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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & PARENTS
AUGUST 2016

Events

"New to New York" cocktail party and open house - Sept. 9, The Cornell Club-New York

Homecoming 2016 - Sept. 23-24, Ithaca

Register now for the A.D. White Annual Summit for Greeks - Oct. 14-16, Ithaca

The Frozen Apple, Cornell vs. New Hampshire - Nov. 26, New York City

CAU Travel: "Baja: An Ecologist's Exploration" with Eliot Miller and Sarah Wagner - Feb. 12-26, 2017

Spotlight

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After a successful 10-year capital campaign, Cornell in fiscal year 2016 gathered strong philanthropic support and set a new record of $601.8 million in cash gifts to the university.

Spotlight

Andrew Mude

Kenyan economist and alum Andrew Mude, Ph.D. '06, has won The World Food Prize's 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application.

Obituaries

• Rodney Gould '44, J.D. '48

• Ralph W.F. Hardy

• Richard P. Korf '46, Ph.D. '50

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US Lacrosse to open Richie Moran Hall of Fame Gallery >>

The national governing body of men's and women's lacrosse will open a new facility, including a gallery named in honor of the former Big Red men's lacrosse coach, Sept. 10-11 in Sparks, Maryland. The U.S. men's senior team, featuring Rob Pannell '13, will play an exhibition game as part of a tripleheader, and a 9/11 memorial, honoring 60 people connected to the sport, including Eamon McEneaney '77, will be dedicated.

Cristina Lara
ILR alumna manages Clinton campaign's diversity programs >>

When Hillary Clinton announced she was running for president, Cristina Lara '14 knew she wanted to be part of the campaign.

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Alumni give Class of 2020 send-offs, warm welcomes >>

Alumni club leaders and volunteers threw send-off parties around the globe this summer, bidding first-year students joyful hometown farewells.

Sheila DeWitt
Alumna's company improves drug safety, efficacy >>

A company created by Sheila DeWitt '81 has perfected a process that could bring new drugs to market to treat fatty liver disease and other ailments.

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President Hunter Rawlings and the Cornell University community join Ithaca College in mourning the loss of IC student Anthony Nazaire.

 

News from Chronicle Online

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Rawlings challenges new students to take academic risks >>

President told students in the Class of 2020 to venture outside their comfort zones.

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White Coat Ceremony: A medical journey begins >>

Students in Weill Cornell Medicine's Class of 2020 received their white coats Aug. 16.

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$1.3M NIH grant funds brain development, cancer research >>

Researchers will seek to uncover fundamental processes, cancer links.

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Cornellians reach the finish line at Rio Olympic Games >>

Big Red contingent of athletes, coaches concluded its participation Aug. 18.

 
 

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