Ezra Update - December 2012


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS DECEMBER 2012

Events

Find Cornell Cares Day events near you - Jan. 5 and other dates in January, worldwide

Cornell Club of Central Virginia: Glee Club performance and reception - Jan. 4, Charlottesville, Va.

Cornell Women's Network in Beijing: Senior-Junior Women's event - Jan. 5, Beijing, China

CSV: Reception for Cornellians at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference - Jan. 8, San Francisco

CEN South Florida: "Entrepreneur Stories: A Look at the Florida Techie and Non-Techie Entrepreneurial Scene" - Jan. 16, Boca Raton, Fla.

CAAA's Annual Pan-Asian Banquet - Feb. 2, New York City

Ed Whitacre interviewed by Fortune's Andrew Serwer - Feb. 6, The Cornell Club-New York City

CAU: "The Public and Private Gardens of Philadelphia" - May 8-12, Philadelphia

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Obituaries

• Uri Meir Possen

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	Zalaznick endowment supports visiting literary talent Alumni donors have helped bring writers to campus since 2007 for readings, interaction.