Ezra Update - February 2015


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS FEBRUARY 2015

Events

An evening at the BOCA Museum of Art - March 8, Boca Raton, Florida

Cornell Reception at SXSW Interactive - March 14, Austin, Texas

Hike in Rancho Corral de Tierra with POST - March 14, Half Moon Bay, California

Cornell Alumni Association of Charlotte: All-Ivy Trivia - March 21, Charlotte, North Carolina

CAU travel: Morocco - Religion, Culture and Landscape with Ross Brann - May 12-22

CAA travel: Italy - Lifestyles Explorations - June 26-July 25

Spotlight

Corey Earle Willard Straight Hall video still

Get an insider's tour of Willard Straight Hall in this third episode of the "Cornelliana with Corey Ryan Earle '07" video series.

Obituaries

• Edmund Cranch '45, Ph.D. '51

• Milton J. Esman '39

• Ernest Sternglass '44, M.S. '51, Ph.D. '53

• Bruce Wallace

• L. Pearce Williams '49, Ph.D. '52

Links

CORNELL CLUB-NEW YORK

CARING COMMUNITY

THE CORNELL STORE

ALUMNI HOME

CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE

VOLUNTEERING

ALUMNI EVENTS CALENDAR

CORNELL ANNUAL FUND

Connect with Cornell


Up close and personal: Five questions for the four alumni-elected trustee candidates The four alumni candidates running for the two available spots on the Cornell University Board of Trustees – Jonathan Poe '82, Rob Rosenberg '88, Stephanie Fox '89 and Theresa Flores '93, above – open up about favorite Cornell classes and what they'd take with them to a desert island.
	Author's 'magical, inspiring' creative writing experience Jandy Nelson '87 has received an American Library Association award for her second novel, "I'll Give You the Sun."
	Gift establishes professorship in fiber science and apparel design Bequest from former professor and fabric care educator Jean McLean supports Human Ecology's sustainability mission.

Register for Charter Day Weekend

Celebrate the university's 150th birthday April 24-27 at a festival of ideas and imagination in Ithaca; all events are open to the public but require advance registration.

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