News
Missing Recent Graduate Yohanes Kidane ’23 Found Dead in San Francisco Bay
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Last seen on Aug. 14, Yohanes Kidane ’23 was found dead in the San Francisco Bay. The cause of death was determined to be suicide.
Columns
COLIE | Memory Eternal
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We carry with us some part of those who shaped our lives in any way, and I am happy to have known her, just as I am happy to know those who also shaped my life at Cornell and elsewhere.
News
Cornell First-Year Student Dies
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First-year student Matthew Friedman ’26, a biology student in CALS, was found unresponsive in his residence in Court-Kay-Bauer on Wednesday, April 12 and was later pronounced dead. He had a deep interest in neurobiology and behavior and planned to become a doctor.
City
Ithaca Police Investigates Suspicious Death at Downtown Ithaca Hotel
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The Ithaca Police Department has been investigating a suspicious death at the Canopy by Hilton hotel in downtown Ithaca since early afternoon Friday. There is no information that indicates the victim is affiliated with Cornell, according to Cornell University Media Relations.
Tompkins County Health Department
Tompkins County Announces Second COVID-19 Related Death in County, Testing Site Closure
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A second patient transferred to Ithaca’s Cayuga Medical Center from New York City passed away from complications related to COVID-19, the Tompkins County Health Department announced Saturday evening. Ithaca’s COVID-19 testing site will also be closed on Monday.
COVID-19
First COVID-related Death Reported in Tompkins County
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A patient at Cayuga Medical Center died from coronavirus complications on Friday.
Columns
GHAZI | In Social Distancing, We Grieve With Distance Too
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I never thought that when grief would knock on my door, I wouldn’t welcome any visitors. I never thought that when the day I lost a loved one arrived, I would stand six feet away from my Baba as he announced to me the passing of his own Baba in our hometown in Iran. I never thought that when my Baba needed me most, he would ask me to step away from him because my embrace could sentence him with the same, cruel virus that took his father. The thing about grief in the time of social distancing is that it is felt in distance too. On Tuesday morning, I woke up with a hunger for a lick-your-fingers after a peanut butter jelly sandwich kind of sweetness.
Cornell President
Former Cornell President Frank H.T. Rhodes Dies at 93
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The ninth president of Cornell, former President Frank H. T. Rhodes died on Monday at age 93.
antonio tsialas
Family of Deceased Freshman Antonio Tsialas ’23 Sue Cornell University, Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
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The parents of deceased freshman Antonio Tsialas ’23 have filed a lawsuit against Cornell University, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and Cornell students. The family is seeking compensation for the pain “suffered by their son … prior to his death.”
Kobe Bryant
BULKELEY | Remembering Kobe Bryant
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Kobe Bryant’s impact on the game of basketball is immeasurable. In truth, I feel there is little I can add to Kobe’s canon. I have no new takes on his legacy, nor can I offer any analysis that has not been said already. But at times such as these, I think it is enough to simply remember.