COVID-19
Melissa DeRosa ’04 Reveals Cuomo Administration Nursing Home Cover-Up
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Melissa DeRosa, secretary to the Governor and Cornell alum, confirms underreporting scandal for death numbers in New York nursing home.
2020 election
12 Cornell Alumni Run for Congressional Seats Across the Country
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This election cycle, six Cornell alumni are listed on ballots across the country, vying for seats in the 117th United States Congress. With the exception of Dana Barrett ’88 — the lone challenger in this group — the other five are incumbents.
Featured in Category
Three Cornellians Make TIME’s 100 ‘Most Influential People’ 2020 List
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As of 2020, TIME Magazine’s 100 “Most Influential People” List features three Cornell alumni: Robert F. Smith ’85, Tsai Ing-wen LLM ’80 and Anthony Fauci M.D. ’66.
News
Annual Cornell Alumni Reunion to Go ‘Virtual’
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According to the University’s coronavirus update page, the annual alumni Reunion Weekend “will become a virtual celebration for all alumni,” to be held on the weekend of June 5.
rhodes scholar
Cornell Alumna Awarded Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
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Widely considered one of the most prestigious honors a student can earn, the Rhodes Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship that provides students the ability to study at the University of Oxford without paying tuition fees and receive an annual stipend of £13,000. The Scholarship bears the name of British businessman and politician Cecil John Rhodes, who founded the award over a hundred years ago in the hopes of bringing English-speaking nations closer together.
Susan Choi
Susan Choi ’95 Wins National Book Award for Her Novel “Trust Exercise”
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Susan Choi MFA, a graduate of Cornell’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, was recently awarded the National Book Award for her fiction novel Trust Exercise. This prestigious award recognizes work in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, young people’s literature, poetry and translated literature once every year.
Charles Tan
Former Cornell Student, Cleared of Murder Charges, Admits in Affidavit to Killing Father in 2015
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Tan is seeking a reduced sentence based on ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing. Rochester criminal defense attorneys James Nobles and Brian DeCaroli represented Tan during sentencing for the gun charges and during the state murder trial.
wings over
Wings Over the Competition: How Four Cornell Alumni Came to Own Their Favorite Food Spot
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Right after college friends’ Dan Levya ’14, Kevin Mok ’14, Raunak Nirmal ’14 and Mike Wang graduated from Cornell and moved to New York City, their dream was to bring their favorite Cornell restaurant into their adult lives and open a Wings Over branch in The City. After several events — restaurant closings and openings and franchise takeovers — they are now business partners and in charge of the entire Wings Over corporation.
cornell alumni
Cornell Gave an Alumnus an Award. While Accepting It, He Called Satchel Paige a ‘Negro,’ Prompting Swift Backlash.
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In the days following the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference dinner, the alumnus’ comments have been denounced by students, Cornell alumni officials and a conglomerate of alumni associations. The alumni office is forming a task force.
N.Y. Congressional Seat
Cornell Alumna Tracy Mitrano Wins Democratic Primary, to Challenge Tom Reed in November
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A Cornell alumna, former professor and past IT Director for the University, Mitrano won the primary for New York’s 23rd district.