Fresh from the Hill: Inside Stories of Noteworthy Cornellians

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Fresh from the Hill: Inside Stories of Noteworthy Cornellians will give you an inside look into the lives of some of our most notable young Cornellians. Learn who they are and what role Cornell University played in their professional and personal lives. Communicator Award of Excellence winner 2020. Created and produced by Amanda Massa.Music by Kia Albertson-Rogers '13.Artwork by Chris Kelly.

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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Cornell alumni turn institutional memory into lived education through detailed conversations about learning, cultural action, service, and creative formation.

Fresh from the Hill moves between alumni conversations, campus history talks, and special programs, using Cornell as a vantage point on how people learn from an institution and one another.

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A pumpkin on Cornell's clock tower is your cue that campus memory can get wonderfully specific.

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CLAA Series: Manuel Muñoz MFA '98Jan 10, 2024

A Cornell conversation about craft, reading, identity, and gratitude.

The episode follows Manuel Munoz through a writing life shaped by classes, teachers, reading, Cornell, and a period in New York publishing before academia.

Winners of the Inaugural Robert S. Harrison '76 Recent Alumni Volunteer AwardDec 27, 2023

A warm alumni-community look at how volunteering becomes a lasting habit.

Fresh from the Hill treats Cornell alumni volunteerism as something lived, not merely celebrated. Julie Voltaggio guides the piece with reunion energy and an eye for how alumni life stretches across places like Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

CLAA Series: The Day Hall Takeover with Kety Esquivel '97Nov 15, 2023

A protest story that turns campus memory into something immediate, detailed, and human.

This piece traces the Day Hall Takeover through Ketty Esquivel's memory of arriving at Cornell in the summer of 1993 at age 17, still very much a baby freshman.

Cornelliana with Corey: Halloween Haunted History (REBROADCAST: original air date 10/26/21)Oct 26, 2022

Cornell Halloween lore with haunted history, trivia, and a loose story-first pace.

This Cornell Halloween edition of Cornelliana with Corey features Corey Earle, class of 2007, in a live talk originally broadcast on October 26, 2021.

Cornellians in Podcasting: Interview HourJun 8, 2022

A deadpan interview about a bathroom monitor, CPR timing, and a parking-lot therapy routine.

This episode turns a modest civic premise into a dry, steady conversation, using a bathroom monitor and hand-washing timer to open into CPR timing, airport CPR training, and the small routines people build around bodily embarrassment and public duty.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    CLAA Series: Manuel Muñoz MFA '98

    Hidden gem

    The hosts welcome Manuel Muñoz as a Cornell MFA alum, novelist, short story writer, and recent recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant.

    Jan 10, 2024·49m·2 clips
  2. 2

    Winners of the Inaugural Robert S. Harrison '76 Recent Alumni Volunteer Award

    Hidden gem

    Julie Voltaggio opens the show.

    Dec 27, 2023·49m·3 clips
  3. 3

    CLAA Series: Mary Carmen Gasco-Buisson '97

    Dec 13, 2023·29m
  4. 4

    CLAA Series: Eduardo Peñalver '94

    Nov 29, 2023·38m
  5. 5

    CLAA Series: The Day Hall Takeover with Kety Esquivel '97

    Hidden gem

    Joseph brings Ketty Esquivel back to Fresh from the Hill for the SELA series.

    Nov 15, 2023·48m·3 clips
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    CLAA Series: Ana Pinczuk '84, MEng '85

    Oct 25, 2023·28m
  7. 7

    CLAA Series: Los Anfitriones (the hosts)

    Oct 11, 2023·34m
  8. 8

    Any Person, As Many Studies As You Want - Bryce Demopoulos '23

    Jul 19, 2023·48m
  9. 9

    REBROADCAST: Being a Cornell Trustee - Doug Mitarotonda '02, MEng '03, MA '07, PhD '09 (original air date: 2/3/21)

    Jan 18, 2023·29m
  10. 10

    Try the Things - Alison Leiby '06

    Jan 4, 2023·53m
  11. 11

    Living the Best Life in Paris - Adja Toure '18

    Dec 21, 2022·47m
  12. 12

    Put Yourself Out There - Alexis Wilson '19

    Dec 7, 2022·49m
  13. 13

    A Premium on Collaborations - Dr. Glenn Altschuler MA '73, PhD '76

    Nov 23, 2022·57m
  14. 14

    Meet Sydney Mann '18

    Nov 9, 2022·42m
  15. 15

    Cornelliana with Corey: Halloween Haunted History (REBROADCAST: original air date 10/26/21)

    Hidden gem

    Corey Ryan Earle opens a Halloween Cornell history talk on a gray, rainy evening in Ithaca.

