Ezra Update - March 2013


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS MARCH 2013

Events

Cornell Club of Boston 55+ dim sum lunch - April 6, Woburn, Mass.

"Embers of War: Vietnam Reconsidered," with Professor Fredrik Logevall - April 10, Santa Barbara, Calif.

CEN NYC: "The Business of Hip-Hop" - April 17, New York City

Accepted students event - April 17, Beijing, China

Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration 2013 - April 18-19, Ithaca

Cornell International Summit: Hospitality, Real Estate and the Built Environment - April 20, Shanghai

29th Annual Cornell Fashion Collective Fashion Show - April 27, Ithaca

"Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds" with Professor George Hudler - April 29, The Cornell Club-New York City

CSV13: A New Wave of Innovation - April 30, Mountain View, Calif.

CAU summer programs: Weeklong programs for adults and youth - July, Ithaca

Spotlight

Newly redesigned CornellCast offers interactive live events, a "save your spot" feature -- great for watching lectures -- and more ways to browse.

Obituaries

• Christian F. Otto

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Perry's Ice Cream and Cornell sweeten upstate New York's dairy future The connection between Cornell and the Akron, N.Y.-based ice cream company Perry's goes back generations, to when Marlo Perry '35 took knowledge acquired in his dairy science classes back to the family dairy to help his father expand their ice cream business. Most recently, Perry's was the immediate choice when the university needed an ice cream supplier as the Cornell Dairy Plant began a long reonvation project that is now nearly complete.
	Human trafficking foe to receive ILR School's Alpern Award Jean Baderschneider, Ph.D. '78, then an ExxonMobil executive, found a new career while waiting to board a flight from Angola to London.
	This old Straight: Class of '50 helps fund makeover An anonymous donor and the Class of 1950 are aiding student performance groups by supporting upgrades to the theater in Willard Straight Hall.

Engagement in San Francisco

Cornell's public engagement mission was showcased March 12 to about 225 Bay-Area alumni, parents and friends. Also in March, Cornellians hosted an event at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.

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	Applications for admission to Cornell top 40,000, a new high University accepted 6,062 applicants for admission to the Class of 2017 this fall.
	Kyle Dake makes NCAA history with fourth wrestling title The senior won his fourth national title in four weight classes; team took fifth in standings.
	Cornell University and Weill Cornell could face $28 million loss in sequester The $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts may eventually carry a universitywide cost.
	'New face of civil engineering' works on Cornell Tech site development Abena Ojetayo '07, M.Eng. '09, has been named to a promising-engineers-under-30 list .
	Cory Booker will speak at Convocation on Commencement Weekend The mayor of Newark, N.J., will address the Class of 2013 at Senior Convocation, May 25.
	First-year architecture students plan inspiring Dragon Day Coverage of the March 15 event includes slideshow, videos of the parade.
	Toni Morrison speaks on evil, language and 'the white gaze' The Nobel Prize-winning author returned to campus for a conversation about language.
	Film editor Tim Squyres '81, from fleeing physics to 'Life of Pi' The Academy Award nominee spoke about his time as a student and hosted a screening.
	U.S. News: Graduate engineering, English, other programs ranked Top 10 Also, the Dyson School was ranked No. 3 by Bloomberg Businessweek.
	Young alumni revel at Duff Ball-NYC, drawing a sold-out crowd More than 400 Cornellians who graduated in the past 10 years gathered in NYC March 2.