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Economics & Government

Alumna maps how to navigate South America

Ezra Magazine

… every bus terminal and train station, piecing together the best ways to navigate between cities in South America. Now … most of it hasn't migrated online. The Route Atlas website, which is in a soft launch phase, currently includes … including all transportation modes. Plans are to launch the site in Rio just before Brazil hosts the World Cup in June …

Government

Government is excellent prep for rabbinic career, says Michaels '68

*//*-->*/James R. Michaels '68, a member of Cornell's 100th graduating class, always knew he wanted to be a rabbi. He dutifully chose a philosophy major when he entered Cornell but found that the department's emphasis then on linguistic evaluation wasn't a good fit.

History

Scarlet Fu brings Cornell devotion to financial journalism

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History and Government

Savitt '85 dreams the impossible, tries to make it come true

A&S Communications

*//*-->*/Had it not been for the beauty of Cornell and a memorable weekend back in 1980, this story about Kathy Savitt '85, chief marketing officer for Yahoo, might very well be appearing in a publication for Harvard alumni.

Africana Studies

Alumna curates 'brilliant' art exhibit at Williams College Museum of Art

A&S Communications

"An art show, like a book, has to tell a story," says Salah Hassan, Goldwin Smith Professor in the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies and professor of Africana studies, noting that when art produced by white artists is defined as "American" and art produced by African-Americans is defined as "ethnic," that story is one of exclusion.

Archaeology

Carol Griggs '77, Ph.D. '06, Cornell's Dendro Lab manager, finds clues to climate change in ancient wood

A&S Communications

The scene is straight out of a disaster movie: melting glaciers wreaking havoc on the ecosystem, and a tundra-like wasteland where once forest reigned. Thirteen thousand years ago or so the spruces, firs and birches of central New York state vanished; dendrochronology researcher Carol Griggs '77, Ph.D. '06, is using ancient wood to figure out what happened when they finally reappeared.

Chemistry

A passion for justice and concern for patients shape this alum's life

A&S Communications

A poor childhood in Guyana spent watching his mother get pushed around gave Frank Douglas, Ph.D. '73, M.D. '77, an early awareness of injustice. At age 12 he was challenging his school principal on fairness, despite the risk to his academic future.

Linguistics

Cornell grad working to give IBM's Watson computer ability to answer medical questions

As a recent college graduate, Marisa Boston, Ph.D. '12, was enjoying her new job teaching English to Mexican immigrants in 2001, but she really wanted to go deeper -- to know the science behind language.Why was it easier for some people to learn? What was going on in the brain when people were learning a new language? How could she make it easier for them?

Anthropology

Tall ship sailing is ongoing research project for Captain Lauren Morgens

A&S Communications

Captain Lauren Morgens '02 stands on the quarterdeck surveying her ship, red sash around her waist and a tall feather in her pirate hat. It is a cloudy August afternoon in Lewes, Del.; her crew has finished scrubbing the Kalmar Nyckel's deck, and the last sailor has come off the rigging. Once the tall ship clears the shallows, Morgens' command to "set the mizzen" rings across the ship in a sing-song cadence that seems as old as the sea itself.

English

Alumna founds Light in the Attic for Mississippi's kids

Nine-year-old Valencyah walks down the hallways of Hazlehurst Pre-K-8 School in Mississippi toting a Ziploc bag filled to the seam with six books. She has three more in her backpack, all checked out from her classroom library. Valencyah is a straight-A student of Kathryn Ling '11 and hopes one day to become a doctor.

History

Alum's filming captures splendid visual record of underwater life

David O. Brown '83 has filmed orca whales feeding on sharks and underwater lava flows. He traveled to Alaska just a few days after the wreck of the Exxon Valdez to document its impact on wildlife and worked for the Cousteau Society, visiting the most remote and animal-rich places on the planet.

Ithaca, NY: Popular Spots and Local Staples

 by Malika Sharapova '16

Government

From a career in law to a career in journalism: Alumna Nina Terrero shares her story

Ezra Update

Terrero advises students not to worry too much about their career paths, but instead take the time to appreciate their fellow Cornellians.

Performing and Media Arts

Cathy Choi '93 used her major in theater as training for running a business

Ezra Update

Cathy Choi '93 entered Cornell with numbers on her mind. But an English class cross-listed with theater turned Choi away from her planned math major. "I had never read a play before in my life, but I got bitten by the bug and really fell in love," says Choi. "I ended up as a theater major."

Putting "Studies" First: Student Jobs at Cornell

 by Anna Ravenelle '17