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In 2020, four of the five most-read stories in the Cornell Chronicle related to the pandemic. This year, as of Dec. 1, there was just one COVID-19 story in the top 20 – a reflection of the “new normal” following a year like no other.Of the top 10 Chr

Of the top 10 Chronicle stories in 2021, five were on research, one reported on a major gift to the university and two profiled Cornellians doing extraordinary things – including a graduate who played a key role in NASA’s landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars.

Credit: AP Photo/John Bazemore Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird (10) passes the ball against the Atlanta Dream during the first half of their WNBA basketball game Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in College Park, Ga. A four-time WNBA champ, Seattle Storm’s Sue Bird looks to be among the first athletes to take home five Olympic gold medals (Olympian Diana Taurasi is also eyeing five golds this year). Bird is one of the most decorated athletes in Seattle sports history. She also made headlines off the fiel...

I have soooo much Jersey pride and I know you do too!  So when I found this list of New Jersey athletes and coaches heading to the Olympics by Carly Baldwin from The Patch, I had to highlight it!  The fact that that Bruce Springsteens daughter, Jessica Springsteen, is going to Tokyo has us all wondering what Jersey athletes and towns are representing us in the Olympics.  Maybe an athlete from your town is representing us in the Olympics this year! So many talented Jersey peeps!...

Five Cornellians are set to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics that will take place in Tokyo in July. The athletes will seek to add to Cornell’s total of 61 Olympic medals — including 43 in the summer games and 18 in the winter games.  Six Cornellians won medals in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, but no Cornellian has won a medal at the summer games since 1992. Here is a look at the athletes that will compete in Tokyo. Kyle Dake ’13 – Wrestling Four-time Division I national c...

Bergen County native heads to Tokyo for Olympic US rowing team News 12 Staff Updated on: Jun 29, 2021, 12:52am A Bergen County native will be heading to Tokyo for her second Olympics on the United States rowing team. Tracy Eisser says that she was overcome with relief when she made the team. “Just knowing that in a week I’m getting on a plane and making my way to Tokyo is really exciting,” she says. Eisser, of Fair Lawn, along with her partner Megan Kalmoe, won the women’s pair final at...