Buffalo: A Renaissance by Design

Join us for a panel discussion, hosted by the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo.

Aspirational architecture and design have been at the core of Buffalo’s civic identity for nearly 200 years.  This generation of architects contributes to that rich and proud legacy while looking to the future. How can design professions enrich the city’s recent revival?

The panel discussion features four local design professionals

Omar Khan (AAP ’93), Associate Professor of Architecture, University at Buffalo
Joy Kuebler (CALS ’97), Landscape Architect, Principal of JKLA Studio
Scott Pitek (AAP ’02), Architect, Principal of Social Practice Design Collaborative
Seth Amman (SUNYAB ’06) Architect, Principal of Arch & Type

Moderated by Greg Proefrock (AAP ’95) of Glance Design

The event will be held on Thursday, November 7th, 2019 at Cornell in Buffalo Commons, Third Floor, 617 Main Street, Buffalo NY. 5:30pm refreshments, 6:30pm program.

This event is free and open to the public, but please register in advance.

Contact  Matthew Ricchiazzi ’08: matthew.ricchiazzi@gmail.com with questions.

Spirit of Zinck’s 2019

Join your fellow Cornellians to eat, drink and be merry on Zinck’s Night, Thursday, October 17. International Spirit of Zinck’s Night is Cornell’s world-wide annual social event in honor of Ithaca saloonkeeper Theodore Zinck, as memorialized in Give my Regards to Davy.

Our Buffalo celebration will be from 5:30-7:30pm at Bar Cultivar at the Barrel Factory. Come enjoy camaraderie and refreshments with alumni. Cash bar; light hors d’oeuvres will be provided.

This event is free but please register in advance.

For event questions, please contact Alyssa Jones at ajj72@cornell.edu.

The Platform @ Shakespeare in Delaware Park

Back by popular demand, we’ve rented the platform at Shakespeare in Delaware Park’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost on Sunday, August 4th.

Meet at the platform at the top of Shakespeare Hill in Delaware Park at 6:30pm for snacks and wine. This event is free but registration is required as space is limited on the platform.

Alumni are encouraged to bring a friend and/or a dish to pass!

Register here and contact Sarah Piskun ’05 at sarahpiskun@gmail.com with questions.

New Year’s Resolution? Read More!

Since 2010, the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo has sponsored a book club whereby area Cornellians and their friends can gather on a monthly basis to read, discuss, and dine their way through great works of literature. The reading list has included Nobel Prize winners, Cornellians, Buffalo-based authors spanning the range from fiction and non-fiction, illustrated books and short stories.

Interested in joining the Club’s book club?

Join us January 15th at the home of Catherine March ’14 and Matthew Nagowski ’05 where we’ll discuss Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You.

All are welcome at Book Club – this is often a great time of year for a resolution to read more often, or to bring a friend to Book Club.

Contact Celinda Crego ’79 at cac432@aol.com for more information.

Matthew Nagowski ’05 Receives NYS Hometown Alumni Award

On December 7th, alumni and Cornellians from WNY gathered at the Market Arcade building to celebrate Matthew Nagowski ’05, past president of the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo, as he received the NYS Hometown Alumni Award.

In case you missed it, the Cornell Chronicle published this article about Matt.

Congratulations Matt!