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‘We Can Do Something About It’: Former Rep. Joe Kennedy III Talks Trump Administration, Federal Funding Freeze
Amid Cornell’s $1 billion federal funding freeze and nationwide tensions between universities and the Trump administration, The Sun sat down with former Rep. Joe Kennedy III to talk about the different challenges the United States is facing during a period of accelerated government change. Kennedy, who is the grandson of former Attorney General and New York Senator Robert Kennedy, served in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021 for Massachusetts’s 4th Congressional District. During his time in Congress, Kennedy was selected to deliver the democratic response to President Donald Trump’s 2018 State of the Union Address, an honor only awarded to one member of the Democratic Caucus. Kennedy ran…
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin ’98 Talks Democracy in Democratic Rebuttal to Trump’s Address
Sen. Elissa Slotkin ’98 (D-M.I.) highlighted issues in the economy, government efficiency, immigration and foreign policy in a rebuttal speech to President Donald Trump’s Congressional address on Tuesday night. Slotkin, the junior senator from Michigan, previously served Michigan’s 7th District for three terms in the House of Representatives. Slotkin is the first Cornellian to be elected to the Senate since former Sen. Mark Kirk ’81 (R-I.L.) lost his re-election bid in 2016. She is the fifth Cornell graduate to ever serve in the U.S. Senate. Speaking live from Wyandotte, Michigan, Slotkin emphasized Democrats’ discontent with Trump’s second-term policies in the Democratic rebuttal to Trump’s joint congressional address. Trump’s first address…
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Pianist Jonathan Biss Pairs Classical Music with Modern Works, Talks Mental Health
Pianist Jonathan Biss brought a program of musical compositions regarding tragedy and catharsis to life on the stage of Bailey Hall on Friday evening. His performance, as well as his mental health talk and piano masterclass on Thursday, allowed him to uniquely connect with the Cornell community. Biss is a pianist and musical educator who specializes in classical music scholarship. He is also the co-artistic director of the Marlboro Music Festival held in Marlboro, Vermont. Biss’ two-hour performance on Friday evening drew approximately 600 audience members and was part of the Cornell Concert Series’ 2024-2025 season. Biss’ performance featured three pieces, as well as an encore finale. Biss’ program consisted…
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MULTIMEDIA | Why Grace Elmore ’25 Talks About Sex
MULTIMEDIA/OPINION | The Sun sat down with Grace Elmore ’25 who, under the pseudonym “Annie Position,” has been writing her weekly column “Let’s Talk About Sex” since 2022. Elmore reflected on sex education and why it is important to talk about sexual health, relationships and intimacy. Filmed by Jessica Yao, Jade DubucheEdited by Marian CaballoProduced by Henry Schechter, Jade Dubuche
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Behind Bees’ Buzzing Behavior: Prof. Thomas Seeley Talks New Book at Mann Library
“Human beings and honey bees are almost the same word.” According to Prof. Thomas Seeley, the Horace White Professor in Biology Emeritus, in addition to these phonetic similarities, honey bees also possess a communicative ability that no other species besides humans has — the ability to direct their hive mates to rich food sources by giving them direction and distance information. Seeley presented his latest book, Piping-Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners: 20 Mysteries of Honey Bee Behavior Solved in a Nov. 21 book talk organized through Mann Library’s Chats in the Stacks — a series featuring the recent publications of Cornell faculty. Seeley is an Ithaca native and has been…