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The healing power of music

8/5/2022 by : Alison Torrillo French ’95 , Cornell Alumni Magazine

Alison Torrillo French ’95 writes about her experience singing with the chorus during Reunion 2022.

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Call to ‘action’

9/17/2018 by : Nancy Dunhoff Mills , Cornell Alumni Magazine

Arts & Sciences alum Nilo Otero '76 has had a decades long career as the number-two person on sets of major motion pictures as a first assistant director. He is featured in this Cornell Alumni Magazine story chronicling his career and most recent work on the set of Oscar-nominated drama Dunkirk. 

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All That Jazz

9/14/2018 by : Franklin Crawford , Cornell Alumni Magazine

More than 50 years after the first ever purely jazz program headlined by Dizzy Gillespie and his 18-piece orchestra made an impression on Vincent Rogers '49 and fellow jazz enthusiasts at Cornell, the visit by Wynton Marsalis to Cornell last spring had a similar impact on this generation of young musicians.

A Cornell Alumni Magazine story discusses the history of jazz at Cornell, and the musicians who've passed through. 

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From Martha Pollack: Active Learning Initiative goes university-wide

9/14/2018 by : Martha Pollack , Cornell Alumni Magazine

Cornell University's expands Active Learning Initiative (ALI) initiative with generous support from Alex Hanson ’87 and his wife, Laura Finlay Hanson ’87.

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Man of Letters

9/14/2018 by : L.P. Drew , Cornell Alumni Magazine

Former National Spelling Bee champ Jacques Bailly, PhD ’97, is the competition’s longtime ‘pronouncer’

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‘Homme’ is Where the Heart Is

5/15/2018 by : Anne Machalinski , Cornell Alumni Magazine

Arts & Sciences alum Orlando Soria ’04, who made a name for himself as the wacky assistant on an HGTV show, is featured in this Cornell Alumni Magazine story about his new book and popular blog, and the ways he's used writing to recover from the painful end of a relatonship and losing a job.

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The Complete Archie

3/13/2018

Like generations of Cornell writers, I sat in the light of speech with poet and longtime English professor Archie Ammons morning after morning over coffee in the Temple of Zeus—first in the grand cavern that the café occupied on the left side of the Goldwin Smith lobby, later in the more modern but much diminished setting on the right, to which it was shifted in 1997.

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Living language

1/11/2018 by : Beth Saulnier , Cornell Alumni Magazine

With the hiring of a former Vatican translator, Cornell has become a hub of an unlikely field in the modern age: spoken Latin. This Cornell Alumni Magazine article highlights the work of Daniel Gallagher, a former Catholic monsignor who spent a decade working at the Vatican.

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An “unfiltered” voice

1/9/2018 by : Heather Salerno , Cornell Alumni Magazine

“Whatever we’re talking about, we try to do it civilly and quietly," says A&S alum and CNN host S.E. Cupp '90.

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Veteran banker and A&S alum leads America’s oldest zoo

7/13/2017 by : Beth Saulnier , Cornell Alumni Magazine

Philadelphia Zoo president and CEO Vik Dewan ’76, an alum of the College of Arts & Sciences, is profiled in this piece in the most recent Cornell Alumni Magazine. 

Leader of the zoo since 2006, the story says that Dewan, an economics and government major, has spearheaded many innovations during his tenure, including an ever-expanding system of enclosed trails.

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Brew Master

7/11/2017 by : Kitty Kemp , Cornell Alumni Magazine

This Cornell Alumni Magazine story explores the career of Patrick McGovern ’66, a pioneer in the field of biomolecular archaeology.

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Alum tours the world with Japan drumming group

7/11/2017 by : Kitty Kemp , Cornell Alumni Magazine

This Cornell Alumni Magazine article tells the story of Leo Ikenaga ’12, a member of Kodo, an elite, 30-member Japanese musical group. The group is primarily focused on the dynamic drumming style known as taiko. Ikenega was introduced to taiko at Cornell, where he was a member and became musical director of Yamatai.

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Alum has starred in off-Broadway’s Perfect Crime for three straight decades,

5/9/2017 by : L.P. Drew , Cornell Alumni Magazine

This Cornell Alumni Magazine story highlihts the three-decade run of alum Catherine Russell in "The Perfect Crime."

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Island spirits

5/8/2017 by : Kitty Kemp , Cornell Alumni Magazine

Alum Jason Brand '93 talks about his decision to retire from Wall Street and open his own business in Hawaii in this Cornell Alumni Magazine story. 

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The wide world

5/8/2017 by : Beth Saulnier , Cornell Alumni Magazine

This Cornell Alumni Magazine story explores the work of Cornell's Social Dynamics Laboratory, which uses online networks to study human behavior at a once-unimaginable scale.

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Designer Adam Lippes ’95 creates clothes that are ‘luxurious yet approachable’

5/8/2017 by : Heather Salerno , Cornell Alumni Magazine

A&S aum and designer Adam Lippes '95 is profiled in this Cornell Alumni Magazine article, which explores the approach he took during New York Fashion Week to showcase his line of clothing that's popular with celebrities.

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Meet Olivia Corn ’19, leader of CU’s College Republicans

5/8/2017 by : L.P. Drew , Cornell Alumni Magazine

Photo by Lisa Banlaki Frank

A&S student Olivia Corn, leader of the Cornell Republicans, is profiled in this Cornell Alumni Magazine story as she heads the organization at a monumental time in U.S. politics.