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Elizabeth Miller Francis ’47: She cultivated art and the environment through giving

by : Laura Hunsinger

Elizabeth “Betty” Miller Francis ’47 touched many lives and organizations through her philanthropy and passion for travel, the outdoors, and art. With her giving, she supported galleries and music, ecological research, and natural habitats for zoo animals. At Cornell, her bequest now brings researchers into the wild and the community into the museum. Journeying from Cornell to Colorado Although…

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Cornell Family Fellows spring weekend 2019 offers some surprises

by : Laura Hunsinger , Alumni Affairs & Development

When the Cornell Family Fellows Program hosted its spring weekend March 9-10 there was one slightly unexpected outcome. “The parents talked about math the whole weekend!” said Mindy Stevenson, assistant director of parent engagement in the division of Alumni Affairs and Development.So it goes after an engaging discussion on the joy of math with Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor…

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The ‘first-gen’ experience at Cornell

by : Laura Hunsinger , Ezra Update

Jaylexia Clark ’19, an ILR School student, says she “almost did not come to Cornell because my parents did not go to college and did not know how financial aid worked.“I knew that tuition was more than my mom earned in a year, and I didn’t know who to ask,” she explains. “Then I received a call from a senior in ILR who worked closely with the admissions team and found out that Cornell would…