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CEN NYC: Pitch Night gives entrepreneurs the mic

One good idea, three minutes to share it, and an enthusiastic audience of more than a hundred—that’s the formula behind Cornell Entrepreneur Network NYC: Pitch Night, June 14, when 10 … Read more

By Kate Blackwood June 26, 2017
Alumni elect Sheila Wilson Allen '76, DVM '81(left) and Linda Gadsby '88(right).

An in-depth Q&A with our new alumni-elected trustees

What are your feelings as you start your terms as alumni-elected trustees? Allen: I feel a huge sense of responsibility to try to represent the alumni in this capacity, and … Read more

By Kate Blackwood June 16, 2017
Alumni of the Glee Club and Chorus

Reunion 2017 connects alumni to each other and Cornell

On Saturday night of Reunion 2017, a packed Bailey Hall rose to its feet to honor Esther Bondareff ’37, who joined Cornelliana Night of her 80th Reunion via live stream … Read more

By Kate Blackwood June 13, 2017
Moderator Christopher Crockett speaks to the audience at This is Rocket Science.

“This Is Rocket Science” celebrates Cornell in space

“Cornellians have flown on the space shuttle. They’ve sent spacecraft to every world in the solar system and built telescopes that have peered clear across the universe,” said science writer … Read more

By Kate Blackwood April 12, 2017
Pam Marrone '78 and Katrina James '96

Volunteers broaden their scope of service as alumni-elected trustees

Alumni chose Katrina James ’96 and Pamela Marrone ’78 to serve on the Cornell University Board of Trustees in May 2016. They took office in July and participated in their … Read more

By Kate Blackwood March 28, 2017
Kevin Morris '85

Kevin Morris ’85 mentors student writers

In 2008, with his Los Angeles-based entertainment law firm doing great, Kevin Morris ’85 turned to his mentor, Cornell professor Glenn Altschuler MA ’73, PhD ’76, to help him pursue … Read more

By Kate Blackwood March 9, 2017
Marshall and Rosanna Frank '61 at Cornell's Sesquicentennial festivities in London, May 2015.

Marshall and Rosanna Frank ’61 receive 2017 Vanneman award

The Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) established the William “Bill” Vanneman ’31 Outstanding Class Leader Award in 2005 in honor of an alumnus who served his class tirelessly for … Read more

By Kate Blackwood January 31, 2017
The set of the fall 2016 Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts production of Eurydice.

David Lawrence and Faye Greenberg P ’19 support Cornell theater

Mabel Lawrence ’19 grew up in a home filled with musical theater. When she was eight or nine, she often got home from school near Los Angeles to find her … Read more

By Kate Blackwood January 26, 2017
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CSV17: Impact through Innovation focuses on how tech affects you

A self-driving car might be closer to your driveway than you think—Shaun Stewart ’02 rides in one regularly. As a director at Waymo, the self-driving tech company that graduated in … Read more

By Kate Blackwood January 19, 2017
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Cornell’s crowdfunding connects with caring donors

Cornell alumni, parents, students, and friends supported 17 projects during a month-long crowdfunding campaign that launched November 1 and concluded a day after Giving Tuesday, November 29. In all, 1,472 … Read more

By Kate Blackwood December 7, 2016
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