Alumni
Anne Morrissy Merick ’55, Vietnam War Reporter, Dies at 83
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Morrissy Merick, whose career spanned from covering sports to covering the battlefield during the Vietnam War, was an active advocate for women’s rights in journalism.
Save Our Programs
Ethnic Studies Program Funding Concerns Remain Unresolved by Deans
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“We have had at the college-wide level a decrease in overall operating budget and so all of our programs have been asked to use more of their reserves and reduce level of budget by common small amount,” Dean Gretchen Ritter said. “That been true for everything from physics through these programs in a way that has been modest and equal across all programs.”
Save Our Programs
Students Demand Adequate Funding for Ethnic and Identity Programs
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Emily Dong ’18 called the University’s lack of funding and inaction to establish an Asian American Studies major “unsurprising.”
Obit
AEM Professor Remembered as ‘Cherished Friend to All’
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“Greg was a cherished friend to all,” read an email to Dyson students. “He loved human interaction and had a gift for asking the often uncomfortable but always pertinent question.”
Angel Hierro
Cornellians Remember Hierro’s Leadership in Latinx and LGBTQ+ Communities
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“He taught me to not be scared of what people think, and to have confidence in myself,” Pena said. “I am so proud that he was able to touch so many people’s lives.”
Dyson Dean
New Dyson Dean to Join Martha Pollack in Move From University of Michigan
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Lynn Perry Wooten will be the newest David J. Nolan Dean of The Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, the school announced on Monday. Wooten, senior associate dean for student and academic excellence at the University of Michigan’s business school, will join her colleague Martha Pollack in a move from Michigan to Ithaca on July 1, according to the University. Wooten — who will succeed interim dean Edward McLaughlin, the Robert G. Tobin Professor of Marketing — said that she is “looking forward” to the move. “For a while, I have been fond of Ezra Cornell’s ethos of ‘any person… any study,’ and now I have the honor to live this ethos by serving a dean of the Dyson School,” she told the Cornell Chronicle. She also expressed enthusiasm regarding Dyson’s distinct mission in “solving the world’s most significant business and social issues,” a statement posted on the school’s website.
City
Demonstrators Swarm Reed’s Office, Demand Support for Constituents
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“We will let it be known that the 23rd seat is not safe for Republicans,” she said. “There is a lot of momentum right now to make a change, and we need to organize and channel that momentum.”
News
Sudanese Human Rights Activist Shares Experiences with Child Slavery
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“I am not ashamed to speak about what I went through as a child,” he said. “It is very painful, but I talk about it now so we do not turn a blind eye to slavery.”
COLA
Students Protest Labor Violations at Qatar World Cup Site
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Hanna added that preventable work-related incidents are occurring within a few miles of the Weill Cornell Medical College campus in Doha.
9/11
Cornell Dedicates Memorial to Honor Alumni Lost on 9/11
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“The memorial provides a permanent home where we can remember our alumni who were lost that day,” Murphy said. “It helps the families know that Cornell has not forgotten their family members.”