Table of Contents VOL. VI NO. 2, WINTER 2014
THE ESSENTIALS
The Essentials
New Weill Cornell campaign launched, Jane Lynch gets her star, Cornell ranked a 'best value,' alumni entrepreneurs in NYC, Ronnie Coffman's world agriculture prize, and more. Read more
COVER STORY
Set course for global. Engage.
A new era refocusing attention on global Cornell - internationalizing the curriculum along with the student experience - is well underway. Read more
COVER STORY SIDEBAR
Just a taste
A sample of some of the projects, programs and partnerships Cornell is involved with around the globe. Read more
COVER STORY SIDEBAR
Where in the world are Cornell's international alumni?
Where are Cornell alumni living today? The university's data, shown on this map, is a rough snapshot only, and the numbers are conservative. Read more
CORNELL NOW
Cornell Now-2015
New chair of the Cornell Annual Fund, McCormicks give a leg up for engineering teaching, and the enduring gifts of Bob Brunet. Read more
DEAN's Q&A
Q&A with Cornell's deans
Haym Hirsh, Gretchen Ritter '83 and Javaid Sheikh on "Eureka!" moments, the noblest profession and mind melds in computing. Read more
WORTH SUPPORTING
New Atkinson gift enhances sustainability leadership
David '60 and Patricia Atkinson recently made a gift to fully endow the Atkinson Center's directorship and to establish a challenge campaign to endow three faculty director positions. Read more
WORTH SUPPORTING
Martin Tang and friends increase international scholarships, fellowships
The Martin Y. Tang International Scholarship Challenge has reached a successful conclusion, resulting in $4.39 million in endowment gifts from 12 families. Read more
WORTH SUPPORTING
You can make it happen: Winter 2014
Examples of real and needed ways to give to Cornell, from the AguaClara summer program to bunk beds in Arnot Forest. Read more
CAMPUS LIFE
At 626 Thurston, talk is not cheap
Since fall 2011, 626 Thurston has served as Cornell's hub for conversations about differences - in race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender and sexuality. Read more
CORNELL HISTORY
Cornellians at play, in winter's snow and ice
For earlier generations of Cornellians, East Hill was home to an alternate array of winter activities and traditions. Read more
FACULTY
Faculty Legends: Carl Becker & Ethel Waring
Carl L. Becker was a professor of American and European history; child behavior expert Ethel Waring's arrival at Cornell marked the start of the study of child development in the College of Home Economics. Read more
FACULTY
Smart farmers, happy cows
Julio Giordano, assistant professor of dairy management, plans to attach high-tech collars to 800 cows on a commercial farm. Read more
LET'S GO BIG RED
Athlete Ally chapter helps LGBT athletes
Atticus DeProspo '15 launched an Athlete Ally chapter on the Ithaca campus "to break down barriers and show that LGBT individuals can be anyone and anywhere." Read more
NEW YORK CITY
Programming, hospitality of Cornell Club offer 'oasis' in New York City
Event programming at the Cornell Club in New York City echoes the diversity of Ezra Cornell's "any person ... any study" philosophy. Read more
WE CORNELLIANS
Another page from 'We Cornellians': an illustrated Cornell history, ca. 1940
Another page -- this one exploring the region -- from 'We Cornellians,' an illustrated Cornell history, ca. 1940, by Steve Barker '41. Read more
From The Publisher
We are opening the world to our students more than ever before. It's no surprise that we sometimes call Cornell the "land-grant university to the world" - it's in our DNA.
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