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Cornell University Alumni Network on LinkedIn has reached 50,000 group members. Are you in?

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• Kathy Berggren '90, MAT '93

• Geoffrey V. Chester

• John Harney '56

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Alumna endows fiber science and apparel design professorship

Throughout her life, Alice Woo, M.S. '75, has followed her father's guiding principle: "What you gain from society, you must give back for the benefit of society." She now has established the Vincent V.C. Woo Professorship in Fiber Science & Apparel Design in his memory.

Black alumni group's literary grant helps first-time authors

Dionne M. Benjamin '00 is launching a series of children's books with the help of a literary grant created by the Cornell Black Alumni Association.

Cornellians honored for service in award program's 20th year

This year marks two decades of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Awards program; seven more Cornellians have been honored.

Sally Wen Mao: A honey badger of a poet

The fearless honey badger is the totem animal of Sally Wen Mao, MFA '13, and an inspiration for her first book of poems, "Mad Honey Symposium."

In the current issue of Ezra

When is a gift to Cornell really for our grandchildren? A look at the growth and development of the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.

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'Not by STEM alone': Panelists survey state of higher ed

President David Skorton and Vice Provost Dan Huttenlocher spoke at an NYC summit.

M.H. Abrams receives National Humanities Medal

President Obama announced the honor a day before Abrams' 102nd birthday.

Weill Cornell brain image printed in 3-D for Franklin Institute exhibit

Images from virtual brain scans were transformed into a printed physical model.

Young red-tailed hawk's plight inspires support near and far

A global online community has followed the recovery of "E3" after a campus accident.

Peter Gierasch wins astronomy's 2014 Kuiper Prize

He is an appraiser of planetary atmospheres and has worked on space missions.

Hillel confers Tanner Prize on Lynn '65 and Jules '63 Kroll

The prize recognizes longtime contributions to the Jewish people and to Cornell.

Zoner on campus sexual violence prevention, education

Chief of police took part in a Washington, D.C. roundtable discussion.

On-campus visit inspires international farmers

Participants in the program spent a week touring Cornell's agricultural facilities.