Cornell Alumni-Elected Trustee Candidates Up Close

Voting in the 2016 alumni trustee election is open until April 21, noon EDT. Here, our four candidates share their personal Cornell stories and more. Meet Mustafa Abadan ’82, MArch ’84, Shane Dunn ’07, Katrina James ’96, and Pam Marrone ’78. Why did you choose Cornell? Katrina James: I applied to Cornell because it snows … Read more

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PCCW symposium features women in the arts

The President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW)—established by former President Frank H. T. Rhodes in 1990—held a symposium centered on the arts, in Ithaca, March 4 to 6, to coincide with the group’s planning meetings. Twenty-six years ago, the annual meeting started with a few alumnae leaders, and it has since grown into a gathering … 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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Five questions for the 2015 alumni-elected trustee candidates

If you are lucky enough to spend half an hour with these four dedicated, gracious, and interesting individuals you will learn that they are unique, as well. Go ahead and read their official bios on the election site, but here is a more intimate, lighthearted look at the four candidates, in their own words: Q: … Read more

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CALC 2015 in Video

The sixth annual Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference (CALC) drew nearly 700 Cornellian volunteer leaders to Boston Jan. 16-18 to strategize, to celebrate and to learn more about the university they know, love, and serve. For more information, visit: /calc.

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150 words: Ed Pettitt ’05

“When future generations ask what I did to stop the AIDS epidemic, I want to have an answer,” said Ed Pettitt ’05. Over the years, that answer has grown into a list. At Cornell, Ed led an awareness campaign for rural youth around Ithaca, New York, and volunteered to conduct HIV tests at the university’s … Read more

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