00 | It's 11:45 pm, and I'm sitting under really bright fluorescent lights in the basement of the Brooklyn Law School library, writing you this edition of our Class Notes. Oh yeah, and I'm also studying for the Bar exam. So before I start, I first have to send out a HUGE "thank you" to Rebekah Gordon for making this month so much easier for me by sending all of this great news! Thanks, Rebekah!

OK, I suppose I shall start with the babies, of which there are three.When in the world did we become old enough to be parents?! Nina Lee Torkelson and her husband Tom brought Lincoln Lee Torkelson into the world on Dec. 28, 2005. From the photos Rebekah has seen, Lincoln and his dad both LOVE to sleep! Also in babyland, Debbie Matz Prosser and her husband Darren welcomed Ashley Marie Prosser to their family on April 9, 2006. Commenting on the darling Ashley, Rebekah said, "I have seen a lot of baby pictures in my time, but this little girl is darned cute!"And last but not least, Andy, MS '05, and Allison Friedman Osborn are the proud parents of 4-monthold Austin. According to Alli,"He currently enjoys playing catch, taking walks, facing forward in his snuggly, rollerblading, and rolling over!"

Rebekah also collected some news while attending a Cornell young alumni brunch in NYC. There, Rebekah ran into Alexandra Vinograd and Andrea Wasserman- Marbach. After graduating from SUNY Stonybrook Medical School, Alex began her residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at Harvard. In her "spare" time, Alex takes frequent trips to Peru, where she founded a medical clinic for street kids. She has worked to raise $40,000 to keep the clinic open, and hopes to establish more of them after her residency. Alex joins classmate Evan Bloom, who began his residency at Harvard in emergency medicine last summer. As for our hard-working reunion co-chair, Andrea will be starting business school at Columbia this fall. Go, Andrea!

By way of Margaux Neiderbach '99, Rebekah heard even MORE news of fellow classmates! Attorney AzeemaMohaideen planned a huge benefit in NYC for the SABANY Public Interest Fellowship. The organization aids law students who provide legal services for under-served communities in NYC.We also hear that Mario Roman "has the greatest business card ever!" It's a photo of Mario pictured in "yoga position" for his on-the-side yoga business! By day,Mario is a textile surface designer in Brooklyn. And if that wasn't enough, Rebekah has one more friend of whom she is very proud, Kristen Sweeney. After nearly six years at Johnson & Johnson in New Jersey, Kristen is hitting the road and moving to Atlanta. She is taking a new job in process engineering with Clorox. Rebekah is even more excited about the change, because she will get to see Kristen while she does her training in California.

Yup! Beautiful Cali. Our bearer of all this good news, Rebekah Gordon, now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, she is now a reporter at the San Mateo County Times, a daily 35,000-circulation newspaper. She even gets to work with a Cornell Daily Sun alum, Nicole Neroulias '01. Rebekah covers three cities and everything that goes on in them. She said, "It's a great first job out of J-school, but I miss NYC terribly and will soon be hungry to find that next job at a bigger paper eastward." The East Coast misses you too, Rebekah! Good luck and we'll see you when you get back!

Jessica Megill will be finishing up her first tour in the Foreign Service early next year. Then, after a six-month stint in D.C., she will begin her post as an economic officer in Berlin. Jessica was so sorry to miss our reunion last year, but did get to see Hunter Rawlings and a lot of Cornell alums at a US Consulate reception in Shanghai last fall! Guess Cornellians really are all over the world!

Finally, the last year has been an exciting whirlwind for Trent Stellingwerff and his wife Hilary. Last June, the two were married at a beautiful outdoor wedding overlooking Lake Huron. Cornellians in attendance included: Meredith Freimer '01, Doug Krisch '99, MRP '03, Fred Merwarth, Ryan Raffa, and Zach Woodmansee '98. Shortly thereafter, Trent defended his PhD at the U. of Guelph. The happy couple then moved to Maastricht, Netherlands (only four days after the defense!), where Trent started a post-doctorate fellowship in the Dept. of Movement Science, U. of Maastricht. Hilary has also kept very busy, literally running all over Europe—she competed for the Canadian team at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, in the 1,500m event.Most recently, Trent accepted a job at the Nestle Research Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland. He will be working primarily in their PowerBar division as their coordinator of sports performance and nutrition research. Hopefully, Trent will be inventing new and improved PowerBars in preparation for Hilary's run to the Olympics in 2008. Could two people be more perfect for each other?

