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Fun, funny, and downright helpful, Alan Alda engages a Cornell crowd while talking about people in science.

Fun, funny, and downright helpful, Alan Alda engages a Cornell crowd while talking about people in science.

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CHRIS DENNIS UPDATE:

Volunteers have been searching for missing Cornell senior Chris Dennis since 8am this morning. Coordinators are requesting a second group of volunteers to begin an evening search from 5:30pm-9:00pm. 

Please meet at the Schwartz Center at 4:30pm where a volunteer coordinator will direct carpools to search locations on cayuga lake. Drivers are needed. Be advised that the drive is at least 40 minutes.

Volunteers can also join the search directly at two locations at 5:30:

West side of Cayuga Lake: Sheldrake Point Road which is located off of Rt 89 12 miles north of Taughannock Falls State Park. Follow road to shoreline. http://goo.gl/maps/nFQRm

East side of Cayuga Lake: Milliken Road which is locate off of Rt 34b, Lansing, NY. Follow road to the shoreline. http://goo.gl/maps/iK8Jr

Volunteers should wear closed-toe footwear and long pants. Please bring water, snacks, flashlights (very important), and rain gear. Reflective vests will be provided. 

Any questions should be directed to Anna-Lisa Castle at 312-330-7998 or Julia Fiore at 845-240-8288. Please try again if the numbers are busy. Anyone with relevant information should call Sheriff Rhinehart (315) 651-8317 or call 911 and let them know that you’re calling regarding Chris Dennis/missing persons case.

We are also requesting that those who are willing to lend folding tables, generators, flashlights, serve as EMTs, or donate food to search volunteers please contact Anna-Lisa Castle or Julie Fiore (numbers listed above). We appreciate any contributions large or small that will assist the search effort. 

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Cornell student Christopher Dennis ’13 has been reported missing since early Wednesday, May 22, after leaving a town of Covert campsite in a canoe, according to Seneca County officials. A search is under way. 

Those wishing to join the volunteer search effort being organized by Christopher’s friends and family can check in with organizers at noon today at the following locations:

East side of Cayuga Lake – Milliken Road which is located off of State Route 34B, Lansing, NY. Follow road to the shoreline. http://goo.gl/maps/iK8Jr

West side of Cayuga Lake – Sheldrake Point Rd. which is located off of State Route 89, 12 miles north of Taughannock Falls State Park. Follow road to shoreline. http://goo.gl/maps/nFQRm

More information: http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/05/cornell-student-reported-missing-cayuga-lake

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Commencement 2013 by the numbers: Undergraduate students graduating: 3,600 Graduate School graduates: 1,700 Law graduates: 276 Johnson graduates: 703 Veterinary medicine graduates: 89 Fully inflated examination gloves the new DVMs will wave at Commencement: 89 Weill Cornell Medical College graduates in New York City, M.D.s: 94 Weill Cornell Medical College graduates in New York City, Ph.D./M.A.s: 143 Weill Cornell Medical College graduates in Qatar, M.D.s: 35 Schoellkopf Stadium capacity in the Crescent and the west stands: 29,432 Commencement field seating for graduates, faculty, music groups, mobility impaired and official dignitaries: 8,000 Length of time to set and space the chairs on the field: 12 hours Minutes for the procession to fully enter Schoellkopf Stadium and to seat 5,600 students, faculty and trustees on the field: 55 Number of directional and informational signs around campus and Ithaca: 570 Number of sign setup crews: 9 Printed programs distributed at Commencement: 24,560 Volunteer ushers: 300 Spaces at major campus parking lots available at Commencement: 2,250 Parking spaces available for mobility impaired: 775 TCAT buses deployed at Commencement: 20 Average TCAT bus capacity: 68 Riders using TCAT’s Commencement shuttle buses (2012): 16,524 In accordance with university tradition and to guard against the possibility of weekend rain, the number of Cornell Commencement Committee leaders who will wash their car this week: zero For ongoing coverage of Commencement weekend, including information and announcements, follow #Cornell13 on Twitter. via Cornell Chronicle 

Commencement 2013 by the numbers:

  1. Undergraduate students graduating: 3,600
  2. Graduate School graduates: 1,700
  3. Law graduates: 276
  4. Johnson graduates: 703
  5. Veterinary medicine graduates: 89
  6. Fully inflated examination gloves the new DVMs will wave at Commencement: 89
  7. Weill Cornell Medical College graduates in New York City, M.D.s: 94
  8. Weill Cornell Medical College graduates in New York City, Ph.D./M.A.s: 143
  9. Weill Cornell Medical College graduates in Qatar, M.D.s: 35
  10. Schoellkopf Stadium capacity in the Crescent and the west stands: 29,432
  11. Commencement field seating for graduates, faculty, music groups, mobility impaired and official dignitaries: 8,000
  12. Length of time to set and space the chairs on the field: 12 hours
  13. Minutes for the procession to fully enter Schoellkopf Stadium and to seat 5,600 students, faculty and trustees on the field: 55
  14. Number of directional and informational signs around campus and Ithaca: 570
  15. Number of sign setup crews: 9
  16. Printed programs distributed at Commencement: 24,560
  17. Volunteer ushers: 300
  18. Spaces at major campus parking lots available at Commencement: 2,250
  19. Parking spaces available for mobility impaired: 775
  20. TCAT buses deployed at Commencement: 20
  21. Average TCAT bus capacity: 68
  22. Riders using TCAT’s Commencement shuttle buses (2012): 16,524
  23. In accordance with university tradition and to guard against the possibility of weekend rain, the number of Cornell Commencement Committee leaders who will wash their car this week: zero

For ongoing coverage of Commencement weekend, including information and announcements, follow #Cornell13 on Twitter.

via Cornell Chronicle 

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Cornell's Kyle Dake wins SI's male College Athlete of the Year award | SI.com

The longest writing project of Kyle Dake’s Cornell career spanned 144 pages and exhausted two ballpoint ink cartridges, but it earned him zero credits toward his status as an academic All-America. This was a voluntary thesis, on the subject of making wrestling history. It took 3 1/2 years to complete and consisted mostly of variations on one line, handwritten 2,978 times in a spiral notebook with the university logo embossed in gold on its red cover. Once in the morning and once at night as a freshman Dake wrote, 2010 141 lb DI NCAA National Champion. Twice in the morning and twice at night as a sophomore he wrote, 2011 149 lb DI National Champion. Thrice in the morning and thrice at night as a junior he wrote, 2012 157 lb DI National Champion. Four times in the morning and four times at night as a senior he wrote, 2013 165 lb DI National Champion. Early on March 23, the day Dake would become the first wrestler to have won an NCAA title in four weight classes, he sat in a Des Moines hotel room and filled four full pages of the notebook with his final affirmation. He didn’t want to risk losing sight of his goal, and he had nothing better to do.

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