Table of Contents Vol. 1 No. 1, Fall 2008

COVER STORY
Financial aid allows more access to Cornell
The university's new financial aid plan is making a Cornell education more affordable for many students and their families. Read more

COVER STORY SIDEBAR
Some returning students also need aid
The new financial aid initiative is not just for freshmen. Returning undergraduate students also are eligible for assistance. Read more

NEWS FROM THE CAMPUSES
News from the campuses
Weill Hall opens...Service-minded students can become public service scholars...Geneva fights plum pox virus...Qatar biomedical research program...Biophysicist Blanchard wins NSF award. Read more

VIEWPOINT
How should we handle college costs?
The cost of college is still too high -- not just at top universities but at public and private colleges across the country. Read more

OUTREACH
How equal is opportunity?
The persistence of racial disparities has made people accept them as normal, says David Harris. Read more

PHOTO ESSAY
Campus hosts over 800 student activities
Cornell has student groups and subgroups for nearly every nationality, ethnicity, religion and inclination. Read more

CAMPUS LIFE
Residential houses of West Campus enrich lives
The West Campus residential houses (with Keeton House now open) are offering students new ways to live and learn. Read more

WORTH SUPPORTING
Worth Supporting: Scholarships
Scholarships aid students and take budget pressure off tuition. Read more

BIG RED ATHLETICS
The student-athlete ideal
Jeomi Meduka and Nathan Ford have honed their student/athlete experiences into a winning formula. Read more

CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell
Highlights and updates from Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell, plus a few student stories. Read more
From The Publisher

Welcome to the debut issue of Ezra, the new quarterly magazine of the Cornell Chronicle, produced by the Division of University Communications in collaboration with the Division of Alumni Affairs & Development (AA&D). Read more