Make It Happen
You can make it happen: Spring 2016
Global health program. See larger image
Engaging in global health
Send an undergraduate student to the Dominican Republic, India, Tanzania or Zambia as part of the Cornell Global Health Summer Program. Students apply classroom knowledge in service placements, internships and research collaborations, broadening their perspectives on the complexities of global health problems. $5,000-$8,000
A newspaperman's papers
Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections seeks support for work on the papers of Wilbert Tatum (1933-2009), editor, publisher and chairman of the New York Amsterdam News, a weekly newspaper that serves the African-American community of New York City. $75,000
Rembrandt etching. See larger image
Rembrandt's etchings
The Johnson Museum's print room library seeks a set of the New Hollstein publications on Rembrandt's etchings, published 2013 – the most comprehensive and authoritative volume on the topic and needed for ongoing research. $5,000
Building prototypes
Fund a measuring toolkit or a 3-D printer for the Introduction to Rapid Prototying class in Computer and Information Science. Students build a working version of a concept in about two months and demonstrate projects at Ithaca's Sciencenter. Measuring toolkit, $350; 3-D printer, $3,500
Touching the art
Johnson Museum of Art exterior view. See larger image
Fund design and construction of two "touch carts" used by visiting K-12 school groups at the Johnson Museum. $6,000
More than meets the eye
Provide a dissecting microscope for an introductory biology class in the College of Arts and Sciences' molecular biology and genetics department. $15,000
Law students help women and girls
Cornell Law School's Global Gender Justice Clinic gives law students experience in using human rights law and strategies to combat gender-based violence and discrimination such as sexual violence against schoolgirls in Kenya, child marriage in South Asia and domestic violence in the United States. Support one student's international experience, $3,000; one human rights project, $10,000; or one postgraduate fellow, $68,000
Career closet.
Dressed to impress
Outfit a student for job or graduate school interviews through Student and Campus Life's Career Closet. $500
Quantifying the body
Purchase lab equipment for biomedical engineering students as they seek to improve human health by researching the human body as an integrated, multi-scale system. $10,000-$50,000
Graphic illustration of DNA strands and pattern.
Genome editing tools
Jump-start biochemistry experiments by purchasing genome editing tools for molecular biology students in the College of Arts and Sciences who are hoping to identify and fix genetic defects. $15,000
Smithsonian-Cornell hot spots
Boost collaborations between Cornell labs and Smithsonian research centers around the world, including rapid response research in global hotspots such as a recent project to safeguard natural resources in Myanmar. $10,000+
To make a gift, or for more information about these and other giving opportunities, email MakeItHappen@cornell.edu.