    Oct 26, 2022·50m·3 clips
  16. 16

    REBROADCAST: The Business of Broadway - Dana Lerner '14 (original air date: 5/15/19)

    Jun 29, 2022·33m
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    Cornellians in Podcasting: Interview Hour

    Hidden gem

    Lauren opens with a brisk welcome.

    Jun 8, 2022·53m·3 clips
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    Cornellians in Podcasting: BYOB: The Healthcare Podcast

    May 25, 2022·36m
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    Cornellians in Podcasting: Entreprenista feat. Susan Danziger '86

    May 11, 2022·48m
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    Cornellians in Podcasting: Entreprenista Podcast feat. Gwen Whiting '98

    Apr 27, 2022·55m
  21. 21

    Cornellians in Podcasting: "I" Statements

    Apr 13, 2022·30m
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    REBROADCAST: No Need to Settle - Hilary Lashley Renison '05, MEng '07, MBA '09 (original air date: 9/16/20)

    Mar 30, 2022·39m
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    REBROADCAST: Designing the World Around us - Erica Fischer '07 (original air date: 9/2/20)

    Mar 16, 2022·42m
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    REBROADCAST: From Finance to Fashion - Joanna Dai '08 (original air date: 8/19/20)

    Mar 2, 2022·47m
  25. 25

    Cornellians in Podcasting: Cidiot

    Feb 16, 2022·36m
  26. 26

    REBROADCAST: Find Your North Star - Svante Myrick '09 (original air date: 10/31/18)

    Feb 2, 2022·46m
  27. 27

    Cornellians in Podcasting: Law & Society Talk

    Jan 19, 2022·47m
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    Introducing Cornellians in Podcasting

    Jan 5, 2022·4m
  29. 29

    REBROADCAST: Who Made Your Beats For You? - Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo '08, MA '15 (original air date 11/28/18)

    Dec 22, 2021·37m
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    World-Renowned - Colin Hancock '19

    Dec 8, 2021·37m
  31. 31

    Coming Through in the Gig Economy - Kobina Ansah '08

    Nov 24, 2021·33m
  32. 32

    Music and Mental Health - Alex Kresovich '08

    Nov 10, 2021·44m
  33. 33

    Cornelliana with Corey: Halloween Haunted History

    A Halloween-themed episode exploring spooky stories and haunted history of Cornell University.

    Oct 27, 2021·50m
  34. 34

    Meet Armon Sadler '17 and Nic Earley '17

    Oct 13, 2021·43m
  35. 35

    Stay Busy - Armon Sadler '17 & Nic Earley '17

    Sep 29, 2021·20m
  36. 36

    REBROADCAST: Second Chances - Darnell Epps '19 (original air date: 6/26/19)

    Sep 15, 2021·43m
  37. 37

    Prisoners are People Too - Maurice Chammah '10

    Sep 1, 2021·52m
  38. 38

    Check Your Privilege - Sydney Mann '18

    Aug 18, 2021·42m
  39. 39

    A Powerful Voice - Dawn Kamoche '07

    Aug 4, 2021·51m
  40. 40

    The Sky's the Limit - Flori Marquez '13

    Jul 21, 2021·38m
  41. 41

    Ten Million Miracles - Will Gluck '93

    Jul 7, 2021·30m
  42. 42

    Meet Camila Salazar '16

    Jun 23, 2021·44m
  43. 43

    CBAA Legacy - Current CBAA Board

    Jun 9, 2021·1h
  44. 44

    Amplifying Black Voices - John Rawlins III '06

    May 26, 2021·20m
  45. 45

    A Force for Change - CBAA Presidents Roundtable Pt. 2

    May 12, 2021·42m
  46. 46

    A Labor of Love - CBAA Presidents Roundtable Pt. 1

    Apr 28, 2021·56m
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    Standing Strong - The Founders of the Cornell Black Alumni Association (CBAA)

    Apr 14, 2021·59m
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    A Syllabus for Adulting - Tiffany Southerland '06

    Mar 31, 2021·27m
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    Alpha Phi Alpha: A Legacy of Leadership - Eric Elmore '86, JD '89 & Ernie Jolly '09

    Mar 17, 2021·45m
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    There Was Nothing Wrong With My Dream - Ahmed Ahmed '17

    Host John Rollins interviews Cornell alumnus Ahmed Ahmed, a former refugee turned Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Medical student, about his life journey.

    Mar 3, 2021·46m