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First-generation alumni summit: opening the conversation
Early April is a time of year for college acceptances and, this year, for an alumni summit about the first-generation student experience. Attendees dedicated an afternoon at Cornell Tech to panel discussions, networking, and inter-generational conversation about first-generation experiences. The questions they explored included how to encourage first-generation students to apply to college, issues of … Read more
April 30, 2019
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Charging electric vehicles fast: Jeff Wolfe ’82
Electric vehicles today are clean, quiet—and relatively inconvenient. It used to be that you plugged an electric vehicle in overnight and it would go maybe 100 miles, says Jeff Wolfe ’82, President, for the Americas, of Tritium, a company that focuses on electric vehicle chargers. The process is getting faster: a Tesla can now go … Read more
April 26, 2019
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Entrepreneur of the Year shows power of persistence
If a budding entrepreneur ever needed a lesson in the power of persistence, the story of Dr. Leonard Schleifer ’73 would be a good one to hear. Schleifer, the 2019 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year who majored in biological sciences as a Cornell undergrad, shared the successes and failures he experienced while growing his biotechnology … Read more
April 19, 2019
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Law School alumnus helps battle Notre Dame blaze
Law School alumnus Frank Langrais JD ’17, was one of the approximately 400 firefighters who battled the April 15 fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which caused extensive damage to the historic structure. “When I try to remember the whole thing, I still feel like all of it was just a bad dream,” Langrais … Read more
April 18, 2019
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Kenneth Dehm ’50 celebrates his 100th birthday with a new class ring
Watch a video profile of Navy veteran, Cornell alumnus, and centenarian Kenneth Dehm. Credit: Adam Murtland. Kenneth Dehm ’50 turned 100 on February 27, 2019. Dehm was born in 1919 in Syracuse, where he lived with his parents and five siblings on a small farm. He got his first job at age 11, delivering … Read more
April 18, 2019
