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


FEATURE STORIES
Semper FiYesterday, Today—and TomorrowAlways on His Mind
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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...

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Yesterday, Today—and Tomorrow (14 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...

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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...
SportsOne of a Kind
Kyle Dake '13 makes wrestling history
AuthorsTreasure of the Sierra Madre
Imperial Dreams by Tim Gallagher (Atria)
Alma MattersOur Cup Runneth Over
CAA launches alumni group competition
Alumni ProfilesMay / June 2013
Jane Bessin '79 & Amanda Telford '91
Class NotesMay / June 2013 Class Notes
Alumni DeathsMay / June 2013 Obituaries
CornellianaMusic Men
A half-century later, the Sherwoods are still singing
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