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Ingrid Zabel ’87 on the Greenland ice sheet during the summer of 1993. Zabel was one of eight researchers who worked at this site. This communal tent is where the team cooked, ate, and worked.

Alumna writes go-to guide for teaching climate change

Ingrid Zabel ’87 is Climate Change Education Manager for the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI), a small but mighty presence situated across Cayuga Lake from Cornell. The Ithaca-based institution is nationally recognized for … Read more

By Linda Copman September 20, 2019
President Martha E. Pollack and her daughter, Anna Gottschlich, lead the 2018 Sy Katz ’31 Parade.

Sy Katz ’31 Parade showcases Cornell in New York City

Manhattan’s Rockefeller Plaza was crowded but festive on Nov. 17, the Saturday evening before Thanksgiving. Holiday lights glowed, crowds milled between stores and skaters glided around the rink. A distant … Read more

By Kate Blackwood November 20, 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

CEN NYC: Pitch Night gives entrepreneurs the mic

One good idea, three minutes to share it, and an enthusiastic audience of more than a hundred—that’s the formula behind Cornell Entrepreneur Network NYC: Pitch Night, June 14, when 10 … Read more

By Kate Blackwood June 26, 2017
The Cornell Glee Club performs "Amazing Grace" at the memorial gathering for President Elizabeth Garrett, a highlight for many in attendance in Bailey Hall and watching via livestream.

Cornellians distant from Ithaca watch Garrett’s memorial together

Cornellians all over the world paused for an hour on March 17 as a memorial event for President Elizabeth Garrett was live streamed from Bailey Hall on the Ithaca campus; … Read more

By Kate Blackwood March 22, 2016
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