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Students
Debaters Win Championship
Cornell Speech & Debate Program duo from ILR and the College of Arts and Sciences won top honors in national finals.
Finger Lakes Region high school students are invited to join international peers for a week of learning with Cornell faculty, debate coaches and colleagiate debaters.
David Hernandez ’23 is one of more than 90 undergraduate veterans now at Cornell, a number that has nearly quadrupled over the past five years thanks in part to proactive peer outreach by student veterans.
Patrick Mehler ’23, a senior in the ILR School and an alderperson on the City of Ithaca’s Common Council, is a founding member and president of Cornell Votes.
Yu An Chen’22 is the latest recipient of the Kheel Center’s Undergraduate Research Award for outstanding scholarship using materials at Kheel or other archives at Cornell.
Cornell Welcomes Students, Marks Milestone in Residential Life
Cornell Chronicle
The move-in process has been extended from three days to five to accommodate the greater number of students, with first-year students arriving Aug. 15-17 and upper-class students moving in Aug. 18-19.
An ILRie who served as an Intergroup Dialogue Project facilitator for three years says the program helps students know they’re not alone and builds capacity for others to not feel alone.
Khary Price '22 is a winner of the Ronald P. Lynch Senior Spirit Award, given to student-athletes whose leadership on and off the field model the ideals of the Big Red athletics department.
A pair of ILR seniors on the Cornell men’s lacrosse team will miss graduation Saturday when they participate in the NCAA national semifinals vs. Rutgers.
Sherell Farmer ’22, co-founder of Cornell Students 4 Black Lives, co-executive director of the Undergraduate Labor Institute and an ILR High Road participant, received a State University of New York Chancellor’s Award.
Patrick Mehler ’23 Takes a Spin on Wheel of Fortune
Cornell Chronicle
Patrick Mehler ’23, a student in the ILR School and a member of the Ithaca Common Council, will appear on Wheel of Fortune on Monday, March 21 at 7 p.m. on WSYT-TV (Fox).