As students returned to a snowy Ithaca campus Monday, their counterparts at CornellNYC Tech attended the first day of classes at Google’s headquarters in Manhattan, their temporary campus.

Queens community board members warned during a meeting on November 20 that the construction of Cornell NYC Tech will bring traffic and pollution to Astoria, a neighborhood in Queens across the East River from the future site of the tech campus.

Leading up to his Tuesday lecture and D.J. set, The Sun spoke with Prof. Afrika Bambaataa about what he plans to teach at Cornell, government censorship and the mixtape’s effect on hip-hop culture.

A group of more than 50 Cornellians went to The Rockaways in Queens, New York, this weekend to volunteer with relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Nas is a man on a mission.  Nicole Hamilton '16 was drawn in by the rapper's lyricism and honesty at Barton Hall on Saturday.

Peter Jacobs '13 reflects on the toll Hurricane Sandy took on his home of New York City and praises the government relief that saved it.

Alice Wang '15 spent Oct. 16-20 in New York City, listening to dozens of acts great and awful at the 31st annual CMJ Music Marathon. She lists the six hot acts set to make it big real soon.

While Cornell’s Ithaca campus was left largely unscathed by superstorm Sandy, some of the University’s facilities in New York City were damaged or left without power in the wake of the storm.

“[The New York Wheel] is a way for the Johnson School to receive as much visibility in New York City as the CornellNYC Tech campus,” one Cornellian said.