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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & FRIENDS
AUGUST 2011

Events
Promote your brand on Facebook - Sept. 7, webinar

Paleontology can help save the world, with Professor Warren Allmon - Sept. 15, Shaker Heights, Ohio

Water brokerage expert Tom Rooney - Sept. 21, Palo Alto, Calif.

Fiber Science & Apparel Design reception, with José Chan '93 - Sept. 23, New York City

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz on today's economy - Oct. 3, The Cornell Club-New York City

Cornell Community Reading Project comes to France! - Oct. 6, Paris

Spotlight
new student move-in

A Move-In Day slide show: Boxes, luggage, eager students and teary-eyed parents flooded the sidewalks and lawns of North Campus Aug. 19 as Cornell welcomed the Class of 2015.

Obituaries

• Alan J. Hahn

• Alexander Kazimirov

• Gerald S. Thomas, Ph.D. '78

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Bill Nye and Solar Noon Clock collage
Bill Nye harnesses the sun with new solar noon clock atop Rhodes Hall >>

Bill Nye '77 dedicated the new Solar Noon Clock at Rhodes Hall Aug. 27 in front of a crowd of hundreds. The clock incorporates a solar noon feature that visually indicates the sun's zenith each day. Also, see a CornellCast video capturing Nye's visit and the celebratory public countdown to solar noon on Hoy Field.
James Needham with student
Needham endowment helps boost Mann's limnology collections >>

Professor James G. Needham taught the first limnology course in the United States -- and possibly in the world -- at Cornell in spring 1908.
Allie Munson
Student athletes spend summer volunteering with youth >>

Cornell women's basketball seniors Allie Munson and Maka Anyanwu spent the summer nearly 6,000 miles apart, but their experiences were similar.
  Cheering at Homecoming
Homecoming 2011

Come back to Cornell Sept. 16-18 for Homecoming Weekend! Show your Cornell spirit at family events and celebrations, concerts and a student march to Schoellkopf stadium where the Big Red will take on Bucknell.
 

More from Chronicle Online
David Skorton
President Skorton bans pledging in Cornell's Greek system >>

In an effort to end hazing, the ban on pledging will begin during the 2012-13 academic year.
seismograph
Snee seismograph records Aug. 23 East Coast earthquake >>

The record of the 5.8-magnitude quake provides 'a great teachable moment,' says geologist.
students move into Milstein Hall
Architecture students 'take possession' of nearly complete Milstein Hall >>

Students moved into Milstein Hall Aug. 24 to take their places in 16 studios.
Helene Rosenblatt
Words from the wise: Gerontologist launches Legacy Project >>

The Legacy Project blog seeks to capture and disseminate the wisdom of older Americans.
student in auditorium
'Homer and Langley' lectures look at historic events >>

Faculty gave New Student Reading Project lectures Aug. 21 on Doctorow's historical novel.
dog
Vet students to run volunteer veterinary clinic in New York City Oct. 8 >>

Students will join volunteer alumni during a daylong animal wellness clinic in the Bronx.
diverse students
Incoming Class of 2015 increases Cornell diversity >>

A look at Cornell's just-arrived sesquicentennial class shows growing diversity of all kinds.
Peter Lepage
Dean Lepage announces plans for Africana studies >>

Two senior associate deans will guide the department as it expands its faculty.
 
 

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