Ezra Update - February 2012


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS FEBRUARY 2012

Events

Marching to the future: Cornell's Big Red Bands are steps closer to a home to call their own. Groundbreaking on a new facility is expected in 2012.


Alumna's path to curating 'brilliant' art exhibit began at Cornell Sparked by the courses she took at Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center and the experiences she had as an undergraduate, Dalila Scruggs '02, above right, has curated a show at the Williams College Museum of Art as the final project of a Mellon Curatorial Fellowship.
	'Dear Cornell': A thank-you note from Suzi Hileman '73 Arizona shooting victim writes a moving and powerful letter to Cornellians, giving thanks for the outpouring of support she has received in the past year.
	Tribute: Consummate Cornellian Barlow Ware '47 Current Lynah Rink announcer Arthur Mintz '71 pens a tribute to Barlow Ware '47, the longtime "voice of Big Red hockey," who died in December.

Four candidates are running for two available seats as alumni-elected trustees. Voting runs until April 1.

More from
	CornellNYC Tech campus leaders, architecture firm finalists announced Dan Huttenlocher and Cathy Dove named co-leaders; six design firms vie for first building.
	From dream to startup: Glycobia becomes McGovern Center's first client Celebration held for McGovern Family Center for Venture Development's opening.
	Rocket launched to study northern lights from the heart of the aurora borealis The NASA-funded collaborative research team of 60 is being led by Cornell engineers.
	Robert Harris advises exhibit on prominent black New Yorkers The Africana studies professor worked with the governor's office on the Albany project.
	Vet college expansion looks to increase number of students by 2015 College of Veterinary Medicine's renovation will address long-term workforce needs.
	Obama's election changed racial identity of black students, study finds The 2008 presidential election changed African-American college students' perceptions.
	Weill Cornell center seeks new ways to help underserved New Yorkers Clinical and translational science group promotes bench-to-bedside research.
	Alum hopes to produce documentary about Cornell's glass sea life collection David Owen Brown '83, on his own initiative, is trying to raise funds for the film by March 7.

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