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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS FEBRUARY 2015
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Events |
An evening at the BOCA Museum of Art - March 8, Boca Raton, Florida
Cornell Reception at SXSW Interactive - March 14, Austin, Texas
Hike in Rancho Corral de Tierra with POST - March 14, Half Moon Bay, California
Cornell Alumni Association of Charlotte: All-Ivy Trivia - March 21, Charlotte, North Carolina
CAU travel: Morocco - Religion, Culture and Landscape with Ross Brann - May 12-22
CAA travel: Italy - Lifestyles Explorations - June 26-July 25
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Spotlight |
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Get an insider's tour of Willard Straight Hall in this third episode of the "Cornelliana with Corey Ryan Earle '07" video series. |
Obituaries |
• Edmund Cranch '45, Ph.D. '51
• Milton J. Esman '39
• Ernest Sternglass '44, M.S. '51, Ph.D. '53
• Bruce Wallace
• L. Pearce Williams '49, Ph.D. '52
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The four alumni candidates running for the two available spots on the Cornell University Board of Trustees – Jonathan Poe '82, Rob Rosenberg '88, Stephanie Fox '89 and Theresa Flores '93, above – open up about favorite Cornell classes and what they'd take with them to a desert island.
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Jandy Nelson '87 has received an American Library Association award for her second novel, "I'll Give You the Sun." |
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Bequest from former professor and fabric care educator Jean McLean supports Human Ecology's sustainability mission. |
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Celebrate the university's 150th birthday April 24-27 at a festival of ideas and imagination in Ithaca; all events are open to the public but require advance registration. |
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The center will be part of the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island. |
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Honor was awarded for "revolutionary advances and leadership in engineering." |
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Cornell version of "Antiques Road Show" drew hundreds to see vintage items. |
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Development workers are using satellites and mobile phones to help Kenyan herders. |
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Shark biodiversity and conservation is just one of the online courses set for 2016. |
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Grant will help investigators turn research into new, replacement TB therapies. |
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A look at the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board's peer mentoring program. |
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How Kate Gleason, Nora Stanton Blatch and Olive Wetzel Dennis made their mark. |
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