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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & PARENTS
OCTOBER 2018

Events
Trustee-Council Annual Meeting 2018 - Nov. 1-3, Ithaca

Cornell Club of Los Angeles: '88 Ivy League Football Champions 30th Reunion - Nov. 2-3, Ithaca

Cornell Entrepreneurship Summit 2018 - Nov. 9, New York City

Cornell Alumni Association of Northern California: Coffee with Cornellians - Nov. 10, San Jose, California

"Beyond Your Pitch: How to Introduce Yourself Simply and Effectively" - Nov. 13, The Cornell Club-New York City

Cornell Club of Boston: Learn to Curl - Nov. 17, Boston

The Frozen Apple: Cornell vs. Harvard - Nov. 24, Madison Square Garden, New York City

CAU faculty-led study tour: "A Spring Theater Weekend" with Glenn Altschuler - April 12-14

Cornell Alumni Association Travel Program: Untamed Alaska - Aug. 13-23

Spotlight
Sy Katz Parade

Join Grand Marshal and Cornell President Martha E. Pollack, the Big Red Marching Band and Cornell cheerleaders Nov. 17 for the Sy Katz '31 Parade in NYC.

Spotlight
Divya Gugnani

Alumni entrepreneurs: A conversation with Divya Gugnani '98, co-founder of Wander Beauty.

Obituaries

• Alison Van Dyke

• James C. White '39, Ph.D. '44

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CUeLINKS collage
CUeLINKS empowers student-alumni networking >>

The new universitywide knowledge-sharing platform connects students with alumni to get the most out of the powerful Cornellian community.
Glee Club members sing at Cornell Chimes celebration
Cornell Chimes and Glee Club celebrate 150 years >>

Both groups have been making music for a century and a half. Also: Glee Club will sing its history Nov. 3, Cornell Hangovers mark 50 years Nov. 10.
Tsiorsa Barreiro
Tsiorasa Barreiro receives NYS Hometown Alumni Award >>

Barreiro '00, director of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in Akwesasne, was presented with the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award Oct. 27.
African plant breeders Sylvester Oikeh and Stephen Mug
Cornellians use their education to serve fellow Africans >>

Stephen Mugo, Ph.D. '99, and former postdoctoral student Sylvester Oikeh returned to Cornell to share how they've used their education for humanitarian purposes in Africa.
  cover of fall issue of Ezra magazine
First-generation students

In the new issue of Ezra magazine, learn about how Cornell's commitment to accessibility means new and increased efforts to support first-generation students.
 

News from Cornell Chronicle
Kevin Hallock
Kevin Hallock is SC Johnson College of Business' new dean >>

Also: Alexander Colvin named interim dean of ILR School.
Deborah Estrin
Deborah Estrin named MacArthur fellow >>

She is a health tech pioneer at Cornell Tech and Weill Cornell Medicine.
Nobel Prize medal
Arthur Ashkin, Ph.D. '52, shares Nobel Prize in physics >>

His "optical tweezers" revolutionized the study of biological systems.
seal at Myron Taylor Hall
At 150, '... any person ... any study' still stands strong >>

Cornell opened its doors 150 years ago under this founding principle.
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor
'Be a voice for change,' Sotomayor tells Cornellians >>

The U.S. Supreme Court associate justice spoke Oct. 18 in Bailey Hall.
Drs. Brad Jones and Douglas Nixon
New Weill Cornell Medicine researchers hunt for HIV cure >>

Drs. Douglas Nixon and Brad Jones are known for their clinical research.
Mike Clifford
Marketing career allows alumnus to explore interests >>

Mike Clifford '87 thrived in finance but realized he was a marketer at heart.
 
 

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