That's all the news for now. Time for me to get back to the books! But just because I'm out of commission for the next few weeks doesn't mean you have to be, too! Keep the news coming! We love hearing from you, and we love writing for you. -- Andrea Chan, amc32@cornell.edu; Christine JensenWeld, ckj1@cornell.edu.

01 | Reunion Report

02 | Looking forward to another summer in the city! I somehow completed my master's in industrial-organizational psychology at Columbia U. Now it's back to work and maybe back to school again down the road. I went to California and ran into Eduardo Porto Carreiro, who is working as the sommelier for a fivestar restaurant. I was able to see the live finale of Season 5 of "American Idol" with Amanda Sena '01 (whose brother Vincent '04 lives in Santa Monica). I don't even watch the show (it was on opposite "Alias"), but I did see Heather Locklear, Kathy Griffin, Christina Applegate, Ben Stiller, and the mighty David Hasselhoff. I also chatted with Melinda Clarke (Julie Cooper) from "The O.C.," who was every bit not like her character. Having a cousin who works for 20th Century Fox has its perks for sure!

Rabbi Stuart Berman sent in news on behalf of his son Nathaniel Berman, MPA '03, who graduated from St. John's U. School of Law. Currently, Nathaniel is working for the NYS Attorney General, Labor Bureau. Angela C.Hemauer is the director of promotions and Consumer Education for the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association in Antigo, WI. Angie also makes time to run marathons, triathlons, and half-ironmans, and wishes work wasn't pulling her away from training for more running/athletic events. Angie loved Wegmans, teaching at Cornell Fitness Centers, and getting coffee at Collegetown Bagels. She would love to hear from Alice Green. I recently saw Angie at a fellow Theta sister's wedding, where she mentioned thoughts of moving to Virginia sometime soon. Chaz Phillips is now living in Pacific Grove, CA, and works as a naval submarine officer.He is a big-time sailor in his spare time. Chaz writes, "I just finished a three-year tour on the USS Pasadena, a Los Angeles class attack submarine, moved to Monterey to pursue a master's in mechanical engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School, and was awarded the 2005 Submarine Squadron Seven Shiphandler of the Year Award."

"I have a lot more to update,"wrote Lauren Eisenberg."Rob Krisch and I have moved from the East Village of New York City to West Los Angeles, where we just bought a house and a brand new Prius. I have also left the book world and Random House for 20th Century Fox." She and Rob are both looking forward to their first snow-free winter in eight years. Seems Lauren's not the only one with the L.A. bug. From Julie Lai: "I just finished my master's in public health and am headed west (again!) to Los Angeles." Julie specializes in epidemiology and biostatistics, and has been doing a lot of statistical programming for areas including health, bioterrorism, and military manpower. Lauren Franklin graduated from the NYU School of Social Work and is working in Brooklyn. Maori Fujisaki '03 is living on the Lower East Side and working for an architecture firm. Kate Bennett wrote, "I'm moving from St. Louis, MO, to Portland, OR, with my boyfriend. I'm looking for a job that involves travel and high intensity. Any Cornellians living in Portland should look me up!"

I love my job as your correspondent because it gives me the chance to spread the news to all of you just how fabulously impressive our classmates are. Shamieka Virella Dixon refused to contribute to poverty statistics in spite of being born to parents who were both only 13 years old. She was raised in public housing in the Bronx, along with her parents, by her grandparents. On May 20, 2006, Shamieka received her MD from the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. Shamieka will soon be moving with husband Malik '03, toWashington, DC, where she will serve her residency at Children's National Medical Center.When asked about beating the odds, she told The Atlanta Voice's Stan Washington, "It was really important for me to prove that I could succeed because people didn't expect me to. Adolescent health is a passion of mine."

