Hawks, RBG & Fashion, Touchdown, RED Talk Reminder 4/15

Spring is off to a slow start in Ithaca and students are sooo ready for Spring Break which starts this coming weekend.

Even though the weather says winter, there is some sunshine on campus:

• Our Cornell Red Tail Hawks, Big Red and Arthur, have been getting their nest ready for this year’s brood.  This is the 15th year for Big Red to lay her eggs and the 9^th year for Arthur to be at her side. Check out the  live nest cam to watch a great spectacle over the next couple of months!
• A new exhibit called Fashioning Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 and the Power of Presence has just opened on campus, showcasing the fashion sense of one of our most notable alumnae. (I am sure it comes as no surprise that RBG carried, in every purse and handbag, a copy of the US Constitution!)  Two of our classmates, Peggy Cangilos Ruiz and Martha Young Roblee, played a role in acquiring some of the pieces on display.  This exhibit inspired the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection  (which organized the show) to create a new outfit for the Touchdown statue on campus.   The jabot is styled after RBG’s trademark lace collar.
• And finally, please circle April 15^th at 8pm on your calendar–not as the tax deadline(!) but as our next RED Talk webinar featuring Renee Alexander ’74.  After a long career in higher ed (including several decades at Cornell), Renee is now an educational consultant. One of her many claims to fame is she was one of the founders of the Cornell Black Alumni Association  (CBAA) which is celebrating its 50^th anniversary this year.  Register here.

To Spring!