterinary medicine taught him about animals, people, empathy and letting go; ho...

What happens when two Cornell track athletes start commiserating about watered-down iced coffee on a 14-mile run? For Ben Gibson and Mikey Dizon-Bumann, it turned into Kube & Co. They tell us how they took a problem iced coffee drinkers have dealt with forever and figured out a way to actually solve it—through countless experiments, incredible creativity, unexpected setbacks, and a lot of persistence. We hear why their very different skill sets make them great partners and how Cornell—fro...

If you’ve been on Cornell’s campus lately, chances are you’ve seen—or heard about—Anmo Li ’28, aka the pogo stick guy. Anmo is a world-ranked extreme pogo stick athlete and founder of the Cornell Pogo Club. He joins us to talk about Pogopalooza, going viral on campus, why getting good at pogo sticking means getting comfortable with failure, and his plans to help reinvent the modern pogo stick. We also talk about his path to Cornell as a transfer student, his passion for nutrition and the gut ...

Since being introduced to Jon Gordon ’93 just a few weeks ago, Michelle has read seven of his books—and genuinely feels changed by them. Then we talked with Jon, and Steph felt it too. There is something about the way Jon thinks, teaches and tells a story that stays with you. Jon is the bestselling author of more than 30 books, including The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, The Hard Hat and The Power of Positive Habits. He is also one of the world’s most sought-after speakers and works with CEOs, b...