Ezra Update - September 2014


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS SEPTEMBER 2014

Events

CEN Boston: "Wellness: Women in Entrepreneurship" - Oct. 2, Boston

Cornell Club of Austin: "Red Wines from 'Unusual' Places" - Oct. 5, Austin, Texas

International Spirit of Zinck's Night - Oct. 16, various locations worldwide

Homecoming 2014 - Oct. 17-18, Ithaca

Professor Robert Morgan: "The Road from 'Gap Creek'" - Oct. 22, The Cornell Club-New York City

New Student Reading Project event with Eric Acree, director of Cornell's Africana Library - Oct. 23, Scarsdale, New York

Cornell Alumni Association Travel Program: Hawaii by Small Ship - Feb. 14-21, 2015, New York City

Spotlight

'150 Years of Cornell University: Participate

Cornell is creating a once-in-a-sesquicentennial virtual event: the Cornell Global Choir. Join the chorus!

Obituaries

• Ephrahim Garcia

• Christopher Hogwood

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'From Brooklyn to the Bench'

On Sept. 18, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg '54 reminisced with College of Arts & Sciences Dean Gretchen Ritter '83 about her time on the Hill.

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