Through my very cool and generous cousin at 20th Century Fox, I was able to attend the New York premiere of The Devil Wears Prada. At the after-party I met fellow Cornellian Lauren Weisberger '99, author of the original novel. After introducing Jeremy Lang '00 and myself (as an '02er), she referred to us (in jest) as "babies." So for those of you who are feeling the pangs of getting old, plenty of others still view us as (very hip) youngsters.

Never bought a yearbook? Want to look up your old friends and recount memories? The Cornellian office has notified us that they have many extra copies of our yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. E-mail Cornellian@cornell.edu for more information. -- Carolyn Deckinger, cmd35@cornell.edu.

03 | Class co-president Nicole Manning provided lots of news for this column. Thanks to Nicole for the following. Phil Hart was just promoted to an associate at JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management. His former Cornell roommate Sanjay Pathiyal just left JP Morgan for a bit of a career change—he was starting at the U. of Michigan Law School at the end of August. Andy Goldin also just accepted a new job as a human resources coordinator at Jet Blue Airways in their JFK terminal. Abigail Conover finished her first year of grad school at Georgetown U. During her first year, she worked part-time as a research assistant in the Int'l Labor Affairs Bureau at the Dept. of Labor. She spent the summer at Oxford U. taking classes, and looks forward to starting her thesis.

Nicole also shares that she and co-president Carl Jones Jr. were taking the Bar exam in late July and are hoping for good news by the time the Sept/Oct issue comes out. "Other '03 Bar takers that I know of off of the top of my head are: Jaime Wasserstrom, Adam Schneid, Julie Feldman, Lora Gleicher, and Jordan Brooks—all Cardozo alums like me. Carl is at UGA."Nicole says there are many more at other schools—write us and let us know how it went!

Here's a heads-up to keep your eyes peeled for information regarding the renewal of your class dues, which includes a subscription to Cornell Alumni Magazine. It will be mailed to you shortly. Paying your dues—and subscribing to the magazine—is the easiest way to keep in touch with your classmates and with our alma mater. Consider the automatic-renewal option and avoid all those pesky reminders. And don't forget, you can join the Cornell Class of 2003 groups on both Friendster and Facebook. It's an easy way to reconnect with lost classmates and get the daily update on what's changed since our time on the Hill! -- Samantha Buckingham, swb9@cornell.edu; Sudha Nandagopal, sn58@cornell.edu.

04 | Since the Class Notes are all about reconnecting, I am including an offer from the current editor of the Cornellian: Never bought a yearbook? Want to look up your old friends and recount memories? The Cornellian office has extra copies of the 2004 yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. E-mail Cornellian@cornell.edu for more information!

Now for our updates. As always, please e-mail me, Vanessa Matsis, your news at vgm3@cornell.edu. Keisuke Nakagawa writes, "I've had a pretty wild adventure since graduating. I spent nine months in Bangladesh doing public health research, focusing on designing a micro health insurance program for the rural poor. I ended up learning more about how to ride rickshaws without falling out, eat with your hands without making a huge mess, and how to not get gypped by locals. I would have to say that participating in a midnight rickshaw race in a sketchy alley in Dhaka would be high on my list of most memorable experiences. (No gambling was involved, just a few rickshaw fender benders.) Afterwards, I decided to reflect on my experience by working as a harvest intern at a winery in Napa Valley called Joseph Phelps Vineyards. And no, they no longer jump up and down to crush the grapes . . . I was very disappointed as well. I am now working at a healthcare consulting firm in Washington, DC, to learn more about the domestic healthcare system before going back to working internationally."

Any of you who did not have the pleasure of personally knowing Esther Tang while at Cornell, will recognize her name from Class of 2004 mailings, since she serves as our class co-president. Esther has spent the last two years in Texas, learning how to salsa and two-step while hollering at the Mavericks basketball team. She is spending her summer in China, and in the fall will be attending graduate school at Oxford U. and returning to Clinton Global Initiative as a volunteer. If you are like me, you will be visiting Esther at one of her international destinations in the next year.

