Curated playlist
Cornell University alumni
- D. Brainerd HolmesD. Brainerd Holmes was hired in 1961 to lead NASA's crewed spaceflight program. He oversaw Mercury.
- Dominique ThorneDominique Thorne got Marvel's Ironheart role without auditioning. Her 2016 screen test for another part counted.
- Cliff EisenCliff Eisen studies where Leopold Mozart's works end and his son Wolfgang's begin.
- Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut survived the bombing of Dresden by hiding in an underground meat locker.
- Jon KleinbergJon Kleinberg found that a web page can matter because of where it sends you.
- Junot DíazJunot Díaz arrived in New Jersey at six unable to speak English. He later won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
- Harold BloomHarold Bloom argued that every poet struggles to escape the shadow of earlier poets.
- Cynthia DworkA technique built to make junk email costly later helped make bitcoin possible. Cynthia Dwork co-created it.
- Frank RosenblattA 1969 book led many to wrongly think Rosenblatt's learning machines were fatally limited.
- Claudia GoldinIn October 2023, the economist Claudia Goldin received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for having advanced our understanding of women's labor market outcomes". Only two women had won the award before her. None had ever won…
- Roger LowensteinA financial journalist won a Lincoln prize for a book on paying for the Civil War. Roger Lowenstein won it in 2022.
- Edward Jay EpsteinAs a graduate student, Edward Jay Epstein published a 1966 book criticizing the Warren Commission.