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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & FRIENDS
NOVEMBER 2013

Events

"Navigating the Affordable Care Act in New York" - Dec. 5, Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden, N.Y.

"The Wacky World of Entertainment Law" - Dec. 6, Hollywood, Calif.

The Breakfast Club - Dec. 10, The Cornell Club-New York City

The promise and peril of 3-D printing - Dec. 10, New York City

A conversation between Silicon Valley and the Johnson winter trekkers - Dec. 19, Palo Alto, Calif.

"Throwback Thursday" sesquicentennial photo scanning reception - Dec. 19, Wellesley, Mass.

Cornell Club of Israel's 12th annual gala dinner - Dec. 26, Herzliya, Israel

Cornell Cares Day - early January 2014, multiple locations

Register now: CAU: Dubai, Oman and Qatar with Ross Brann - March 27-April 5, 2014

Spotlight

Gettysburg Address video still

Cornell marked the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Nov. 19. Cornell has one of the five known copies written in Lincoln's own hand.

Tribute

Dean Alan Mathios on the legacy of Don Tobias

Obituaries

• S. Cushing Strout

• Donald Tobias

• Norman M. Vrana, MEE '51

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Students watch 'Sleepy Hollow' in Mews Hall collage
Mews residents muse about TV's 'Sleepy Hollow' for evening class >>

Curled up on couches, munching popcorn and sipping hot cider, a group of students has the enviable task of watching TV and live-tweeting their observations – for credit. It's all in the name of social science, as part of a communication class about how social media is shaping the success of a new series.

Kathy Savitt
Savitt '85 dreams the impossible, tries to make it come true >>

Kathy Savitt '85, chief marketing officer for Yahoo, was all set to attend Harvard when a weekend visit to Cornell changed her plans.

Matthew Patrick Omans
Fraternity brothers establish memorial fund >>

Lambda Chi Alpha alumni have raised $125,000 to establish a memorial fund in Matthew Patrick Omans' name. The fund was dedicated on campus Oct. 19.

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Vexing problem, elegant solution

A famous math problem that has vexed mathematicians for decades has met an elegant solution by Cornell researchers.

 

More from Chronicle Online

Fredrik Logevall
Vice provost makes the case for students as 'global citizens' >>

Produce graduates who have cross-cultural awareness, Logevall says.

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Cornell-Penn State ice cream rivalry resumes as dairy facility revs up >>

Public release of restocked Cornell Dairy ice cream expected in January.

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Bioengineered ears win first place at World Technology Summit >>

Cornell and Weill Cornell professors' work was honored in New York City.

Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan papers archived at Library of Congress >>

1,705 boxes include letters to budding astronomers, articles, to-do lists and more.

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Skorton: Hard work ahead for campus sustainability >>

Cornell's carbon footprint strategies are working, but there's a lot more to do.

Africana Center
Arts and Sciences announces new Africana Ph.D. program >>

It is the first doctoral program in Africana studies in New York state.

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McCormicks give $5M to support teaching in engineering college >>

The supporters of teaching initiatives endowed a Teaching Excellence Institute.

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Autodesk donates 3-D design software to Cornell >>

It is one of the largest gifts-in-kind ever received by the university.

ILR School
ILR to study low-income teens with disabilities in $32.5M effort >>

Research aim is to improve education and career outcomes.

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New program aims to accelerate technology commercialization >>

C-TAM program will give leg up to ideas stemming from Cornell research.

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Alumni, students aid the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan >>

Cornellians collected aid and planned fundraisers for Filipinos affected by storm.

 
 

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