The Convocation Committee announced that Bill Nye ’77 will be the 2019 convocation speaker after the Student Assembly meeting on Thursday afternoon. Nye, or “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” is best known as the host of the 19-Emmy-winning PBS children’s science show, Bill Nye The Science Guy. Nye also stars in a Netflix original series called Bill Nye Saves the World, and was the focus of a 2017 biographical documentary film called Bill Nye: The Science Guy. Nye graduated from Cornell in 1977 with a B.S. He was first involved with comedy in 1986 after a stint working for Boeing finally receiving his own show, Bill Nye the Science Guy in 1993.

Source: Daily Sun April 25, 2019 22:41 UTC