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Twice a year I give “flying lessons” at College Park (MD) Aviation Museum.
Sabra “Piper” Baker Staley ’51

ITHACA, NY WEATHER

Rain Showers, Probability Of Precipitation: 80%

Today: 72°F | 44°F
PoP 80%

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Cornell Alumni Magazine Committee

Richard Levine '62, Chairman
Beth Anderson '80, Vice-Chairman
Liz Robbins '92
William Sternberg '78
Sheryl Hilliard Tucker '78
Bill Howard '74
Charles Wu '91
Andy Guess '05
Andrew Morse '96

For the Alumni Association:

Stephanie Keene Fox '89, President
Jim Mazza '88, Secretary/Treasurer

For the Association of Class Officers:

Rob Rosenberg '88, President

Alternates:

Scott Pesner '87 (CAA)
Nathan Connell '01 (CACO)

FEATURE STORIES
Semper FiYesterday, Today—and TomorrowAlways on His Mind Semper Fi (3 comments) As Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, John Paxton ’73, MEN ’74, is one of the highest ranking military officers in Cornell alumni history Read more... Yesterday, Today—and Tomorrow (13 comments) Three decades after his first visit to campus, photographer Alan Nyiri has published Cornell: Tradition, Inspiration and Vision, a coffee-table book that shows the school on the Hill in a whole new light. Read more... Always on His Mind (3 comments) This spring, President Barack Obama announced a multi -million-dollar scientific initiative to study the workings of the human brain. Jeff Hawkins ’79 has been at it for decades. Read more...

FEATURE STORIES

Semper FiYesterday, Today—and TomorrowAlways on His Mind

Semper Fi (3 comments)

As Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, John Paxton ’73, MEN ’74, is one of the highest ranking military officers in Cornell alumni history Read more...

Yesterday, Today—and Tomorrow (13 comments)

Three decades after his first visit to campus, photographer Alan Nyiri has published Cornell: Tradition, Inspiration and Vision, a coffee-table book that shows the school on the Hill in a whole new light. Read more...

Always on His Mind (3 comments)

This spring, President Barack Obama announced a multi -million-dollar scientific initiative to study the workings of the human brain. Jeff Hawkins ’79 has been at it for decades. Read more...

May / June 2013

Volume 115 Number 6

CurrentsWhere the Rubbers Meet the Road
Chris Purdy, MPS '93, promotes family planning in the developing world

Dairy Queen
Cathy Gaffney '89 says "cheese"—all day long

Speaking Out (1 comment)
In the wake of the Penn State scandal, speedskater Bridie Farrell '08 goes public about sexual abuse

Slammin' Science
Grad students dive into the physics of mosh pits

Artistic Process
Oil paintings chronicle treatment for breast cancer

Beat Poets
Writing program spawns a faculty-student band

Building a Better Broccoli
Horticulturist tackles a regional monopoly

From David SkortonThe Land Grant Mission Today

The Big PictureA Dragon Day Rainbow

CorrespondenceTrain Time
Grand Central story spurs memories

Letter From IthacaFarewell Address (5 comments)
Dick Levine '62 bids farewell

From The HillSigns of Spring
Costs for Endowed Education Approach $60K a Year; Applications for Class of 2017 Top 40,000; 6,062 Admitted; Physics Nobelist Robert Richardson Dies at 75; Mayor Cory Booker Is 2013 Convocation Speaker; Senior Charged with Rape; CU Could Lose $28 Million in Federal Sequester Cuts; Grad Programs in Top Ten; Government Relations VP Steve Johnson to Retire; Alumna Named Arts Dean; Sophomore Dies in Watermargin Coop; Muslim Cultural Center Opens in Willard Straight Hall; Surgeon General C. Everett K...