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  • Students walk towards the Ives courtyard at the ILR School.

    Shelly Cerio ’92 makes the path to Cornell even wider

    Shelly Cerio ’92 established a $1.5 million endowment that funds partial scholarships for multiple students at the ILR School each year.

    May 8, 2025
  • Anthony Burrow meets with Becky Morgan.

    New gift funds innovation at Bronfenbrenner Center

    The $2 million gift from Rebecca “Becky” Quinn Morgan ’60 and her husband, James C. Morgan ’60, MBA ’63, will endow a fund that supports early-stage research projects that meaningfully engage communities.

    April 23, 2025
  • A library of books in the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University.

    Sina Toussi ’91: Honoring professors and transforming lives

    Sina Toussi ’91 established an undergraduate scholarship in honor of Professors Allen Wood and David Lyons. The gift contributes to Cornell’s Undergraduate Affordability Initiative.

    April 15, 2025
  • Bixby attends a Cornell hockey game with his roommate, Alex Milozewski '27.

    For Bixby Piccolo Hill ’27, ‘It was always Cornell’

    Growing up, Bixby Piccolo Hill ’27 and his three siblings spent a lot of time playing together as a family. He explains that in their TV-free household, the siblings liked to make up imaginary scenarios and play act. When Bixby was in elementary school, his older sister, Parker Piccolo Hill ’25, performed in her middle … Read the full story

    April 10, 2025
  • Katherine DeRose ’26 and her dog Ruby visit Taughannock Falls in fall 2024.

    Katherine DeRose ’26 finds the perfect fit at Cornell

    Were it not for a teachers’ strike that happened decades before she was born, Connecticut native Katherine (Katie) DeRose ’26 might not have thought about applying to Cornell. During her junior year of high school, Katie did a capstone research project on the Bridgeport teachers’ protest of 1978. Teachers there went on strike to protest … Read the full story

    April 2, 2025
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