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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & PARENTS
NOVEMBER 2018
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Events |
Shanghai Presidential Event with President Martha Pollack and Wendy Wolford, vice provost for international affairs - Dec. 2, Shanghai, China
Presidential Event in Beijing with President Martha Pollack and Vice Provost Wendy Wolford - Dec. 5, Beijing, China
Curatorial tour of the "AfriCOBRA" exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami - Dec. 8, North Miami, Florida
CSV presents: "The ABCs of B Corporations" - Dec. 12, San Francisco
Cornell Black Alumni Association Night at Alvin Ailey - Dec. 15, New York City
CAU faculty-led study tour: "River Cruise from Basel to Amsterdam: Legacies of the Roman Empire and World War II" with Barry Strauss - May 6-19
Discover Morocco with the Cornell Alumni Association Travel Program - Sept. 13-26, 2019
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Crowdfunding 2018: Support student projects during November. There's still time to help a project meet its goal! |
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Nearly 10 million people in and around NYC rely on drinking water supplied from about 125 miles away in the Catskill Mountains. Cornell expertise helps to keep this water pristine. |
Obituaries |
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• Richard McNeil
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Manhattan's Rockefeller Plaza was crowded but festive on Nov. 17, the Saturday evening before Thanksgiving, thanks to hundreds of alumni and the Big Red Marching Band, who gathered for the 2018 Sy Katz '31 Parade.
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Students were the focus and the storyline of the Trustee-Council Annual Meeting held Nov. 1-3 on the Ithaca campus. |
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More than 1,300 alumni veterans have responded to a survey that asks how the university can continue to connect with and support them. |
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Lynn Tomlinson '88 uses a process where colorful oil-based modeling clay is spread thinly on a glass sheet and then transformed, a frame at a time. |
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Five Cornell alumni won Congressional races in the Nov. 6 midterm election, including Sharice Davids, J.D. '10, Democrat, who won in Kansas' 3rd District. |
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President delivered a robust State of the University Address. |
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Ray Jayawardhana shared scientific passion during TCAM keynote. |
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Program provides education, experts and resources in agriculture. |
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The Cornell astronomer is a co-investigator on lander's science team. |
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Also: Faculty honored with teaching and research awards. |
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The Global Grand Challenges Symposium was held Nov. 8. |
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More than 250 people gathered at the Grand Hyatt Nov. 15. |
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Speakers embodied the NYC event's theme: eclectic convergence. |
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