2025 Fall Cornell Report

A collage of items featured in the Cornell A to Z article.

Cornell College A–Z

17 November 2025
Quotes from the six students, from the class of 2029, whose admissions essays were featured in the Fall 2025 Cornell Report.

Admission essays tell a story

17 November 2025
Rhawn Denniston (right) works with students Danielle Polson ’18 (center) and Shay Rule ’18 to explore how stalagmites in an Australian cave can provide answers to how climate change impacts the region.

50 years of environmental studies

17 November 2025

No. 1

Front cover of the Fall 2025 Cornell ReportBack cover of the Fall 2025 Cornell Report

Volume 49 / FALL 2025

EDITOR
Jill Hawk
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Dallas Funk '03

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Rachel Weber

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Drake Klemme

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