Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC
New digs: Claudine Gay settles in at Massachusetts Hall—just across the Old Yard from her former Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean’s office in University Hall—on July 5, the first (post-holiday) workday in the thirtieth president’s new administration. A profile of President Gay appears elsewhere in this issue.
A labor economist, an organic chemist, a physicist, and a memory researcher were honored with 2026 “genius” grants.
Professor Cornell William Brooks and Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts hold a lively debate on DEI and Project 2025.
Amid contract negotations, two unions are discussing a joint walkout this fall.
The play Spare Parts is a contemporary fable about the quest to live forever.
The 2026-2027 Ledecky and Summer Undergraduate Fellows
But it can’t replace human connection.
