death
‘Kind and Loving’ Computer Science Student Dies at 19
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Known as a talented computer science student in the College of Engineering, Paul Benton Fisher-York ’22 passed away on Dec. 25 while at home with his family. He was 19.
greek life
Cornell President Martha Pollack Promises Greek Life Reforms by End of Semester
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Pollack said she appreciated the temporary steps made by the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils — which included a pause on social events and some reforms — but that she would fulfill her responsibility to protect student health and safety.
death
Remembrance Service for Freshman Overflows Chapel In Outpouring of Support
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As classes wrapped up Tuesday afternoon, a steady stream of students flowed through Ho Plaza to attend the memorial of freshman Antonio Tsialas ’23.
toni morrison
Peers, Students of Toni Morrison M.A. ’55 Reflect on Her Legacy
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Morrison was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. She is renowned as a prolific fiction writer, literary critic and theorist. Her most famous works include Pulitzer Prize winning Beloved, The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon.
toni morrison
America Reacts to Toni Morrison’s M.A. ’55 Death: Throughout Her Life, Morrison’s Work Moved Cornellians and The Nation
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Here, The Sun collected responses to Morrison’s influence, featuring statements by former President Barack Obama, professors who worked with her and the students who studied Morrison’s work in Goldwin Smith Hall — where she, too, studied over sixty years ago.
Arts & Culture
YANDAVA | Predicting the Inevitable: An Ode to W.S. Merwin
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Merwin instructs us on how to live and make peace with death.
Columns
HAGOPIAN | Men Are Mortal
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Recently I heard someone say something to the effect of “wow, you know, time’s going by really fast. We don’t have that much more time here.” I found out after the fact that she’s a senior and she meant that she didn’t have much time left at Cornell. My reply, however, was something like “yeah, only about sixty-five more years.” Her only response was an incredulous look. This intrigued me. Mortality, I realized, is the last holy thing yet to be profaned.
obituary
Cornell Microbiology Professor Dies at 64
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Professor Eugene Madsen M.S. ’81 Ph.D. ’85, microbiology, remembered as “an all-around amazing person” who lived with enthusiasm and passion, died at 64 on Aug. 9.
Angel Hierro
Cornellians Remember Hierro’s Leadership in Latinx and LGBTQ+ Communities
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“He taught me to not be scared of what people think, and to have confidence in myself,” Pena said. “I am so proud that he was able to touch so many people’s lives.”
Columns
HAGOPIAN | Rest in Power: Significance of a Modern Epitaph
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The phrase “Rest in Peace” (Latin: Requiescat in pace) has been a fixture on Christian gravestones since the 18th century. Its meaning is apparent; let the soul of the person buried here find peace in death. Three words, easily said and seemingly innocuous, yet they have profound implications. There can be no rest without work; the notion of resting in death implies that life is some sort of toil. Then there is the peace aspect of the thing.