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Orange Carputt
Finally, just what we all have been waiting for—an advertisement on the kiosks went up saying, Orange Carputt Mini Golf. Although Cornell has an online event calendar that promotes items of interest on campus, you can’t beat the Stone Age method of spreading the word on campus via the concrete pillars known as the kiosks.
A “new” MLK connection
Cornell is mentioned in Jonathan Eig’s 2023 bestseller “King: A Life,” but it’s not a reference to Martin Luther King Jr.’s campus visit in 1962. King incorporated passages from “The Philosophy of the Race Problem (From a Negro’s Standpoint)” by Henry F. Coleman, Cornell Class of 1910, in his own speech given at age 15 in a Georgia public speaking contest. Coleman’s speech was reprinted in the 1928 book “Fifty Orations that Have Won Prizes in Speaking Contests.”
Enter through the purple door
There is a new student hangout on campus just inside the purple door at Ebersole Health and Wellbeing Center. Called the Living Room, it’s a cozy space where students can chat, study, get snacks, and relax.
STEM equipment?
We’re getting more of that. The Sherman Fairchild Foundation awarded Cornell College a $500,000 grant to upgrade STEM facilities and add new equipment and technology to our classrooms. We opened a new geology GIS lab, and soon will have a tabletop scanning electron microscope and a high-performance scientific computing cluster.
Now picture this
Sarah Fitzgerald ’84 is Mount Vernon’s very first artist-in-residence. She’s well known in town, having taught art to Mount Vernon’s elementary students for 30 years. The Mount Vernon Area Arts Council appointment includes a stipend and special duties, such as appearing at the annual fall arts festival, organizing an event, and displaying her artwork.
Raising the rooftops
59% of Cornell’s roofs have been replaced since the 2020 derecho. This past summer Norton Geology Center, Cole Library, and Olin Hall received new roofs. That raised the number to 40 new roofs throughout campus. The final, 41st, roof is expected to be that of King Chapel.
