Ezra Update - June 2012


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS JUNE 2012

Events

Cornell University Glee Club performance and reception - July 3, London

CAU on-campus programs: Four weeklong sessions with faculty - weeks of July 8, 15, 22 and 29, Ithaca

"Too Slow to Recover? The Next Four Years of U.S. Economic Policy" - July 10, New York City

An evening with Robert S. Zeigler, Ph.D. '82, director general, International Rice Research Institute - July 11, Singapore

Museum Tour: Metropolitan Museum of Art - July 21, The Cornell Club-New York City

NYC Cornellians' Central Park all-alumni picnic - July 22, New York City

New student send-offs - July and August, search your location in "Find Alumni" events

Spotlight

Reunion 2012 drew 6,500 alumni and guests to celebrate and remember their alma mater. Watch University Photography's slide show and see full coverage of the weekend at the Cornell Chronicle.

Obituaries

• Richard "Brian" How, M.S. '49, Ph.D. '50

• Dan E. McCall

• Edward Holman Smith, M.S. '40, Ph.D. '48

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