Cornell students, presumably led by the Student Assembly group dedicated to promoting the New York City Tech Campus, have created a website at http://cornellstudentsnyc.com/. The site gives the undergraduate population a voice in expressing the benefits Cornell’s proposed campus would provide New York City and the tremendous opportunities for research and entrepreneurship that would come [...]
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Cornell Students Promote NYC Tech Campus
October 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Students
Tags:Kyle Scott·NYC·Student Assembly·student support·tech campus
Billy Joel Coming to Cornell
October 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Events, Uncategorized
Really? This year? I grew up listening to Billy Joel; my parents love the guy. And, as a native Long Islander, I feel like I connect with him on a level only native Long Islanders can understand. With the exception of Elton John, there’s no one who sounds the same. Although Billy Joel may now [...]
Tags:Billy Joel·CCC·Cornell Concert Commission·Cornell Events·Cornell University Programming Board·CUPB·Kyle Scott
Just a Random Monday
September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Cornellians, Uncategorized
Here’s an astute observation: If you were to ask someone to pick a random day of the week, I think that day would be a Tuesday. Every other day is taken. Monday is the start of the week. Wednesday is Hump Day. Thursday is the new Friday. Friday is Friday. Saturday and Sunday are the [...]
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In Memoriam
September 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Cornellians, Uncategorized
At the ten-year anniversary of September 11, 2011, I thought it fitting to share this memorial article published in the Cornell Alumni Magazine in the winter of 2001. Twenty Cornellians died in the attacks: eighteen in the World Trade Center and two on United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. My thoughts go out to those [...]
Crossroads of NYC
September 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Cornellians, Uncategorized
I’ve heard it many times, but I’ve never seen it play out like I did this week. New York City is a crossroads. Let me explain. Cornell has a very large presence in New York City, not only in terms of the university-run programs in NYC (see http://www.cornell.edu/nyc/), but also by the sheer number of [...]
What Cornell Did Not Prepare Me For: Doing Not Much of Anything
September 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Cornellians, Uncategorized
I’m just about three and a half months out of Cornell and one week from starting my new job in NYC as a consultant for Ernst and Young. For the first time since the summer between high school and college I literally have had nothing much to have to do. After four years of nonstop [...]
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