Ezra Update - November 2013


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS NOVEMBER 2013

Events

"Navigating the Affordable Care Act in New York" - Dec. 5, Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden, N.Y.

"The Wacky World of Entertainment Law" - Dec. 6, Hollywood, Calif.

The Breakfast Club - Dec. 10, The Cornell Club-New York City

The promise and peril of 3-D printing - Dec. 10, New York City

A conversation between Silicon Valley and the Johnson winter trekkers - Dec. 19, Palo Alto, Calif.

"Throwback Thursday" sesquicentennial photo scanning reception - Dec. 19, Wellesley, Mass.

Cornell Club of Israel's 12th annual gala dinner - Dec. 26, Herzliya, Israel

Cornell Cares Day - early January 2014, multiple locations

Register now: CAU: Dubai, Oman and Qatar with Ross Brann - March 27-April 5, 2014

Cornell marked the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Nov. 19. Cornell has one of the five known copies written in Lincoln's own hand.


Mews residents muse about TV's 'Sleepy Hollow' for evening class Curled up on couches, munching popcorn and sipping hot cider, a group of students has the enviable task of watching TV and live-tweeting their observations – for credit. It's all in the name of social science, as part of a communication class about how social media is shaping the success of a new series.
	Savitt '85 dreams the impossible, tries to make it come true Kathy Savitt '85, chief marketing officer for Yahoo, was all set to attend Harvard when a weekend visit to Cornell changed her plans.
	Fraternity brothers establish memorial fund Lambda Chi Alpha alumni have raised $125,000 to establish a memorial fund in Matthew Patrick Omans' name. The fund was dedicated on campus Oct. 19.

A famous math problem that has vexed mathematicians for decades has met an elegant solution by Cornell researchers.

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	Bioengineered ears win first place at World Technology Summit Cornell and Weill Cornell professors' work was honored in New York City.
	Carl Sagan papers archived at Library of Congress 1,705 boxes include letters to budding astronomers, articles, to-do lists and more.
	Skorton: Hard work ahead for campus sustainability Cornell's carbon footprint strategies are working, but there's a lot more to do.
	Arts and Sciences announces new Africana Ph.D. program It is the first doctoral program in Africana studies in New York state.
	McCormicks give $5M to support teaching in engineering college The supporters of teaching initiatives endowed a Teaching Excellence Institute.
	Autodesk donates 3-D design software to Cornell It is one of the largest gifts-in-kind ever received by the university.
	ILR to study low-income teens with disabilities in $32.5M effort Research aim is to improve education and career outcomes.
	New program aims to accelerate technology commercialization C-TAM program will give leg up to ideas stemming from Cornell research.
	Alumni, students aid the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan Cornellians collected aid and planned fundraisers for Filipinos affected by storm.