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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR
ALUMNI & FRIENDS
SEPTEMBER 2015

Events
CEN D.C.: "Entrepreneur Stories" - Oct. 6, Washington, D.C.

Cornell Alumni Association of Greater Houston: Annual opera event, "Tosca" - Oct. 25, Houston

Cornell Club of L.A.: "Tomb it May Concern: Calling all Cornellians and their Familiars to Come Eat, Drink and be Scary" - Oct. 31, Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Tickets now on sale: Red Hot Hockey – Cornell vs. Boston University - Nov. 28, New York City

Register now for CAU trip "Grand Transatlantic Passage: In the Wake of Columbus from the Caribbean to Spain, with Isaac Kramnick" - April 1-15, 2016

Spotlight
Zinck's Night

Zinck's Night 2015: Cornellians will celebrate the International Spirit of Zinck's Night all over the world on Oct. 15. Join a party near you!

Obituaries

• George Hess

• George Poppensiek, M.S. '51

• William Provine

• Julian Smith Jr. '41, M.Eng. '42

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At inauguration, President Garrett cites Cornell, 'Ithaka' spirit as lifetime journeys >>

Cornell University is a state of mind, and both a beginning and a destination, much like the "Ithaka" of C.P. Cavafy's poem about Ulysses' journey home, said President Elizabeth Garrett at her inauguration as Cornell's 13th president. Also see full inauguration and Homecoming 2015 coverage and slideshow.
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Colorful family legacy began with Sage Chapel apse mosaics >>

How Robin Tait '51 is continuing a family legacy of learning started by his grandmother, who designed the Sage Chapel apse mosaic mural in 1900.
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Seeds of change: Dye garden promotes sustainable fashion >>

Assistant professor Denise Green '07 is leading a grassroots campaign to create a natural dye garden between the Human Ecology Building and MVR Hall.
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New general manager named at The Cornell Club-New York >>

Craig Lasnier will take the helm at the Manhattan club when Tom Inglis '70, manager since 1991, retires this November.
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Inauguration chapbooks available

The chapbook published as a souvenir and memento of President Elizabeth Garrett's inauguration can be ordered online. It includes her address and other selections written specifically for this volume.
 

News from Chronicle Online
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Cornell dots research collaboration leads to $10M cancer center >>

Will be created in partnership with NYC's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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Three Cornellians honored for their philanthropic work >>

Chuck Feeney, Irwin and Joan Jacobs will receive the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.
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Gift names Weill Cornell's Institute for Precision Medicine >>

Also: Monika Safford, M.D. '86, named chief of general internal medicine at WCMC.
Glee Club members on 1966 Southeast Asia tour
Glee Club '66 Southeast Asia tour alums re-create melodic diplomacy >>

1966 tour alums joined current members on stage Sept. 19 for a Homecoming concert.
 
 

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