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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & PARENTS
DECEMBER 2016

Events

Get ready for Cornell Cares Day events across the U.S. - Jan. 7 and other dates

Register now: Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference - Feb. 3-4, Baltimore

CSV17: Impact through Innovation - March 7, 2017, San Francisco

Cornell's Adult University study tour: "Italy: Puglia and Matera – Their History, Art, Architecture and Cuisine" with Jeffrey Blanchard - June 8-16, 2017

Cornell Alumni Association Travel Program: Classic Germany - June 7-21, 2017

Spotlight

Merlin Bird Photo ID app

The Merlin Bird Photo ID mobile app has been launched and, thanks to machine-learning technology, can identify hundreds of North American species it "sees" in photos.

Spotlight

organic robotics lab video still

Engineers get under robot's skin to heighten senses: See how a Cornell engineering group has devised a method for allowing strain and tactile sensing in a soft prosthetic hand.

Obituaries

• Susan Christopherson

• Henry Heimlich '41, M.D. '43

• Karel Husa

• Ann Johnson

• Edwin Oyer

• Mark Turnquist

Links

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Alumni encourage, mentor and recruit, boosting students' careers >>

As a way of giving back to the university, many alumni working for large and small companies mentor, encourage, and recruit Cornell students, and in return find that the university provides a pool of highly and uniquely qualified candidates. Students benefit, and so do the engaged alumni.

Michael James Leslie
Law grad Michael James Leslie has embraced the stage >>

It was his breakthrough role in the Cornell Savoyards' 1975 production of "The Mikado" that set the course of his acting and singing career.

Leslie Fields
Alumna leads Sierra Club's environmental justice efforts >>

Leslie Fields '82 works with grassroots and community organizations to address environmental damage, risk and discrimination facing many communities.

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Wrap up 2016 with your gift >>

For Cornell, year-end gifts make a real difference.

  superbugs
Team targets 'superbugs'

Dr. Michael Satlin at Weill Cornell Medicine and Ilana Brito in Ithaca are researching how to fight drug-resistant bacteria ‐ "superbugs" that threaten cancer patients' fragile immune systems.

 

News from Chronicle Online

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Cornell awarded $7M to lead transportation research center >>

A consortium of universities will explore new innovations that limit adverse impacts.

January graduate
January graduates celebrated at recognition ceremony >>

About 470 degree candidates were recognized at the Bartels Hall ceremony.

Ken Miranda
Q&A: Ken Miranda pursues growth for university's endowment >>

CIO shares his plans for ensuring the endowment advances Cornell's mission.

Detlef Smilgies
CHESS facility helps scale up solar cells >>

A collaborative effort to better understand the chemistry behind solar cells.

Cornell oars
Bob Clark '51 bequeaths $3M for heavyweight rowing >>

"After having traveled all over the world to row, I wanted to give back," he said.

ice cream tasting
Cornell Food Science declares 'Freedom of Peach' delicious >>

The flavor won the annual Cornell contest to develop an innovative ice cream.

 
 

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