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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Nancy graduated from Cornell University and has an M.B.A degree from George Washington University.
Researchers at Cornell University have used high resolution 3D imaging to identify atomic scale defects inside computer chips for the first time.
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Ruppert, a molecular biologist with a PhD, was at SDU when the study was performed and is now at Cornell University in New York.
From Science Daily
Among the most prominent were Duke, UCLA, Princeton, the University of Virginia, the University of Arizona, and Cornell.
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A Cornell physicist has calculated that the universe may be nearing the halfway point of a total lifespan of about 33 billion years.
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