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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & FRIENDS
DECEMBER 2015

Events
Cornell Cares Day opportunities - Jan. 2 and 9, multiple locations nationwide

Upcoming events featuring President Elizabeth Garrett - Jan. 15, Mumbai, and additional future dates and cities

Professional Portrait Day at The Cornell Club-New York - Jan. 21, The Cornell Club-New York

Register now for "Hawaii's Big Island: Destruction and Creation in Paradise" with ornithologist and naturalist Scott Taylor - March 8-13, 2016

Spotlight
Lab of O mural video

Artist Jane Kim reflects on her giant new mural, "From So Simple a Beginning," at the Lab of Ornithology, where it spans a wall and 375 million years of avian history. Read the related Cornell Chronicle story.

Obituaries

• Benedict Anderson, Ph.D. '67

• Sandy Berger '67

• Nyle Brady

• William Dilger '46, M.S. '51, Ph.D. '55

• James Russell Hicks

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Bruce Levitt and 'Nightcap Riot' cast and creators
Professor to direct former students in Brooklyn theater event>>

When Alex Gruhin '11 and Ariel Reid '09, MMH '10, needed to hire a director for their new entertainment venture, the choice was an obvious one – their favorite theater professor, Bruce Levitt.
C-fu burger
An idea with legs: Company turns bugs into food >>

C-fu Foods, a company started by a Cornell food scientist, took third place in the 2015 Global Business Challenge in November.
Jenny Scrivens
Making history: Cornellians in the NWHL >>

Several Cornellians now play for the National Women's Hockey League, the first professional women's league in the United States.
December 31 calendar page
A perfect time to give >>

Your gift, if made by 11:59 p.m. Dec. 31, can boost the university's historic $6 billion campaign and contribute to a bright Cornell future!
  menorah
The Chai Notes light up D.C.

Cornell's Jewish, co‑ed a cappella group The Chai Notes sang at the White House Hanukkah party and for President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama Dec. 9.
 

News from Chronicle Online
apples
Southern Tier $500M award a boon for agriculture, region >>

Cornell will be involved in about $100 million worth of key projects funded by the grant.
December graduates
December graduation features record number of participants >>

More than 400 January degree candidates took part in the recognition ceremony.
Fred Van Sickle
Fred Van Sickle named VP for alumni affairs, development >>

Former Columbia University development officer will assume Cornell post Jan. 18.
CeeLo Green
Alum, Ithaca natives pen song on latest CeeLo Green album >>

Alex Kresovich '08 produced the song "Thorns" and co-wrote it with two Ithacans.
 
 

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