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CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS DECEMBER 2012
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Find Cornell Cares Day events near you - Jan. 5 and other dates in January, worldwide
Cornell Club of Central Virginia: Glee Club performance and reception - Jan. 4, Charlottesville, Va.
Cornell Women's Network in Beijing: Senior-Junior Women's event - Jan. 5, Beijing, China
CSV: Reception for Cornellians at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference - Jan. 8, San Francisco
CEN South Florida: "Entrepreneur Stories: A Look at the Florida Techie and Non-Techie Entrepreneurial Scene" - Jan. 16, Boca Raton, Fla.
CAAA's Annual Pan-Asian Banquet - Feb. 2, New York City
Ed Whitacre interviewed by Fortune's Andrew Serwer - Feb. 6, The Cornell Club-New York City
CAU: "The Public and Private Gardens of Philadelphia" - May 8-12, Philadelphia
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Please give to the Cornell Annual Fund before year's end: Every gift, regardless of size, has an impact on Cornell's work. Make a gift today and help ring in 2013! |
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• Uri Meir Possen
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Alumni donors have helped bring writers to campus since 2007 for readings, interaction. |
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