CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & FRIENDS
DECEMBER 2011

Events

Spotlight

Check out this digital fly-through of the proposed NYC Tech Campus on Roosevelt Island. If built today, the 150,000-square-foot core academic building would be the largest net-zero energy building in the eastern United States.

Obituaries

• Richard Leed

• W. Barlow Ware '47

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'Game-changing' NYC Tech Campus awarded to Cornell, Technion

The news was met with cheers from supporters on two continents. After months of negotiations, Cornell and Technion were announced the winner of a bid to build a groundbreaking campus in New York City.

• See full coverage at the Cornell Chronicle

Please give to the Cornell Annual Fund before year's end

Never has there been a more exciting time for Cornell. Support the university's important work by Dec. 31 and help ring in 2012. Make your contribution today!

Big Red teams, staff embrace Adopt-A-Family program

Fourteen Cornell teams, plus other groups and staff in athletics, sponsored an all-time high of 20 families this year through the Salvation Army program.

In the new issue of Ezra

Faculty in Cornell's David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future work at the center of a global effort to understand and provide workable solutions to urgent challenges to the planet.

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Retired NHL player Jean-Marc Pelletier returns to Cornell to finish degree

He was one of about 300 January graduates who attended the Dec. 17 recognition event.

Rebecca Stoltzfus named Provost's Fellow for Public Engagement

Appointment puts final piece of Cornell's new experiential learning initiative in place.

Plan for nets under bridges and gorge safety recommendations get approval

City approves nets plan and Skorton accepts gorge safety group's recommendations.

Jimmy Smits, MFA '82, receives Cornell Alumni Artist of the Year Award

The actor returned to campus Dec. 6 and shared his experiences with students.

Richard Polenberg gives last lecture before retirement

The history professor reflected on a lifetime of teaching and personal encounters Dec. 1.

Billy Joel chats, sings and tickles the ivories in Bailey Hall

Quintessential 'Piano Man' reminisced, answered questions and performed.