Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo
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Cornell Men’s Basketball will take on Canisius Golden Griffins at 7pm on Monday Nov 29. Meet us at Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo and cheer on Big Red!
Tickets are available via Canisius College ticket office (or ticketmaster) in either General Admission ($15) or Reserved seating ($20). Make sure to wear Cornellian Red!
![The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by [John Green]](https://i0.wp.com/m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51WIqJ6f8FL.jpg?resize=218%2C329&ssl=1)
Title: The Anthropocene Reviewed
Author: John Green
Date: November 9, 2021
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00
This nonfiction book is a collection of essays – read as many as you wish, or time allows. John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet-from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu-on a five-star scale. Anthropocene is defined as the period of time during which human activities have had an environmental impact on the Earth regarded as constituting a distinct geological age.
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Any Questions? Contact Celinda Crego at cac432@aol.com.
The selection for October 12, 2021 is The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. This novel “explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are.” (from Amazon)
There are many copies of this book in different formats in the library.
Title: The Dutch House
Author: Ann Patchett
Date: October 12, 2021
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 PM
Please register in advance: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctdeyvqTosG9NzSA-4pcidZMr5OHq4WDrK
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Any questions – please contact Celinda Crego at cac432@aol.com
Title: Passing Author: Nella Larsen Date: September 14, 2021 Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM |
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The selection for September 14, 2021 is Passing by Nella Larsen. It is a short book, and the basis for a movie, it premiered at Sundance 2021. Although written in 1929, the book’s exploration of race and identity is relevant today. Mixed-race childhood friends reunite in middle class adulthood and become increasingly involved with one another’s lives and insecurities. While Irene identifies as African-American and is married to a black doctor, Clare “passes” as white and has married a prejudiced, but wealthy white man.
The Copyright for this book has expired, and full copies are available to download for free on various websites. An easy to read PDF is available at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.aat2524.0001.001&view=1up&seq=1&skin=2021
Any questions – please contact Celinda Crego at cac432@aol.com
Labor Movements & Racial Justice; the 1930’s to the 1960’s to Today
Please join us and Cornell in Buffalo for the annual Teddy Roosevelt Speaker Series on Tuesday, June 22 at 6 PM. This year’s presentation will feature Tejasvi Nagaraja, Assistant Professor, Labor Relations, Law, and History. [The presentation will feature Professor Nagaraja’s research on the intersections of U.S. labor and African American and foreign relations history. Investigating both ‘top-down’ public policy and ‘bottom-up’ social movements, his work considers how class, gender and race evolve within a changing global division of labor and geopolitics. In addition the presentation will feature research from his forthcoming book about America’s World War II experience and generation.]
Register here to participate in an engaging and informative dialogue – available both in person and virtually.