In Brief: Spring 2024

By Dee Ann Rexroat | April 15, 2024

A student opens for a campus concert by rapper Waka Flocka Flame, four sisters return for Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Addison Ault’s memorial, and students jump for joy to be learning off campus once again.

  • History and secondary education major Quinn Wilcoxen ’25, aka Kwin the Musician, entertained the Cornell student body at The Big Event in January as the opening act for rapper Waka Flocka Flame.

    History and secondary education major Quinn Wilcoxen ’25, aka Kwin the Musician, opened for rapper Waka Flocka Flame at The Big Event in January. The Big Event is made possible each year through The Richard and Marlene Williams Fund and Student Senate. Photo by Smriti Neupane ’26.

  • The four Iqbal sisters were among the many alumni who came to campus for Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Addison Ault’s memorial in November 2023. Ault and his wife, Janet Ault ’78, embraced and generously supported the Pakistani sisters. Clockwise from top left: Rukhsana Iqbal, Roshan Iqbal ’00, Sonia Mei Hussian (daughter of Roohi Iqbal), Roohi Iqbal ’00, Ronak Iqbal, and Janet Ault. Rukhsana and Ronak attended Cornell briefly.

    Four Pakistani sisters returned for Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Addison Ault’s memorial. Ault and his wife, Janet Ault ’78, embraced and supported the sisters. Clockwise from top left: Rukhsana Iqbal, Roshan Iqbal ’00, Sonia Mei Hussian (Roohi's daughter), Roohi Iqbal ’00, Ronak Iqbal, and Janet Ault.

  • Students in the Block 5 course Traveling Economists jump for joy to be studying abroad once again. David Joyce Professor of Economics Todd Knoop took the class to China, where they were the first American student group ever to visit the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Their host was a nomad yak farmer who now runs a textile and clothing business that employs other Tibetan nomads.

    Students in the Block 5 course Traveling Economists jump for joy to be studying abroad once again. David Joyce Professor of Economics Todd Knoop took the class to China, where they were the first American student group ever to visit the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Their host was a nomad yak farmer who now runs a textile and clothing business. Photo by Yan Liang.