Alumni boost students’ careers

Todd Baker ’86, a managing director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), returns to campus several times a year to represent his firm to students interested in working there. He tells students the truth that is readily apparent as soon as he starts to talk: He loves his job, his company, and Cornell. “Recruiting … Read more

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Volunteer leaders go back to the classroom

Members of the Cornell University Council (CUC) had the opportunity to join students in the classroom on October 27, the first day of the 66th Trustee-Council Annual Meeting (TCAM). Seventeen courses were offered; in lecture halls across campus, more than 200 council members had front-row seats to intellectual discussions. In the College of Arts and … Read more

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CACO bridges the gap with diverse networking event

What would you tell your undergraduate self today? This question was the challenge for diverse alumni who participated in “Bridging the Gap,” a career networking event held on Saturday, September 24, during Homecoming weekend and organized by the Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO). “We usually do a diversity networking event during Homecoming weekend,” said … Read more

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Homecoming 2016 lifts Cornell community spirit

In the center of the Big Red Fan Festival, at the height of the Homecoming excitement, BreakFree Hip Hop cleared a circle in front of the DJ tent on the Crescent parking lot. About a dozen members of the Cornell student dance crew performed while a growing crowd of students, alumni, and community members pressed … Read more

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Going proactive

Cornell  gives alumni the opportunity to elect members—two each year—to its highest governing board of 64, an idea founder Andrew Dickson White wrote into the university bylaws. Voted onto the Cornell University Board of Trustees in the spring 2015 election, Stephanie Fox ’89 and Jonathan Poe ’82 completed the first year of their four-year terms … Read more

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Cornelliana Night lights up Reunion

Alumni started to gather in Bailey Hall nearly an hour early for Cornelliana Night 2016, a highlight of Reunion. “I never miss!” said Emily Weinwurm ’56, as she waited for red-and-white-clad alumni of the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club to take the stage. For older alumni, the rollicking, packed-house event held on the Saturday … Read more

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Meet your new trustees

Cornell alumni have elected Katrina James ’96 and Pamela Marrone ’78 to the Cornell University Board of Trustees. They will begin four-year terms July 1. “It’s an incredible honor,” says Marrone, who graduated from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and now lives in Davis, CA. “I was honored just to be asked to … Read more

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Big Red at SXSW Interactive

“We are at a moment in history where technology, globalization, [and] our economy are changing so fast,” said President Barack Obama during his keynote at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference, March 11–15, in Austin, Texas. “This gathering, South by Southwest, brings together people who are at the cutting edge of those changes.” Many of … Read more

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Alumni discuss the planned College of Business

The Alumni Engagement Committee has been created to inform alumni and engage them in discussions regarding the Cornell College of Business, which was approved by the Cornell University Board of Trustees in January and which will be comprised of the School of Hotel Administration (SHA), the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management … Read more

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