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Progress ReportWord PerfectOn the Air
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Progress Report

How will Cornell weather the current economic storm—and what will the University look like decades from now? Those questions and more face President David Skorton and Provost Kent Fuchs as they lead a broad effort to assess the institution’s strengths…     Read more...

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Word Perfect (15 comments)

Generations of English students have loved (and hated) The Elements of Style, that "little book" that lays out the rules of clear language and proper usage. In an excerpt from Stylized—a "slightly obsessive history" of Strunk and White's oeuvre—author Mark…     Read more...

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On the Air (6 comments)

Vivian Schiller ’83 will tell you that she learned everything she knows about management from her first job: as a guide leading tours of Russia. Those skills are being put to the test in her role as president and CEO…     Read more...

January / February 2010
Volume 112 Number 4
CurrentsGrant of Immunity
Produced on campus, a new vaccine could marshal the body's defenses in battling cancer
 
 Go Figure (2 comments)
Bodybuilder Jean Gutierrez '04 has six-pack abs, a teeny bikini, and a PhD
 
 Puppetry of Protest (1 comment)
Nadine Bloch '83 melds art and activism
 
 War Games
Fred Schneider '75 urges America to guard its cyber frontier
 
 Cold Calls
Inside Cornell's academic polling unit
 
 Eco Chip
ImageNeal Gottlieb '99 scoops his own organic ice cream
 
 Athens, Jerusalem, and Ithaca
Former students offer tribute to Professor Dannhauser
 
 Hot Pants (1 comment)
ImageBig Red hip-hoppers aim for fame
 
From David SkortonBuilding an Innovation Ecosystem (7 comments)
The Big PictureWater Works
CorrespondenceLong Live the Kings
Story on campus custodians strikes a chord
Letter From IthacaBack to the Future
Welcome to the Cornell Alumni Association (again)
From The HillGas Pains
Zoner Named CUPD Chief; In State of the U, Skorton Praises Past and Future; New Budget VP Appointed; Rare Fungi Returned to China; Campus Mourns Three More Student Deaths; Thousands Attend Sustainable Business Event on the Hill; CU Mare is Genome Donor; Panel Discussion Focuses on Program Houses
SportsPut Me In, Coach (1 comment)
ImageNew TV comedy brings actor-athlete back to the gridiron
AuthorsLegends of the Fall
Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin '99 (Viking)
Alma MattersHonoring Top Volunteers
Alumni ProfilesJanuary / February 2010
Katrin Higgins Tazza '75 and Don Staffin '85, MEng '86, MBA '87
Alumni DeathsJan./Feb. '10 Obituaries

CornellianaHidden Gem
A flea-market find reunites a family with a long-lost treasure
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100 YEARS AGO

A look back at one of the top stories in the Cornell Alumni News a century ago.

Goldwin Smith on Athletics.