Alumni
2c – Menu – Stories about alumni
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Cornell’s first female Asian-American graduate
The first female Asian-American to graduate from Cornell was Masako Amemiya, who came to Mount Vernon in 1943 from an internment camp in California. She was one of about 5,500 young nisei (sons and daughters of Japanese immigrants to the United States) who were allowed to leave the camps to attend colleges in the Midwest […]
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Cornell alumnus appointed as bishop in the Catholic Church
Pope Francis has appointed a Mount Vernon native to a big position in the Catholic Church in Iowa.
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Ringers provide $1 million lead gift to science campaign
Jerry Ringer, a Mount Vernon native who attended Cornell College because of its reputation for educating future doctors, is helping to ensure the college will continue that legacy with a lead gift to the sciences.
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Smalls continue legacy with $4 million gift to sciences
Richard and Norma Small, already the most generous philanthropists in Cornell College history, have extended their legacy with a lead gift of $4 million for the college’s science facilities project.
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Translation event celebrates diversity
For one hour on Cornell College’s Orange Carpet, everyone is invited to help translate a short poem by William Carlos Williams into as many languages as possible.
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Ngirbabul ’16 lands Fulbright in India
Recent Cornell graduate Michelle Ngirbabul ’16 has been awarded a Fulbright research grant in India, an assignment shaped by interests she developed at Cornell and in her individualized major in global health studies.
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Xu ’13 receives national podiatric student award
Dixon Xu ’13 was one of just nine graduating podiatric medical students awarded the 2017 Michael L. Stone Outstanding Professional Conduct Award during the recent American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons scientific meeting.
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Global Zero nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Global Zero, an initiative dedicated to the elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide, has been nominated for the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Many Cornell graduates work and intern for Global Zero, including Derek Johnson ’04, who is the executive director.
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Strawn ’62 publishes artificial intelligence paper
George Strawn ’62 and Candace Strawn are the authors of “Masterminds of Artificial Intelligence: Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert,” an article in the April 2017 issue of Computing Edge. The article also appeared in IT Professional.
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3 Cornellians awarded Fulbrights
It’s springtime at Cornell College, when flowers and Fulbrights appear.
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Cornell couple chooses water project over wedding registry
When Jenah Vandersall ’16 and Tyler Riggs ’16 got engaged, they decided to forego a traditional wedding registry. Instead, they’re asking family and friends to help them fund a water project in Africa.
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Anderson ’85 led research team to autism discovery
Cornell College alumnus Matthew Anderson ’85 led a team of researchers at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center that gained new insight into impaired sociability in some forms of autism spectrum disorder.
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Roberts publishing, performing
When asked how she ended up at Cornell, Chicago native Heather “Byrd” Roberts ’09 says that Cornell stalked her.
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‘GREEK,’ modern retelling of a classic, runs March 2-5
The Cornell College Department of Theatre and Dance will produce Steven Berkoff’s “GREEK,” an exciting retelling of the ancient Greek tragedy “Oedipus Rex,” March 2-5 in Kimmel Theatre on the Cornell College campus.
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Alumnus uses geology education to explore Norton collection
Ryan Shanks ’16, who recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in geology, recently spent time exploring the building and researching what’s inside.
Cornell’s first female Asian-American graduate 
Cornell alumnus appointed as bishop in the Catholic Church 
Ringers provide $1 million lead gift to science campaign 
Smalls continue legacy with $4 million gift to sciences 
Translation event celebrates diversity 
Ngirbabul ’16 lands Fulbright in India 
Xu ’13 receives national podiatric student award 
Global Zero nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 
Strawn ’62 publishes artificial intelligence paper 
3 Cornellians awarded Fulbrights 
Cornell couple chooses water project over wedding registry 
Anderson ’85 led research team to autism discovery 
Roberts publishing, performing 
‘GREEK,’ modern retelling of a classic, runs March 2-5 
Alumnus uses geology education to explore Norton collection