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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & PARENTS
JANUARY 2017
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Events |
Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference - Feb. 3-4, Baltimore
"The Evolution of NBA Fan Engagement" with Deputy Commissioner and COO Mark Tatum '91 - Feb. 7, The Cornell Club-New York
Return to the Classroom: "1 afternoon, 3 lectures, a lifetime of learning" - Feb. 18, 2017, New York City
CSV17: Impact through Innovation - March 7, San Francisco
Cornell Alumni Association Travel Program: Grand Danube Passage - Aug. 23-Sept. 6
Register now for "Cuba: Havana and Washington – Renewed Relations" with María Cristina García - Nov. 2-9
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Spotlight |
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A $12.5 million gift will create the Feil Family Student Center at Weill Cornell Medicine, with the goal of advancing the college's mission to nurture the best future health care leaders. |
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Cornell in Rome will celebrate its 30th anniversary in March, gathering program alumni, faculty and friends including architect Peter Eisenman for tours, panel discussions and receptions. |
Obituaries |
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• Nellie Corson
• James W. Gair, Ph.D. '63
• Wolfgang Holdheim
• Herbert L. Kufner, Ph.D. '56
• Richard Haskin Penner '69, M.Arch. '72
• Walter Relihan Jr., '52, J.D. '59
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Alumnus H. Fisk Johnson and his company, SC Johnson, have committed $150 million to endow the College of Business, which has been renamed the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. It is the largest single gift to the Ithaca campus and the second-largest gift to name a U.S. business school. The gift also marks the latest chapter in a relationship between the Johnson family and Cornell University that extends more than 120 years. Watch video of the community celebration held to mark this landmark gift.
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Hundreds of alumni and students participated at 40 sites across the country to connect and make a difference. |
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Several students took advantage of "jump-start" opportunities offered by the College of Arts and Sciences' Career Connections Committee. |
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David Lawrence and Faye Greenberg are encouraging their daughter's innovative approach to theater by supporting PMA productions. |
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Caitlin Strandberg '10 was honored on the Forbes list in the venture captial category; as an undergraduate, she helped start Slope Media. |
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Cornell alumni, parents, students and friends supported 17 projects during a monthlong crowdfunding campaign in November. 1,472 individual gifts raised a total of $198,335, with 10 projects reaching or surpassing their goals. |
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News from  |
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The firm is the first company selected to locate at the Cornell Tech campus. |
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He is an internationally renowned physician-scientist in the field of lung disease. |
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The foundation has made a $7 million grant to the fellowship program. |
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Cornell will lead Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases. |
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Vijay Pendakur brings diverse life experiences to his role. |
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