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The Sun recently sat down with Prof. Robin Davisson, biomedical sciences, to talk to the new first lady of Cornell about living in Donlon, singing in the shower, research, who she would like to invite to dinner, scuba diving, writing haikus and more.

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The Sun: What do you bring to the table for Cornell? Why did the selection committee choose you?

David Skorton: Well, you would have to ask the selection committee to be fair because I didn’t make the choice. They did. I’m very honored that they did. I can tell you what I think I have to offer the campus. I have been in higher education administration for 14 years at VP or president level at Iowa, and so I have a certain amount of administrative experience. I have a good handle on why universities exist, who the very important stakeholders and constituencies are in universities. I’ve had my chance to make plenty of mistakes in administration over the years. Hopefully I’ve learned from them.