Table of Contents VOL. VI NO. 1, FALL 2013
THE ESSENTIALS
The Essentials
Alumni help rebuild hurricane-hit town, assistant professor's "Party Wall" at MoMA site, Rob Pannell caps epic career, Moog archives find a home at the library, new moon of Neptune discovered, and more. Read more
COVER STORY
Setting a trajectory for a life of health
From a near-fatal battle with anorexia, a recent Cornell graduate not only found her way to good health but launched a research career in gastroenterology. Without Cornell's caring community, she says, "I might not be alive today." Read more
COVER STORY SIDEBAR
Closing a gap, Cornell installs nets on bridges
Cornell recently closed a significant gap in its otherwise comprehensive mental health and suicide prevention framework: installation of nets under seven bridges on and near campus. Read more
COVER STORY SIDEBAR
A new health center for a new generation
Cornell is in the planning stages of upgrading and expanding the Gannett Health Services facility - to 96,000 square feet, up from 38,000 Ð by 2017. Read more
COVER STORY SIDEBAR
Why health care for students requires an added touch
Several reasons illustrate why students, as a group, need an approach to health care specifically tailored for them. Read more
CORNELL NOW
Cornell Now--2015
First Tata Scholars graduate, gift funds Fine Arts Library expansion, and a look at Cornell's giving societies. Read more
DEAN's Q&A
Q&A with Cornell's deans
Anne Kenney, Michael Kotlikoff, Laurie Glimcher and Michael Johnson on intellectual property, faculty renewal and the future of health care. Read more
WORTH SUPPORTING
'How can I help?' Keith Sinclair's decade of support for minority students
This year is the 10th anniversary of Keith Sinclair's support for students at Cornell. Over the course of a decade, his three scholarships have supported more than 100 undergraduates. Read more
WORTH SUPPORTING
Christensens fund two economics faculty fellowships
Laurits R. Christensen '63 and his wife, Beatrice Christensen, through two challenge matches, are helping Cornell hire two new economics professors. Read more
WORTH SUPPORTING
You can make it happen: Fall 2013
Examples of real and needed ways to give to Cornell, from funding student tutors to blankets for patients in Cornell's Veterinary Hospital. Read more
CORNELL HISTORY
Resting on wisdom: Campus benches
The Hill abounds with reminders of the generations who walked these paths before us, including several well-placed stone benches that have provided respite to the weary. Read more
NEW YORK CITY
New building, degree at Cornell Tech
Industry and academia will share a building on the planned Cornell Tech campus, and a new one-year MBA program has been announced. Read more
FACULTY
Faculty legends: Milton Konvitz and Barbara McClintock
Milton Konvitz was a founding member of the ILR School and also was a law school professor; plant geneticist Barbara McClintock '23, M.A. '25, Ph.D. '27, won the 1983 Nobel Prize. Read more
ARTS & HUMANITIES
Historian Enzo Traverso named first Winokur Professor
Enzo Traverso, professor of political science at the University of Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens, France, has been named the Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities. Read more
LET'S GO BIG RED
All eyes on Jeff Mathews for 2013 season
While there will be plenty of reasons to watch Big Red football in 2013, there may be no bigger reason to follow the Big Red than Jeff Mathews '14. Read more
'WE CORNELLIANS'
Another page from 'We Cornellians': an illustrated Cornell history, ca. 1940
Another page -- this one exploring Ithaca -- from 'We Cornellians,' an illustrated Cornell history, ca. 1940, by Steve Barker '41. Read more
From The Publisher
What are their greatest challenges? An aging infrastructure, says one. Others point to limited resources and a small endowment, the budget challenges that face all of higher education and the lack of appreciation for "human capital as a competitive advantage to organizations and society." Read more