Ezra Update - May 2012


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS MAY 2012

Events

"The Future of the International Monetary System" with Professor Eswar Prasad - June 13, Singapore

CEN Seattle: Driving Innovation - June 14, Seattle

The Cornell Club welcomes Andrew Tobias - June 18, The Cornell Club-New York City

Cornell Wall Street: "The Financial Crisis: Reflections from Cornellians at the New York Federal Reserve" - June 19, New York City

Guided historical tour of Dalkey and Killiney with Niall Brady, M.A. '93, Ph.D. '96 - June 23, Dublin, Ireland

Ninth Annual Cornell Mid-Atlantic Crab Feast at Walnut Grove Farm - June 24, Centreville, Md.

Cornell Adult University study tour: "Western New York: Modernism versus Tradition" with Isaac Kramnick and Nancy Green - Sept. 6-9, Buffalo, N.Y.

Spotlight

On July 21 and 22, Cornell will celebrate English Professor Emeritus M.H. "Mike" Abrams' 100th birthday with talks, readings and Abrams delivering a lecture, "The Fourth Dimension of a Poem."

Obituaries

• Robert Capranica

• Jerome "Jerry" Ziegler

Links

EZRA MAGAZINE

CORNELL CHRONICLE

BIG RED ATHLETICS

CORNELL CLUB-NEW YORK

CARING COMMUNITY

THE CORNELL STORE

ALUMNI HOME

CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE

VOLUNTEERING

ALUMNI EVENTS CALENDAR

CORNELL ANNUAL FUND

GIVE TO CORNELL

YOUR IMPACT

Connect with Cornell


At Cornell's 144th Commencement, graduates urged to 'engage the world' Commencements are optimistic statements about the future, said Cornell President David Skorton, addressing about 5,000 new graduates at Cornell's 144th Commencement Ceremony May 27. The graduates, he added, "give us all good reason to believe that the future will be better than today." See Cornell Chronicle's coverage of the weekend's events.
	Hotelie prompts nonprofits to think more like entrepreneurs Elizabeth Ngonzi, MMH '98, says she started developing her "activist side" at age 10, when she attended a U.N. conference with her mother.
	Biomolecular archaeologist uncorks the past Patrick McGovern '66 is known as the "Indiana Jones of ancient ales, wines and extreme beverages."
	Another Big Red team win – this time in community service Women's ice hockey team wins Red Key's Cornell Cup competition for thriving in the classroom and excelling at community service.

Slope Media's '150' project

During Reunion weekend, the student organization Slope Media Group will record alumni memories and stories as part of a developing online project to celebrate the university's sesquicentennial in 2015.

More from
	Reunion 2012, June 7-10, to feature Michelle Rhee, Bill Nye, Jane Brody Cornell hosts class years ending in 2s and 7s; a record for a 75th reunion may be set.
	CornellNYC Tech campus updates: First home, officer and designer named Google to provide temporary headquarters; Greg Pass and Thom Mayne join the team.
	Peter Lepage to step down as Arts and Sciences dean in 2013 He will have served for 10 years, longer than all but one of the college's 19 previous deans.
	Africana announces new curriculum; faculty to grow by 25 percent Also, Professor Gerard Aching was named Africana director, effective July 1.
	Alumna and princess of Thailand champions women's rights Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol spoke on campus and renewed an exchange program.
	New award, created by graduate students, honors outstanding mentors It honors the faculty advisers who have had great impact on the students' academic careers.
	Cornell is a top 10 'quant' school for financial engineering Program was lauded by Advanced Trading magazine for quality and rate of job placement.
	Since 1964, Temple of Zeus café has been dishing out atmosphere The café in Goldwin Smith Hall has a long rich history and a bright future in a new space.
	New signs spell out regulations and access for gorge safety They mark dangerous areas in the gorges and encourage safe use of these natural areas.