I tweet fun facts. • Lecturer for #AMST2001, a course on @Cornell history • Certified local heritage ambassador • Alumni relations & development professional
Voting closes tonight at 11:59 p.m. EST for the Cornell Alumni Trustee Election! Learn more about the candidates and vote now! 🗳️ https://t.co/C90QkGTOez
TONIGHT! Join the Cornell Black Alumni Association (CBAA) on February 27 for a webinar on Black history at Cornell, hosted by @CREarle.
Learn stories of Black Cornellians and how they've shaped the university and Ezra Cornell's vision of "any person."
https://t.co/9FBs10v2Od
Join Cornell historian and visiting lecturer Corey Ryan Earle TOMORROW at 12PM EST for a fascinating virtual discussion with Dean Rachel Dunifon about Cornell Human Ecology's first 100 years and our exciting future ahead.
Link to register: https://t.co/6GZrTovJzT
Peter Yarrow '59 was listed in the 2003 book of "The 100 Most Notable Cornellians." With his death, only 15 of the 100 remain living. He can be seen (played by Nick Pupo) in the film "A Complete Unknown," currently in theaters.
Lecturer @CREarle ’07, @Cornell’s unofficial historian, gave the latest installment in the “Last Lecture” series, which invites a respected staff member or professor to give a lecture as if it were their final one. @laurakgallup https://t.co/0b6VAt0gR3
@ChrisSasiadek I'm a year off. Class of '06 actually. But I think you knew the individual. And this assertion has now appeared in articles all over the place.
@ChrisSasiadek It was placed there by a classmate of yours on December 10, 2008 as an experiment. Check the "citations" to see if they can be verified.
I had a blast talking about the history and impact of @CornellCALS on this week's episode of "The History of Fresh Produce" podcast. Listen at the link below to learn some fun facts about how Cornell has shaped the food you eat and more: https://t.co/ODfC1L5xRS
Slotkin '98 is the 1st Cornellian elected to the U.S. Senate since Mark Kirk '81 (R-IL), who finished the final month's of Obama's senate term and then served one full term from 2010 to 2017. Slotkin is only the fifth Cornell graduate (seventh Cornellian) to serve in the senate.
Tata was the first Cornellian to win the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, and he's one of only four Cornellians inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame. In 2023, he had the second most viewed Wikipedia page of any Cornellian (behind Christopher Reeve '74).
Ratan Tata ’59, B.Arch. ’62, the university’s most generous international donor and one of India's most respected business leaders and philanthropists, passed Oct. 9. We will remember his legacy of transformative giving to Cornell.
https://t.co/0v0zYb6aGl
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”
Come learn about Cornell's global history this afternoon! Also, Amazon currently has a 73% discount on the hardcover edition if you want a deal: https://t.co/ShOzLcbxGU
Many A&S faculty members contributed to the book "Beyond Borders: Exploring the History of Cornell's Global Dimensions." Join us for a @Cornell_Library Chats in the Stacks with the editors including @CornellAMST's @CREarle! Sept. 18 at 4:30 pm, 107 Olin. https://t.co/CLFnK4QU0A
Alumni from circa 1979: Does anyone know what this Dragon Day banner on Sibley is referring to? "Remember The Sibley 7"? I haven't been able to find any clues.
Join us for a @Cornell_Library Chats in the Stacks about the new book "Beyond Borders: Exploring the History of Cornell's Global Dimensions," featuring the editors including @CornellAMST lecturer @CREarle
Sept. 18 at 4:30 pm in Olin Library 107 & online
https://t.co/CLFnK4QU0A
If workers return on Sept 3, I believe this may have been the longest strike in Cornell's history at 15 days. To my knowledge, the last two lengthy strikes were IUOE in 1980 and UAW in 1981, both lasting 12 days as the unions negotiated their 1st contracts with the university.
I haven't really been keeping track, but the DNC's speaker line-up tonight is packed with Cornellians: Randi Weingarten '80; Katherine Clark, JD '89; Elissa Slotkin '98; John Russell '13; Edgar Vilchez '27; Gabrielle Giffords, MRP '97...
The 2024 Summer Olympics are the first Olympic games that Cornellians earned a gold, silver, and bronze medal since the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Cornellians won one of each medal at both games. 2024 had the most Cornellians win hardware at a summer games since 1992.