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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & PARENTS
OCTOBER 2016

Events
Cornell College of Business Conference, hosted by the Cornell Club of the United Kingdom - Nov. 10-12, London

The Sy Katz '31 Parade - Nov. 12, New York City

Tickets available: The Frozen Apple, Cornell vs. New Hampshire - Nov. 26, Madison Square Garden, New York City

Register now for CAU Travel: "Cape May: Spring Migration – Birds and Their Habitats" with Eliot Miller and Sarah Wagner - May 11-14, 2017

Cornell Alumni Travel Program: Family Adventure in Venice, Florence and Rome, Italy - July 16-22, 2017

Spotlight
9/11 memorial plaque dedication

A memorial in Anabel Taylor Hall, honoring the 21 Cornellians who were victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, was dedicated in a ceremony Oct. 28.

Spotlight
Frank H.T. Rhodes and family members

A symposium and celebration was held Oct. 29 to honor President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes on his 90th birthday.

Obituaries

• Anthropologist, Japan scholar Robert Smith, Ph.D. '55

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Martin Tang at site of future welcome center
$3 million gift names the Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center >>

Trustee Emeritus Martin Tang '70 – a longtime Cornell volunteer and ambassador – and his family have made a gift to name the Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center, renovating and repurposing Noyes Lodge, which overlooks Beebe Lake.
Hunter Rawlings
Rawlings calls for 'One Cornell' in university address >>

Cornell's future lies in integrating its upstate and downstate campuses into a cohesive whole, president says.
Michelle Brown-Grant with Denise Lee
Michelle Brown-Grant '88: Connecting Black alumni >>

Alumna champions engagement as the Cornell Black Alumni Association celebrates 40 years.
Max Seibald book cover
Max Seibald '09 authors 'The ABCs of Boys' Lacrosse' >>

Seibald, who has two young nephews, was inspired to take on the project when he was unable to find any children's books about lacrosse.
crowdfunding rocket graphic
Small projects, big impact: Support Cornellians' efforts >>

This year's Cornell Crowdfunding Burst, set to go live Nov. 1, will give more than a dozen worthy projects 30 days to reach their fundraising goals.
  Rhodes award
In the new issue of Ezra

Learn how the provost's series of new "radically collaborative" initiatives will keep Cornell's world-class academic departments at the top of their fields while addressing the challenge of hiring a new generation of faculty.
 

News from Chronicle Online
Robert F. Smith
Robert F. Smith School dedicated in inspiring ceremony >>

Alumnus' support is aimed at enriching the diversity of undergraduate engineering.
Weill Cornell Medicine campus night view
$2M gift to drive Weill Cornell advances in immunotherapy >>

Funding from Ellen and Gary Davis '76 to create a critical research infrastructure.
Herakles sculpture detail
Iconic sculpture Herakles returns to plinth, thanks to gift >>

Restoration work on the sculpture has been completed.
Cornell Tech students
Admissions underway for first class on new Cornell Tech campus >>

In August 2017, Cornell Tech's inaugural Roosevelt Island class will arrive.
 
 

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