This issue contains: Alumni Association News: Nominate Now for the 2013 Salmon Award; College News: Hear it at the First Clinical Investigators' Day, Excellence in Teaching Recognized (Dorothy Debbie), Friendly Face Set to Retire Later This Month (Margie Williams), Faculty Member Joins National Board to Set Standards for Veterinary Surgery (Susan Fubini), New Research will help Unravel Mysteries of Johne's Disease (Ynte Schukken), Education Goes High Tech: New Simulation-Based Veterinary Learning Paradigm Expands at Cornell (Daniel Fletcher), A Neuronavigated System Gets Safer Brain Diagnoses in Dogs (Sofia Cerda-Gonzales); Alumni News: Griffy's Legacy of Hospice Care (Katherine Goldberg '04), Living Oath: Alumna Takes Aim at Pain (Jordyn Boesch), Alumna Leads American Association of Equine Practitioners (Ann Dwyer); Student News: Portraits of Extraordinary Individuals (Kamilla Shmakalova); Development News: For Dr D It Was the Right Time: Beloved Faculty Member Establishes Charitable Gift (Alexander deLahunta), Charitable Giving and the Fiscal Cliff; Events: Keep It Wild (Alex Travis).