Anne Jones in her own words: "I'm finishing up my second year of osteopathic medical school at the U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine. Aside from studying and preparing for the national boards, I'm exploring life in South Jersey and Philadelphia and keeping involved with the active alumni network of the Cornell Club of Greater Philadelphia. I so enjoy seeing familiar faces from our time on the Hill and making new friends. Never have I felt the strength of Cornell's bond than in these last two years as an alumna. Some happy news is that I was just elected Student Council president here at school. No doubt, my experiences both in and out of the classroom prepared me well for the academic rigors of med school and the nuances of leadership. I've also been traveling to the other ‘Hill'—Capitol Hill— to learn more about healthcare policy and bridging the gap between healthcare professionals and policymakers. Of course, I enjoy meeting up with Cornellians in the area, and learning about the best party spots in D.C.! If you're in the South Jersey/Philly area, feel free to come by for a visit!"

Gretchen Schlosser, a VP on our Class Council, has occupied herself with her love of medicine. For the past two years, she has been doing acute stroke research at the UCLA Stroke Network.While working she has witnessed many stroke victims reverse on the table with the help of cutting-edge lytic and mechanical devices. She also fills the role of the conference coordinator for the annual UCLA Brain Attack! 2006 Symposium.When not busy saving people's lives, she travels to Hawaii, the Midwest, Hong Kong, Japan, New York, and soon South Dakota with her 86-year-old grandpa to see their family farm for the first time. Gretchen would love to hear from her classmates, especially those enduring medical school! In the fall, she will begin medical school at the U. of Kentucky in Lexington. She does not have her Kentucky contact information yet, but you can reach her at brdiehumm@aol.com.

Sabrina Acloque lives in Boston and works as a paralegal at Greater Boston Legal Services. Lately, she has been playing and singing capoeira songs and learning how to live the life of a capoeirista. She also promotes and helps produce Soul Revival, Boston's monthly nightclub event for socially conscious Latin House Music Lovers. Some of the things she misses most about Cornell are sledding down Libe Slope and taking a class in the Dominican Republic her senior year with Prof. Velez. Kuon Lo, when you read this, give Sabrina a call. She would love to hear from you.

Adil Ahamed was working as an analyst in equities operations at Goldman Sachs. Living in New York City, he is always bumping into old friends from Cornell. However, he is looking forward to an exciting opportunity: a fellowship in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, as an intern with a microfinance bank, working in microfinance and economic development. He would love for his friends to keep in touch with him while he is abroad at aaa26@cornell.edu. That's all for this issue. Please continue to send your news. -- Vanessa Matsis, vgm3@cornell.edu.

05 | Fall was always my favorite time of year at Cornell. Looking out over West Campus, I sometimes couldn't believe I attended school in such a picturesque atmosphere. As the leaves change here in my new home of Washington, DC, I can't help but recall the beautiful fall seasons in Ithaca, NY. Since April I have moved from Philadelphia to D.C., where I am now the director of legislative and community affairs for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Contrary to popular belief, I don't actually work in the White House—I work in the Minority Business Development Agency at the Dept. of Commerce. The most enjoyable aspect of my job is the traveling I get to do to conduct site visits and coordinate technical assistance conferences. The most meaningful part of my job involves the work my office has been doing in the Gulf Coast. The White House Initiative is currently trying to interest investors in an alternative financial assistance option for the shrimpers and fishermen who, for one reason or another, were not eligible for US Small Business Administration loans after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. If anyone would like to learn more about this program, please e-mail me at mwong@aapi.gov.

Some of our classmates will be returning to school this fall, and apparently the Boston/Cambridge area is quite popular. Nicole Browne will begin pursuing a master's in psychological studies at Harvard U.'s School of Education. After completing cornea research at the Cleveland Clinic's Cole Eye Inst., Fitz Collings will now begin his master's in biology at Harvard. Geunwon Kim has begun the MD portion of her MD/PhD program in anatomy and neuroscience at Boston U.

