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Real estate developer and generous Cornell benefactor William Kay ’51 died of COVID-19 related causes on Easter, April 12, The Delaware County Daily Times reported Saturday morning. He was 93.
The seven alumni started their journey here in Ithaca, but through a social media campaign, a stroke of luck and a motto of “keep fighting,” they created a video game with devoted fans around the world.
A Cornell alumnus recently tested positive for COVID-19. Learn more about his experience here.
Cornell students have been fighting the wrong battle. Although the current conflicting discourse on opt-in and mandatory S/U grading exists between students, the actual negotiation that must occur should be between students and the University administration. Before we talk about alternative grading policies, we need to ask ourselves: what is a grade and what is its impact? Transcript grades represent a student’s understanding of their subject material with relation to their peers. At the same time, a grade bears the underlying assumption that all students in that class are given standardized learning resources and conditions.
As the take-out only policy is enacted, Collegetown and other local restaurants are struggling. Two Hotel School Alumni have started a GoFundMe to try to support these stops as protective measures become more drastic.
After running for Town Supervisor of Waddington, New York, and winning the position in the middle of his senior year, Alex Hammond ’18 is now hoping to represent his county in the New York State Assembly. If elected, Hammond could become one of New York’s youngest assembly members in the state’s history.
The beloved retail destination for SnapDragon apples and Cornell-produced maple syrup closed on Friday, igniting a heated backlash from Ithaca and alumni communities.
As incumbent Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) steps down from her thirty-year tenure, Adam Schleifer ‘03 hopes to join the ranks of other Cornellian representatives in his home district.
Marc Lacey ’87, national editor for The New York Times, will be the first journalist to visit Cornell as part of a new Distinguished Visiting Journalist program hosted within the College of Arts and Sciences beginning in the Spring semester.
Like every other student, Melissa Mahannah ’18 was admitted to Cornell after writing an essay and requesting letters of recommendation. But unlike most undergraduate students, she was also a full-time employee at Cornell when she applied.