End of Semester Update, Hawk Babies, May 13 Wine Webinar Reminder
This week marks the end of Spring semester classes. The Ithaca campus definitely has an end-of-year vibe! Notable happenings:
- The number one-ranked men’s lacrosse team in the country: our Big Red (of course!) which beat Princeton on Sunday, in a hard-fought, back-and-forth game, to win the Ivy Tournament Championship and begin its march to the national championship.
- The hatching of Big Red’s and Arthur’s 2025 brood of red-tailed hawk eyases (look it up!)
- The news-but-no-clarity on the US government’s threat to pull back $1 billion in research funding from Cornell. President Kotlikoff held a recent town hall to share his thoughts about the ever-evolving situation. Cornell also signed on to a “Call for Constructive Engagement” letter, with 600 other schools, organized by the AAC&U.
With spring comes planting season and our classmate John Williams, owner and winemaker of Napa Valley’s iconic Frog’s Leap, tells us the vineyards are in full bloom. Join us Tuesday, May 13 at 8:00 pm ET for a free Zoom talk by John about his 45 years in the wine-making business. (This is a redux of John’s Think Like a Grapevine RED Talk at our 50th Reunion.) Register here for this sure-to-be-entertaining talk. Note: If you are so inclined, drop by your favorite wine shop and pick up a bottle (or two) of Frog’s Leap to enjoy!
Finally, you should have recently received, via US mail, our invitation to pay your Class of 1974 dues for 2025-26. Dues help pay for our class website, mailings, class events and more. Thanks in advance for supporting the class by paying dues. You can pay online here.
Hope to catch you on the wine webinar next week.