McGraw Tower, Uris Library and Ho Plaza in fall, shot from Barnes Hall.
McGraw Tower, Uris Library and Ho Plaza in fall, shot from Barnes Hall. Photo Credit: Lindsay France/Cornell Marketing Group

March 25, 2015, Cornell University's first Giving Day, was a huge success, thanks to over 8,000 alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff, and friends. Watch what happened.

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With special thanks for use of Tokyo time-lapse video by darwinfish105 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), Cornell campus time-lapse video by Brian Stuckey MBA ’13 (with permission), and European time-lapse video by Mario Dias (CC BY 3.0). Original music composed by Jeremiah Bornfield/Postsound.

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