Ezra Update - November 2012


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS NOVEMBER 2012

Events

Welcome dinner for Professor Ron Seeber - Dec. 5, Tokyo

"Keys to the Kitchen ... and to Your Brand" with chef Aida Mollenkamp '02 - Dec. 6, Los Angeles

"A Good Grade Beyond 'The Hill'" with Eric Sinoway '96 - Dec. 12, Boston

Cornell University Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alumni Association NYC Holiday Party - Dec. 12, New York City

Ladies Who Lunch - Dec. 18, The Cornell Club-New York City

Eleventh Annual Gala Dinner - Dec. 27, Herzliya, Israel

Cornell University Big Red Hockey vs. Denver University - Jan. 4 & 5, Denver

CAU's "Tracing the Silk Road through Central Asia's Five 'Stans" - May 13-29, 2013, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

Spotlight

Sights and sounds from inside Madison Square Garden Nov. 24, where Cornell men's hockey dominated Michigan at the "Frozen Apple." Read more at the Cornell Chronicle. Big Red wrestlers will "Grapple at the Garden" Dec. 16.

Obituaries

• Robert Kaul Finn '41

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Men's soccer season breaks attendance records, rekindles fans' devotion Big Red men's soccer saw its first outright league championship since 1977 Nov. 10 with a 1-0 victory over the Columbia Lions. Despite losing the Nov. 15 NCAA Tournament game, the season was one that set attendance records and shattered expectations. Also, Daniel Haber '14, Ivy League Player of the Year, is a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy, college soccer's highest individual honor. Read more and vote for Haber here.
	A passion for justice and concern for patients shape alum's life The successful career of Frank Douglas, Ph.D. '73, M.D. '77, has been fueled by a belief in fairness and that the patient should always be the center of research and care.
	President Skorton OKs new anti-hazing recommendations The changes will come in three phases and are in response to Skorton's 2011 challenge to the campus community to "end pledging as we know it."

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