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The new financial aid initiative

I get a lot of questions about some of the details of our new initiative, so I wanted to give you a breakdown of what this might actually mean for you, the student, and for your parents. Beginning 2009-2010, Cornell will: Eliminate the parental contribution for students from families with incomes below $60,000 and assets […]

Read the Recipe

I love to cook. I find that cooking is mostly an art – throw a bunch of tasty foods together and adjust with spices – but occasionally I get burned by my reliance on this theory. One case happened a couple of years ago when my spouse and I decided to try the Pad Thai […]

Welcome

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