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Giving Day

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🥇🔓 Record unlocked: Cornellians raise more than $13M in just 24 hours

Cornell’s ninth Giving Day brought together 18,296 donors to raise more than $13 million in just 24 hours, shattering records from previous years.

By Kaitlyn Danielle Ruhf March 20, 2023
(L to R) Alan Zhou ’03; Hongnan Ma, directer of international development, Asia; Jeff MacCorkle ’88, member of the Cornell Asia Alumni Leadership Advisors (CAALA); and former Beijing Club co-president Tanni Wu ’06 at a 2019 Cornell event in Beijing

My heart told me the time was now: Alan Zhou ’03 shares his giving story

Last fall, in honor of his upcoming 20th Reunion, Alan Zhou ’03 took advantage of Cornell’s affordability challenge and made a gift to establish the Alan and Chelsea Zhou Family Scholarship. The fund will provide financial assistance to undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need, with a preference for students from the states of Maine, Oklahoma, … Read the full story

By Linda Copman March 2, 2023
McGraw tower in summer from the Alpha Phi Alpha Centennial Memorial bench.

CAU Summer 2023

Take a one-week course taught by leading Cornell faculty on campus! Courses include wine and food pairing, physics, photography, and more. Register before March 31 for early bird pricing!

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McGraw tower in summer. Photo: Lindsay France

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