Cornell International Alumni Relations

The Cornell University Alumni Trustee election is right around the corner! Meet, and get to know, this year's nominees. Voting starts on February 1. https://alumni.cornell.edu//meet-the-candidates-for-the-2/

Douglas Lankler, J.D. ’90, executive vice president and general counsel at Pfizer, has played a leading role in establishing Pfizer’s agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense for large-scale production and nationwide delivery of 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. began administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Dec. 14. The Cornell Chronicle asked Lankler what it has been like to head the legal team at the world’s largest pharmaceutical company during this extraordinary time. Take a look at the link below. https://news.cornell.edu//alum-leads-legal-team-pfizers-co

Happy birthday to our co-founder, Ezra Cornell!

As president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, LL.M. ’80, has presided over one of the most successful efforts in the world at containing the COVID-19 virus. Out of nearly 24 million citizens, the country had only 812 cases and seven deaths as of Jan. 4, according to The New York Times a rate that is among the world’s lowest. Taiwan has used testing, contact tracing and isolation measures to control infections without a full national lockdown. We ask President Tsai about her leadership during this time and what factors she attributes to her success. Check out the article below to learn more. https://news.cornell.edu//taiwans-president-alumna-leads-f

On Dec. 19, nearly 1,500 Cornell students celebrated their winter graduation in a virtual recognition ceremony viewed around the world the first such event at Cornell, and a fitting end to what President Martha E. Pollack called a semester like no other at Cornell. Andrea Lucia Alfonso ’21 was among the graduates who can attest to that. Alfonso was born in Bogota, Colombia, but moved to Parsippany, New Jersey, at a young age. She grew up in a tightknit family and attended the County College of Morris for two years, with the assumption that she’d continue her education close to home in the Garden State. Only at the urging of her engineering professors did she consider transferring to Cornell. https://news.cornell.edu//celebrating-december-grads-after