Ezra Update - December 2013


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS DECEMBER 2013

Events

Cornell Cares Day - early January 2014, multiple locations

Johnson Predictions Dinners - throughout January and February, multiple locations

Cornell Entrepreneur Network: Women in Technology - Jan. 9, New York City

Cornell Club of Rochester: Founder's Day Luncheon - Jan. 11, Rochester, N.Y.

Cornell Glee Club to sing with Morehouse - Jan. 13, Atlanta

Cornell Silicon Valley: Reception for Cornellians at J.P. Morgan conference - Jan. 14, San Francisco

Sloan Program: "The Future of Health Insurance" - Jan. 16, Washington, D.C.

Cornell-Harvard men's hockey pre-game reception - Jan. 17, Cambridge, Mass.

Economic series: Benn Steil - Jan. 28, The Cornell Club-New York City

Register now for Cornell's spring MOOCs: The university will offer its first four massive open online courses this spring. The tuition is free.


Greubel '06 and Langton '12 aim for Olympic bobsled teams While Jamie Greubel '06 and Chris Langton '12 were successful athletes at Cornell, neither pursued their primary sport after graduation. They instead found themselves drawn to bobsledding, and both were recently named to the U.S. national team roster heading into the World Cup season, which will determine the athletes chosen to make the trip to Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
	Alumnus helping to build 'biggest, baddest thing on Earth' The design for CCAT, the world's largest submillimeter (far infrared) wavelength telescope, "just blows me away," says Fred Young '64, M.Eng. '66, MBA '66.
	Please give to the Cornell Annual Fund before year's end Every gift, regardless of size, has an impact on today's students and Cornell's work. Make a gift today!

A new era refocusing attention on global Cornell – internationalizing the curriculum along with the student experience – is well underway.

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