Others have begun new jobs and careers. Lina Valov, MBA '06, works for Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati, OH, doing brand management for Folgers coffee. Amanda Brown is now an assistant sales associate at Yardmaster Inc., landscape architects and contractors. She also works on production development.When Amanda's not working, she enjoys participating in a competitive intramural soccer league. After returning from about five months in China, Ryan Munch works long hours as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers. Jason Brown does real estate consulting with Ernst & Young in New York City. Kari Steed continues her career as a workplace planner at Bank of America in Charlotte, NC. In Little Rock, AR, Johnny Chen is participating in the Explorer Program at L'Oreal. Some of his rotations have included being a packaging equipment engineer and a component supply planner. One of the most intriguing jobs I came across was Melody Yuen's; Melody is a food engineer with Kraft Foods.

Tom Neuhaus, PhD '00, has notified me that he is an associate professor in the Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition at Cal Poly U. He was granted a sabbatical, during which he created Project Hope and Fairness, a charitable organization that is the only fair trade/organic chocolate manufacturer in the US. Tom writes, "[Project Hope and Fairness] distributes tools to West African cocoa farmers. Our organization aims to make cocoa farming a sustainable activity. Please visit our chocolate company website at www.sweetearthchocolates.com." To learn more about Project Hope and Fairness, visit www.projecthopeandfairness.org.

Want to look up your old friends and recount memories? It's not too late! The Cornellian office has notified us that they have many extra copies of our yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. E-mail Cornellian@cornell.edu for more information.  -- MichelleWong, michelle.r.wong@gmail.com; and Matthew Janiga,mwj3@cornell.edu.

06 | Graduation has come and gone and the Class of '06 graduates are trekking on through more schooling, while others are moving on to new and exciting jobs and activities. ILR graduate Shira Bortniker will attend Rutgers Law School in the fall and live in Hoboken. On the other side of New York City,Michael Shampan will study at Brooklyn Law School, while Damian Guzman and Deborah Birnbaum will attend Columbia Law School.Mark Richardson hopes to one day practice in New York City.He'll be attending Emory U. School of Law in Atlanta, GA, this fall. Adam "Beau" Swartzbaugh is adding a bit of spice to his summer by driving from Massachusetts to Wyoming and South Dakota to look at bears, buffalo, and prairie dogs before heading back to those books in the fall at New Orleans Law.Michael Peluso, working as a summer law intern at Schiff Hardin LLP in Chicago, will begin law school at the U. of Chicago in the fall. Lastly for our law school students, Jon Amoona will study at Georgetown; he hopes to break into sports law.

Although law school is a hot commodity, many classmates are going back for engineering, medical school, and other programs.Manoj Lamba decided to defer an offer from McKinsey and Co. in San Francisco till 2007 and instead attend Cornell for one more year as a Master of Engineering student. Also heading back to Cornell for their master's degrees in Engineering are: OatWichiencharoen; Andrew Chan, who works at Intel as a process engineering intern; Olivia Liu, who interns at a structural engineering firm, Thornton-Tomasetti; and Yunfan Donald Zhang, who is working in Ohio for Lockheed this summer. Robinson Ko is returning for his master's in Health Administration in the College of Human Ecology. Robinson works as a resident advisor for the LEAD business program of the Johnson School. At the Cornell Vet college, Joy Ellen Tomlinson is working in the Veterinary Entomology lab until school starts in August. Kristopher Young is the program manager for the Cornell University Satellite (CUSat) project, and working toward an astronautics MEng in Aerospace Engineering.

