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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & PARENTS
OCTOBER 2017

Events
Cornell Club of Monmouth and Ocean Counties presents "Economics of Obesity" with professor John Cawley - Nov. 5, Red Bank, New Jersey

Johnson Museum of Art young alumni event - Nov. 9, New York City

Cheer on the Big Red at Red Hot Hockey at Madison Square Garden - Nov. 25; tickets here.

Cornell Alumni Association Travel Program: Costa Rica's Natural Heritage - Feb. 22-March 5

CAU Travel: "New York, New York: A Spring Theater Weekend" with Glenn Altschuler - April 20-22

Spotlight
pumpkin on McGraw Tower

It was 20 years ago this month that the mysterious great pumpkin appeared atop the McGraw Tower spire, gaining fame not only at Cornell but nationwide.

Spotlight
'Forever Faithful' book cover image

"Forever Faithful," by Jim Roberts '71 and Arthur Mintz '71, recalls great moments in Cornell men's and women's hockey history and pays tribute to their devoted fans.

Obituaries

• Roger H. Farrell

• Roy L. Millar, Ph.D. '55

• David A. Usher

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Scenes from Homecoming 2017
Big Red spirit shines at Homecoming >>

There were almost as many reasons to come back for Homecoming 2017 as the number of Cornellians who journeyed home to Ithaca. Also, see a slideshow of Homecoming Weekend events.
view outside Goldwin Smith Hall
Gift launches Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity >>

The collaboration between the College of Arts and Sciences and Cornell Tech will pioneer a new approach to liberal arts education for the digital age.
ribbon cutting for Breazzano Family Center for Business Education
Breazzano Family Center for Business Education is dedicated >>

The state-of-the-art building dramatically expands the teaching capacity of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. Also: The expanded, renovated Cornell Health is dedicated.
Marvin Carlson
Alum Marvin Carlson honored for lifetime achievements >>

Marvin Carlson's reason for coming to Cornell for his doctoral degree reads a little like the storyline from "The Wizard of Oz."
  Vijay Pendakur
In the new issue of Ezra

Cornell's recipe for public engagement: Engaged Cornell is fostering a renewed focus on community and public engagement as an integral part of the student experience.
 

News from Cornell Chronicle
President Martha E. Pollack
Cornell stands at the cusp of a new era, Pollack says >>

President Pollack delivered her first State of the University address.
Cornell seal
Presidential Task Force nomination process outlined >>

Seven open community meetings will be held in early November.
Seal of Universidad de Puerto Rico
Cornell offers U of Puerto Rico students academic haven >>

Up to 58 hurricane-affected students to be offered a free semester of study.
Richard Thaler
A 'playful' Nobel Prize winner crafted his field at Cornell >>

Richard Thaler was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
A.D. White statue
Six faculty recognized with Weiss teaching awards >>

Excellence in teaching, contributions to undergraduate education honored.
stethoscope
Weill Cornell Medicine awarded $45.3M NIH grant >>

Continues funding for WCM's Clinical and Translational Science Center.
Order of the Lion detail
Journalist, historian Gordon Sander knighted by Finland >>

Sander '72 received Finland's Order of the Lion in a ceremony Oct. 12.
 
 

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