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Institute experience inspires alumnus to tackle brain drain

By Anthony Adornato on June 24, 2008 1:48 PM | Comments (2)

kmcevay.jpgIf ever there were a poster child for upstate New York, Kevin McAvey '05 would be it.

Like so many of his Colgate friends, McAvey left the area after graduation, but, he says, his "heart stayed in the upstate New York region."

"There's still not a day I don't cross that border into upstate that I don't break into a smile," said McAvey, a downstate native.

Now, three years later, he's followed his heart, moving back from Washington, D.C., to attend graduate school at Cornell University.

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