Adding some diversity to their college education, Edmund Palermo is a summer intern at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head,MD, but as of fall '06 he will attend the U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, for his PhD in macromolecular science and engineering. At Case Western U. Nasheed Hossain will begin an MD program. In biomedical sciences we have Tanya Dutta at the U. of Dentistry and Medicine of New Jersey (UMDNJ). Across the Atlantic Ocean, Adam Bonnifield moved to Cambridge, England, to pursue an MPhil in education. Matthew Banholzer lives in Chicago and is pursuing a PhD in materials chemistry at Northwestern U. Michael Lerario will begin his medical degree at the U. of Pennsylvania, while Andrew Gaydo will attend medical school at UMDNJ, and Allison Pinchasick is at the U. at Buffalo Medical School. At Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX, Kimberly Cuozzo is working toward a master's in atmospheric science. Lastly for engineering, Sarah Richardsen works in Princeton, NJ, for Parsons Brinckerhoff, a civil engineering consulting firm, as an assistant transportation planner. She plans to attend the U. of Virginia in the fall of 2007 to pursue a master's in landscape architecture.

Entering the working world, Tiffany Todo designs apparel at Steve and Barry's University Sportswear in Port Washington, NY. Tanya Littles is a dining room floor manager in Manhattan for English, one of China Grill Management's restaurants, and James Hatfield is working with the Tishman Corp. in NYC as an analyst with their hotel and realty division. Anne Soderstrom is starting as a merchandiser for Ann Taylor, and over at Ernst & Young, Blake Reiter is a real estate and hospitality consultant.Michael David Weiss and Su-Chang Li work for Goldman Sachs. John Paul Chu is completing a Unilever-SCA Congressional national park internship in which he is directing a project for the Statue of Liberty monument and Ellis Island in Gateway National Park. In the fall, he will work as a legislative aide to Rep. Ron Kind ofWisconsin. In upstate New York Nicole Haber is a deputy finance director for a congressional campaign.

In New England, Pamela Chuang works at Broadcom in Andover, MA, as a design engineer, and Andrew Sawchuk works as a software engineer at Cisco Systems in Boxborough, MA. Bryan McGowan headed to Boston to start a job as a product engineer at Intel doing statistical analysis and designing experiments to optimize the manufacturing of integrated circuit products. In Burlington,VT, Elizabeth Lee Smith is a field organizer for the Vermont Democratic Party in the campaigns of Scudder Parker for governor, Peter Welch for Congress, and Bernie Sanders for the Senate. Aileen Chen is moving to Milwaukee, WI, to work for General Electric Healthcare in their financial management program. Overseas in Berlin, Elisabeth Jane Becker will work for the Senate representative on migration and integration. Brad Biren is in landscape architecture at Kimley-Horn & Assoc. of South Beach, FL, designing resorts, planning communities, and working in the residential projects office, specializing in their "green" portfolio. Also in Florida, Brandon Lee is working with Darden Restaurants' Olive Garden chain in Fort Lauderdale for a three-month manager training program.

Timothy Andon writes, "I am working as a purchasing specialist at the company my father and uncle own, TIC Gums (a food solutions company), learning to control inventory, project future demand, and interact with current suppliers." Dion Chu works at a hedge fund, D.E. Shaw & Co., as a FinOp associate, Sophia Asare is an editorial intern at Business Week magazine, and Tirthal Patel is at Toyota Motor Corp. researching and designing cars and accessories as an engineer-in-training.

On the West Coast, Kristen Landis works in Portland, OR, with the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA as an account representative. In Southern California, Stephen Wang works in Hollywood as an investment and development analyst for CIM Group, a private equity real estate investment company. Finley Miller is an engineer for Boeing in Huntington Beach, CA. Also landing on the West Coast after his road trip cross country with Meaza Solomon is Doug Leuthold, who will work in Oceanside, CA, as a food and beverage assistant manager-in-training at Harrah's Rincon Casino and Resort. Natalie Scarritt is a sales leader-in-training at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Waikiki Beach. Even further west, Matthew Lowenstein will go to Hangzhou, China, to learn Mandarin and then to Taiwan for a year to teach English as a Second Language. Lastly, I would like to congratulate Benjamin Stiglitz and Laura Melisa Sologuren, who were married the Saturday after graduation, June 3! Ben is now working for Apple Computer in Cupertino, CA. Best of luck, newlyweds! -- Nicole Degrace, ngd4@cornell.edu; and Kate DiCicco, kad46@cornell.edu.