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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS AUGUST 2014
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Events |
NorCal reception: "Is Your Venture Idea Viable?" - Sept. 9, San Francisco
Cornell Club of Mid-America: All-Ivy Happy Hour - Sept. 12, Kansas City, Missouri
Sesquicentennial celebratory brunch - Sept. 14, The Cornell Club-New York City
Cornell Club of Korea's Family Picnic 2014 - Sept. 20, Kyonggi-do, South Korea
CRP fall field trip alumni reception at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Dorothy Turkel House - Sept. 26, Detroit
NYC Cornellians: Comedy show featuring Aaron Kominos-Smith '04 - Sept. 27, New York City
Tickets go on sale Sept. 2 for the world premiere of "Cantares" by Professor Roberto Sierra at Carnegie Hall to celebrate Cornell's Sesquicentennial - April 19, 2015, New York City
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New digital magazine: "Cornell University: Discovery" is Cornell's second publication on Flipboard. |
Obituaries |
• Richard "Dick" Call '52
• Phyllis Janowitz
• Robert J. "Jack" Lambert Jr. '50
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Memorials |
• Geoffrey Chester, Sept. 20
• Kathy Berggren, Sept. 21
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Rob Manfred '80 credits his Cornell education with preparing him for Major League Baseball's management pinnacle. "I have been an effective negotiator because I was well trained in how to get ready to bargain," he says.
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Natalie Teich '65, president of the London Cornell Club, became a Member of the Order of the British Empire this year, honored for her volunteer work. |
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The Ithaca author and alumna brings a personal philosophy to her writing for young people, including "The Swap," a new young adult novel. |
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Cornell has long been a champion of sustainability, and programming for Cornell alumni is following suit. |
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Sam Bernstein '58, a professor of English at Northeastern University, has made his off-Broadway debut as a playwright with "Olympics Über Alles." |
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Party like it's 1865 in NYC! In honor of Cornell University's 150th year, we are throwing a Big Red
bash at Jazz at Lincoln Center Sept. 13. Evening sold out, but there's still space at the matinee. Register now. |
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Cornellians discussed Amara Lakhous' satire for the New Student Reading Project. |
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A giant database gathered from the Internet will help robots function in the human world. |
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