The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/athlete/)
At the age of 19, Karen Chen ’23 has already won the 2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, competed at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and published a book. Now, she’s joining Cornell’s Class of 2023.
JT Baker ’21, who was disqualified from the student trustee race, would have won the position had he stayed in the race. He will fill a vacant spot on the Cornell Board of Trustees alongside Jaewon Sim ’21, the undergraduate trustee-elect, for the next two years starting July.
Former Cornell place-kicker launches new wearable technology with his start-up company, hoping that the new product can replace the stopwatches that athletes rely on to measure their running speed.
Cornell Prof. Lawrence Glickman, history and American studies, hopes that the athlete’s presentation on his new book and visit to a Cornell history course will address the responsibilities of athletes “in our political culture,” he said.