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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & PARENTS
AUGUST 2018

Events
NYC Cornellians: CU in Central Park - Sept. 9, New York City

"Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon" book signing, discussion with associate professor Cheryl Finley - Sept. 13, NYU, New York City

Cornell Club of Rochester: 2nd Annual Farm to Table Adventure - Sept. 14, Rochester, New York

Homecoming 2018 - Sept. 21-22, Ithaca

Cornell Chimesmaster Reunion and Sesquicentennial Celebration - Sept. 21-23, Ithaca

Fall Cocktail Tasting with Finger Lakes Distilling and Brian McKenzie '99 - Sept. 24, The Cornell Club-NYC

CAU study tour: "A Cornell Insider's Tech Tour" with Greg Morrisett - Feb. 11-15, Silicon Valley, California

Cornell Alumni Association Travel Program: Discover Egypt and the Nile Valley - Nov. 15-28, 2019

Spotlight
Marla Love and Vijay Pendakur

Leaders in the Office of the Dean of Students reflect on the campus climate and how to create a more inclusive campus community for students.

Obituaries

• Donald Holcomb

• Robert Plane

• Joseph Sieczka, M.S. '73

• Joel Silbey

• Arthur Wilson

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Cornellians' giving, engagement play key roles in university success >>

Cornellians made July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018, one of the most successful years ever for philanthropy and participation.
Frederic Rubinstein
Gifts boost impact of Cornell Law School and Cornell Tech >>

Frederic Rubinstein '52, LLB '55, has created endowments that aim to stimulate a healthy, just and civil society.
David Duffield
Alumnus David Duffield to be honored by Engineering >>

Software mogul David A. Duffield '62, MBA '64, will receive the inaugural Cornell Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award on Sept. 4.
  Dorothy Cotton memorial service
Dorothy Cotton's legacy

The Aug. 11 celebration of the life of Dorothy Cotton provided highlights of her life as a civil rights pioneer, educator and community organizer, and called on participants to keep her legacy alive.
 

News from Cornell Chronicle
Madisen Swallow '18 in the Chris Schaffer-Nozomi Nishimura lab
Half of Cornell engineering undergrads are women >>

The historic shift follows decades of underrepresentation in the field.
new students gathered in Schoellkopf Field for Convocation
Consider different perspectives, Pollack urges Class of 2022 >>

Also: Class of 2022 boasts business owners, researchers, rodeo champ.
Nivita Sharma celebrates receiving her white coat alongside her parents
White Coat Ceremony marks first step into medical careers >>

Weill Cornell Medicine's new class received their white coats.
Joel Malina, Cornell vice president for university relations, presents Christa Glazier '01 with the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award
Christa Glazier earns NY Hometown Alumni Award >>

Award recognizes alumni who have returned home to make an impact.
Gabriel G. Rodr’guez-Calero, Ph.D. '14, pitches Ecolectro, a startup he co-founded, at the 76West Clean Energy Competition
Cornellians vie for $2.5M in clean-energy competition >>

Four Cornellian startups were among 20 finalists at 76West.
Professor Larry Smart, associate director at Cornell AgriTech, examines hemp in a greenhouse
'Cornell AgriTech' reflects role in food, ag innovation >>

Agricultural experiment station in Geneva is renamed.
Dimensional Energy engineer Mihir Gada in the company's laboratory at the McGovern Center incubator
Just add sun: McGovern startup converts CO2 into fuel >>

Dimensional Energy is creating an environmentally friendly fuel.
 
 

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