Singles — Michael Wenye Li

Scroll

Three students tear down a snowy Libe Slope on a yellow pool floatie as a crowd watches from the top

Three students tear down Libe Slope on a pool floatie as a crowd waits its turn. Cornell cancelled all classes after nearly a foot of snow fell overnight. Sledding on the slope has been technically banned since the 1970s. (December 2, 2019)

A student in a yellow sweater speaks at the center of a packed meeting hall while dozens sit and stand around her

Maya Cutforth, president of Cornell's undergraduate sorority council, speaks at a student-run forum on campus safety and Greek life reform. The meeting followed the death of a freshman who died after attending an unregistered fraternity party, prompting nearly all of Cornell's fraternities to voluntarily suspend social events for the rest of the semester. (November 7, 2019)

Masked customers peer through the chalk-covered windows of Collegetown Bagels during the pandemic

Masked customers peer through the chalk-covered windows of Collegetown Bagels. CTB, a Cornell fixture since 1976, shuttered at the pandemic's start. Its glass became a public message board. (May 29, 2020)

Two locals gaze out the window of the Ella-bound train in Sri Lanka as green hills blur past

Through a cracked pane, the tea-plantation hills of Sri Lanka's central highlands blur past locals riding the Ella-bound train. (August 2, 2018)

Four children with face paint lean on a railing at Schoellkopf Field before the Homecoming football game

Children in face paint await the start of the Homecoming football game against Yale at Schoellkopf Field, Cornell University. (September 23, 2018)

Overhead view of a student addressing over a hundred people gathered on the floor of the Klarman atrium at Cornell

Over one hundred Ithaca community members, Cornell students and faculty congregated in the Klarman atrium to participate in The People's School. (January 29, 2017)

A primary school student looks at the camera in a classroom at Changjiang Siyuan Experimental School in Hainan Province, China

A student at Changjiang Siyuan Experimental School in Hainan Province, China. Founded in 2009, the boarding school serves children of immigrant families. (October 28, 2014)

Students in blue uniforms lean over balcony railings at Changjiang Siyuan Experimental School with red characters on the facade

Students from Changjiang Siyuan Experimental School in Hainan Province, China, look down from the academic building. The red characters on the façade, 求精, 善思, translate as Seek Excellence, Think Well. (October 28, 2014)

A woman shouts at an immigration rights protest at Ithaca Commons with signs and flags behind her

Ithacans protest on immigration rights at Ithaca Commons days after Donald Trump's announcement of a travel ban on Muslim-majority countries. (January 28, 2017)

Students march past McGraw Tower carrying signs at the March for Our Lives rally at Cornell

Cornell students and Ithaca residents took part in the nationwide March for Our Lives protest to speak out against gun violence in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida mass school shooting that took the lives of 17 in February 2018. (March 24, 2018)

A child holds a Reject Racism sign above their head at a snowy immigration rights protest in Ithaca

More than a hundred Ithacans protest on immigration rights at Ithaca Commons. A child holds a "Reject Racism!" sign above the crowd. (January 28, 2017)

Students spread across Libe Slope at sunset overlooking Ithaca and the Cayuga Valley

Students spread across Libe Slope at dusk as the Cayuga Valley opens below them. (October 11, 2018)

A local leans on the window of a Galle-bound train in Sri Lanka with the coast visible behind him

A local leans on the window of a Galle-bound train in Sri Lanka. The coastal line runs so close to the Indian Ocean that, at high tide, waves have been known to wash the tracks. (July 30, 2018)

Colorful lights stream across the Bernie Milton Pavilion as festival goers listen and dance with headphones during the silent disco

Lights stream across the Bernie Milton Pavilion as festival goers listen and dance to music from headphones during the silent disco in Ithaca, N.Y. (December 6, 2019)

A woman gazes downward on an A train to Lefferts Blvd, framed through the subway window

A commuter rides the A train to Lefferts Blvd in New York. (November 23, 2016)