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Giving and engagement highlights of fiscal year 2018

Giving and engagement in 2018: Cornellians play key role in success

Alumni, parents, and friends gave to Cornell in significant amounts during fiscal year 2018, setting fundraising records and engaging with the university in many other ways. By volunteering, giving financial … Read more

By AAD Staff August 28, 2018
Students at healthcare leadership symposium

PCCW microgrants advance women students

When Jeanette Perez-Rossello ’91 sees the energy of Cornell students, she is inspired to support them in any way she can. “I think they’re brilliant. They are such good people … Read more

By Diane Lebo Wallace January 18, 2018
Robert F. Smith '85 and Lance R. Collins, the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering

Robert F. Smith ’85 named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year

Cornell has named a Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year every year since Robert F. Smith’s junior year as a chemical engineering student. On Nov. 3, Smith—one of the world’s top … Read more

By AAD Staff November 21, 2017
Libe Slope and McGraw Tower in fall.

Alumni giving, engagement break records in 2017

Cornell engages thousands of alumni, parents and friends around the world, and with their support, the university achieved fundraising records in fiscal year (FY) 2017. The university raised a record … Read more

By Kate Blackwood September 7, 2017
Craig Voorhees

A gift for the ages—the legacy of Craig Voorhees at Cornell

Growing up on a dairy farm in the small town of Glen, New York, Craig Voorhees ’49 worked close to the ground, all year, tending to the animals. “In the … Read more

By AAD Staff April 17, 2017
The Cornell Seal embedded in the pavement of Myron Taylor Hall.

Scholarship challenge gathers strong support

Cornellians of all stripes are showing their support for the recently launched endowed scholarship challenge, designating their scholarships to different areas of Cornell they care about the most. With the … Read more

By AAD Staff March 8, 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
Members of the CU Sail team

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
Nancy Sprott Stone, Ellen Forbes Andrews, and Ollie McNamara in a dress design class

Ollie McNamara ’50 fashions a legacy

The grainy black-and-white picture captures a radiant moment. It’s the spring of 1950 and three young women are in a dress design class in the College of Home Economics, now … Read more

By AAD Staff November 17, 2016
Zach Iscol in Iraq

The Headstrong Project helps heal the hidden wounds of war

“Veterans and those who serve in the military represent the best of this country. This is the only community where people willingly give their lives for each other,” said Zach … Read more

By AAD Staff November 8, 2016
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