Cornell
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Ezra, 1809–74, U.S. capitalist and philanthropist.
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Katharine, 1898–1974, U.S. actress.
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a male given name.
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SpaceX executives Mark Juncosa and Mike Nicolls also cut their engineering teeth making student race cars at Cornell in the early 2000s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
Clinical Professor of Psychology at Weill Cornell Medicine, says the decline of extended family involvement has helped fuel what the U.S.
From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026
She trained as a lawyer, getting two post-graduate degrees from Cornell University in the US.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
"It's almost like he is trying to reach for this glorified manhood that he cannot embody anymore," said Sabrina Karim, a political science professor at Cornell University.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Navy, Syracuse, Cornell, Columbia, and Pennsylvania stretched out across the river in lanes three through seven.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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