Cornell Report Fall 2011
-
Ram Report
For Hannah Boehmer ’11, her last Cornell trip may be her favorite. Boehmer and members of the college’s volleyball team took a 10-day trip to Nicaragua this summer.
-
Beverly Moser Perlenfein
Beverly Moser Perlenfein, longtime Alumni Office coordinator and honorary alumna, died on Aug. 8, 2011
-
One Course At A Time prepared Caesars exec for change
Colin M. DeVaughan ’94 holds the title “Enterprise Leader, Labor Effectiveness” at Caesars Entertainment. His career with the world’s largest gaming company started at a craps table in 1997, and now he oversees the labor management practices for nearly 40 domestic casinos and resorts, 40,000 hotel rooms, 200 restaurants, and the 65,000 Caesars employees nationwide.
-
Cars on campus
The automobile was no longer a novelty for Cornellians in 1926 when President Harlan Updegraff’s Buick sedan was stolen in Cedar Rapids (it was found in Iowa City).
-
Leroy Lamis
Artist and former Cornell art professor Leroy Lamis died Aug. 19, 2010, at age 84
-
Francis Pray, 1925-2011
Longtime professor, mentor, emeritus professor of biology, and honorary alumnus Francis Adams Pray died on July 20, 2011.
-
Diversity: Why it matters
Ariel Harris was a high school student in Spring, Texas, when she met a college recruiter promoting a rigorous learning style that stood out to her