Cornell’s Food TV Stars

Mitchell A. Davis ’91, executive director of the James Beard Foundation, moderated a Cornell Entrepreneur Network event on “The Business of Food Media,” February 6, at the Gotham West Market in Manhattan. Joining him to share an insider’s view of cooking, health, and broadcasting were Kit Sigety ’44, who was the food editor of NBC’s … Read more

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Trustee-Council Annual Meeting 2015

Members of the Cornell University Council and the Board of Trustees converged on the Ithaca campus from October 22–24 for the 65th Trustee-Council Annual Meeting (TCAM), “Global Cornell: Bringing Cornell to the World and the World to Cornell.” The weekend provides an opportunity each October for trustees and council members to learn more about current … Read more

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150 words: Kevin Johnson MBA ’09

Kevin Johnson MBA ’09 served much of his 2004-05 tour of duty in Iraq as a U.S. Army captain in the shadow of “seemingly endless” oil fires started by insurgents. “At the same time,” he wrote in the White House blog, “our own military’s dependence on fossil fuels was placing thousands of my fellow soldiers … Read more

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150 words: Fred Van Sickle

Fred Van Sickle, chief development officer at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, will become the next vice president for Cornell’s Division of Alumni Affairs and Development (AAD), starting Jan. 18. The announcement was posted on the Cornell Chronicle on Dec. 3, and, on the same day, Van Sickle attended a special … Read more

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150 words: Kiran Vajapey MEng ’14

Hackathons, product pitches, and close communication with professors: these “amazing” experiences while earning a master’s of engineering degree in computer science taught Kiran Vajapey MEng ’14, a member of Cornell Tech’s first graduating class, the skills he needed to start his own business. Kiran is one of four founders of Oystir, an online, skills-based talent … Read more

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150 words on Zig Wu MS ’11

While earning his master’s degree in facilities management in the College of Human Ecology, Zig Wu MS ’11 thought of starting a career in facilities planning for hotels and spas. Professor Frank Becker, however, turned him toward health care, “to use my skills to benefit people,” says Zig. He now integrates hospitality elements into health … Read more

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150 words: Esther Bondareff ’37

  Twenty fifteen is a year of parties for Esther Bondareff ’37. The legendary Cornell volunteer attended Cornell’s 150th at the Sesquicentennial celebration in West Palm Beach, February 14. “We had quite a mob,” she said. “We had a great time.” It’s also the year Esther turns 100, on June 11. She has three parties … Read more

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150 words: Liz Ngonzi MMH ’98

Liz Ngonzi MMH ’98 has found her purpose, using an advanced degree in hotel management to benefit a South African nonprofit. “There’s a real connection between hospitality and philanthropy,” she says. “It’s all about taking care of people.” Taking care of people comes naturally for Liz, who was born in Uganda and grew up in … Read more

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150 words: Allen Ho ’84

  As a retina specialist at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, the nation’s first eye hospital, Allen Ho ’84 performs surgery to improve patients’ vision—and in one case so far, to restore it. In July, he implanted a bionic eye in 66-year-old Fran Fulton, enabling her to see shapes and barriers after ten years of … Read more

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150 words: Joy Kuebler ’97

Joy Kuebler’s landscape architecture office, located behind her home near Buffalo, looks like a garage. Inside, however, there are no cars or tools, but instead a modern design studio: vaulted ceilings, Italian lighting, bamboo floors. The studio’s roof, covered in grasses and other plants, was the first “green” roof in western New York. Here, Joy … Read more

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