cornell report summer 2014
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Ask the experts
Alumni offer their secrets to success in various endeavors and answer questions from how to balance work and family to how to follow your dreams.
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Tiny flies, big research
Biology Professor Marty Condon’s research into the genetics of tropical flies includes numerous students, and several alumni, who have traveled with her to the tropics. Twice her findings have appeared in Science.
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9 years, 9 Fulbrights
Two members of the Class of 2014 are Fulbright Scholarship winners, making nine Fulbright winners in the past nine years.
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NEH honors two professors
Two professors earned recognition from the National Endowment for the Humanities this spring.
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Professor helps solve ancient climate riddle
Rhawn Denniston, geology professor and chair of the environmental studies program, is part of a team that solved a long-standing question about ancient climate change.
Denniston is the co-author of a paper in the journal Nature Communications that addresses the argument about how glaciers grow and melt over tens of thousands of years. -
Farrington-Clute to alumni: ‘You bring us joy’
In April Spanish Professor Sally Farrington-Clute, who retired this year after 41 years, was named an honorary alumna by the Cornell College Alumni Association. In a tearful speech before she received her certificate, Farrington-Clute focused on the impact that students and alumni have on professors.
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Writing center named for Dungy
When she arrived at Cornell in 1960, Madgetta Thornton Dungy was the only African-American female student on campus. Dungy went on to earn a master’s degree in higher education administration from the University of Colorado. She served as interim director of Multicultural Affairs at Cornell College in 1994 and then Visiting Professor of education for the 1995–96 academic year. In 1997 Dungy completed her Ph.D. in higher education administration. As a professional and volunteer, she has been recognized for her work in national, state, and local community organizations and associations on behalf of students of color, women, the arts, and nonprofit agencies.
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Students pioneer epic piece
In April the Cornell Chamber Orchestra and Concert Choir became only the second group to perform an ambitious piece.
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Rams excel on ball diamonds, land NCAA qualifier in shot put
Cornell College fielded a pair of 20-win teams on the ball diamonds and capped a successful spring season with an NCAA qualifier in track and field.
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Coolidge goes out an NCAA champion
Alex Coolidge ’14 brought home Cornell’s first national wrestling title in 24 years at the NCAA Division III Championships March 15 in Cedar Rapids.
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Hanae Shiga ’11
Hanae Shiga ’11 helps foreigners find amazing experiences when traveling in Japan.
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Cody Dunne ’07
Cody Dunne ’07 is part of IBM’s Watson Group, working on advanced computer artificial intelligence.
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50 years later: Memories of an activist and Fisk University exchange student
Tom Herbert ’66 responded to “The March for Freedom: Civil Rights Activists Look Back,” in the spring Cornell Report with this account of his experience as an exchange student at Fisk University.
Ask the experts 
Tiny flies, big research 
In Brief 
9 years, 9 Fulbrights 
NEH honors two professors 
Professor helps solve ancient climate riddle 
Farrington-Clute to alumni: ‘You bring us joy’ 
Writing center named for Dungy 
Students pioneer epic piece 
Coolidge goes out an NCAA champion 
Hanae Shiga ’11 
Cody Dunne ’07 
50 years later: Memories of an activist and Fisk University exchange student