Ezra Update - March 2012


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS MARCH 2012

Events

Alumni Grand Canal kayaking trip from Rathmines - March 31, Dublin, Ireland

Cornell Club of Los Angeles: Lab of Ornithology event at Eaton Canyon - April 15, Pasadena, Calif.

Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration 2012 - April 19-20, Ithaca

"The Legacy of Debt and the Future of Global Recovery" - April 24, Washington, D.C.

28th Annual Cornell Fashion Collective Runway Fashion Show - April 28, Ithaca

The Cornell Club welcomes Steve Coll - May 1, The Cornell Club-New York City

Spotlight

Peter Lepage, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, held an alumni Q&A March 12 and discussed the humanities, faculty hiring, involvement with the CornellNYC Tech campus and more.

Obituaries

• Terrill A. Cool

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