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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS DECEMBER 2015
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Events |
Cornell Cares Day opportunities - Jan. 2 and 9, multiple locations nationwide
Upcoming events featuring President Elizabeth Garrett - Jan. 15, Mumbai, and additional future dates and cities
Professional Portrait Day at The Cornell Club-New York - Jan. 21, The Cornell Club-New York
Register now for "Hawaii's Big Island: Destruction and Creation in Paradise" with ornithologist and naturalist Scott Taylor - March 8-13, 2016
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Spotlight |
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Artist Jane Kim reflects on her giant new mural, "From So Simple a Beginning," at the Lab of Ornithology, where it spans a wall and 375 million years of avian history. Read the related Cornell Chronicle story. |
Obituaries |
• Benedict Anderson, Ph.D. '67
• Sandy Berger '67
• Nyle Brady
• William Dilger '46, M.S. '51, Ph.D. '55
• James Russell Hicks
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When Alex Gruhin '11 and Ariel Reid '09, MMH '10, needed to hire a director for their new entertainment venture, the choice was an obvious one – their favorite theater professor, Bruce Levitt.
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C-fu Foods, a company started by a Cornell food scientist, took third place in the 2015 Global Business Challenge in November. |
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Several Cornellians now play for the National Women's Hockey League, the first professional women's league in the United States. |
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Your gift, if made by 11:59 p.m. Dec. 31, can boost the university's historic $6 billion campaign and contribute to a bright Cornell future! |
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Cornell's Jewish, co‑ed a cappella group The Chai Notes sang at the White House Hanukkah party and for President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama Dec. 9. |
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Cornell will be involved in about $100 million worth of key projects funded by the grant. |
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More than 400 January degree candidates took part in the recognition ceremony. |
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Former Columbia University development officer will assume Cornell post Jan. 18. |
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Alex Kresovich '08 produced the song "Thorns" and co-wrote it with two Ithacans. |
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