In 24 hours, 11,750 donors gave 15,807 gifts, raising $7,827,834 for the university’s colleges, units, departments and programs – the highest number of donors, gifts and dollars for one day in Cornell history.
Each year, CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, singles out universities for awards in several areas of communications, alumni relations and fund-raising. In this year's CASE Circle of Excellence competition, Cornell Alumni Magazine received a gold medal in the Best Articles of the Year category for the feature story "Dr. Eponymous" by Brad Herzog '90, published in the March/April 2004 issue. Herzog is a regular contributor to the magazine and the author of several books. The article is a profile of Henry Heimlich '41, MD '43, the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver.
Scholars from East China Normal University and Cornell addressed postcolonial legacies, memorial responsibilities, future memory, social memory, televisual time, and memory and reason.
Cornell's 147th Graduation Weekend highlights include the Senior Convocation Address by Gabrielle Giffords, M.R.P. '96, and her husband, Mark Kelly and the Commencement Address from David Skorton.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County is offering a full slate of workshops in October on plants, gardening, parenting, consumer rights and driving. The enrollment period for 4-H members 5-18 years of age is now open. Nominations for the Tompkins County Community Beautification Program will be accepted through Oct. 15.
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed the world premiere of 'Odna Zhizn (A Life)' by alumnus Christopher Rouse, Ph.D. '77, earlier this month. (Feb. 24, 2010)
The Alumni Playwrights Reunion Weekend at the Schwartz Center will welcome back five accomplished Cornellians and will feature readings of their work, a roundtable discussion and a new play.
More than 100 City and Regional Planning alumni will return to campus Oct. 15-16 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of planning at Cornell, with events including alumni panels and an exhibit. (Oct. 6, 2010)
This week on campus, learn about veterinary medicine at an open house; Cornell’s Employee Recognition Day, and seeing the future – on film in 1925 and at World’s Fair sites in “Lost Utopias.”