Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo

Annual Meeting with Professor Alexandra Dufresne
2024-05-22 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Please join the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo for its Annual Meeting on May 22, 2024, at Big Ditch Brewing Company.
Ticket will include food and access to a cash bar.
Our Guest speaker this year will be Professor Alexandra Dufresne, a professor and the director of the State Policy Advocacy Clinic at the Brooks School of Public Policy.
For questions, please contact: Jessica Chue
Check out Professor Dufresne‘s bio for more information on her work with the University!

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RBG Day in Jamestown, NY
2023-05-06 14:30 - 19:00
The Robert H Jackson Center in Jamestown NY invites the public to two events on May 6
2:30PM a panel discussion with Irin Carmon, journalist and co-author of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as well as John Q. Barrett, Benjamin N. Cardozo Professor at St. John’s University and Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellow at the Robert H. Jackson Center.
7:30PM a performance of All Things Equal – The Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This one-woman show highlights the great and compassionate icon of straight-thinking American justice RBG who is not only “notorious” but victorious as she takes a stand for ordinary people facing the many challenges of a changing world. This is the penultimate show of the successful 7-month touring production.

For more details and to register please check out the below link https://reglenna.com/events/all-things-equal
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2023 Annual Meeting and Faculty Speaker Dinner
2023-05-02 17:30 - 20:00
You are invited to the Annual Meeting and Faculty Speaker Dinner on Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Join the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo at the Terrace at Delaware Park for an evening of food, drinks, camaraderie and a guest lecture about climate change and sustainability from Professor David Lodge of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
Professor Lodge will be speaking on “Cornell Atkinson: Driving Sustainability Solutions through Cornell Research” and The 2030 Project, a Cornell Climate Initiative.
Registration is open until April 19.
During this event we will also vote on the board leadership for the 2023-2025 term. The Nominating Committee has put forth the following slate of candidates:

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Annual Meeting and Faculty Speaker Risa M. Mish
2022-05-18 19:00 - 20:00
Join the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo for our virtual annual meeting and guest speaker, Cornell faculty Risa M. Mish, professor of practice of management at the Johnson Graduate School of Management. Mish will be speaking on “Resilience Tips for Leaders (and Others) in Challenging Times.” Registration is available now!
Risa M. Mish is professor of practice at the Johnson Graduate School of Management. She received her BS from Cornell in 1985 and her JD from Cornell Law in 1988. She designed and teaches the MBA, EMBA, and Cornell-Tsinghua Core courses in Critical and Strategic Thinking, elective courses in critical thinking and leadership, and was the founding faculty director of the Johnson Leadership Fellows program. In addition to her various awards and honors, Mish serves as a keynote speaker and workshop leader at global, national, and regional conferences for corporations and trade associations in the consumer products, financial services, health care, high tech, media, and manufacturing industries. The variety of topics she covers includes critical thinking and problem solving, persuasion and influence, and motivating optimal employee performance.
We will also use this time to vote on the nominated slate of officers for the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo board:

Registration is required in advance.
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Cornell Baseball @ Canisius
2022-04-05 15:00 - 17:00
Cheer on the Cornell Baseball team as they make the trek to Buffalo to take on the Canisius Golden Griffins. This Tuesday afternoon game will be held at 3pm at Demske Sports Complex at 1829 Main St in Buffalo. Details at Canisius’ website here
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2022 Cornell Cares Day - 1/8/22
2022-01-08 08:00 - 15:00
Help us make a difference in the New Year by volunteering with the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo in support of Kevin Guest House. We’ll be preparing a meal for the guests of KGH – volunteers are asked to cook one component of a meal (main dish, side dish, dessert, etc.) and drop off on 1/8/22. If you’d rather stay away from the kitchen, consider purchasing items from Kevin Guest House’s Amazon Wish list! Register to cook here!
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Cornell at Canisius: Men's Basketball on Nov 29
2021-11-29 19:00 - 21:00
Cheer on Cornell Men’s Basketball at the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo NY as they take on the Canisius Golden Griffins!
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!
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Cornell in Buffalo Speaker Nite with ILR's Dr. Tejasvi Nagaraja
2021-06-22 18:00 - 19:30
This month, in conjunction with Cornell in Buffalo, the TR Site is pleased to welcome Tejasvi Nagaraja, PhD, to its 2021 Speaker Nite series. Dr. Nagaraja will be joining us via Zoom to consider “Labor Movements & Racial Justice: From the 1930s, to the 1960s, to Today.” An Assistant Professor of Labor Relations, Law & History at Cornell University’s ILR School, Dr. Nagaraja’s research focuses on the intersections of U.S. labor and African American and foreign relations history.
This “hybrid” event will include a limited in-person audience, as well as the opportunity to join in online, via Zoom. Both in-person and online audience members will be invited to participate in the live Q&A after Dr. Nagaraja’s remarks.
Admission is FREE and open to the general public, but pre-registration is required.
Please follow this link to register for your tickets.
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June 2021 Book Club
2021-06-15 19:30 - 21:00
Please join us at our June Book Club!
We will be reading TBD
When: Jun 15, 2021 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sd-2trjgsEtJQ2L8CrCzabuh2HB61F-FT
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Contact Celinda Crego at cac432@aol.com with questions.
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Annual Meeting & Faculty Speaker
2021-05-18 19:00 - 20:00
On May 18, the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo will be holding its Annual Meeting in conjunction with a lecture by Professor Helen Chun via Zoom. We hope you will join us!

Faculty Speaker Dr. Helen HaeEun Chun, Associate Professor, School of Hotel Administration will speak on her research in consumer behavior. Professor Chun’s passion is to understand human behavior—the motivations and emotions of consumers—and strategies for marketing and consumer satisfaction. You can read more about her research here, or attend on May 18 at 7pm and hear it from her directly!
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May 2021 Book Club
2021-05-11 19:30 - 21:00
Due to the Pandemic, we will continue to hold the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo Book Club Meetings over ZOOM.
Book is TBD.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtceCppzguHtOC-zjD1JUDj7Do62w7yj5F
Contact Celinda Crego ’79 at cac432@aol.com for details
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Matt Urban Center Donation Drive
2021-04-19 08:30 - 2021-04-23 16:30
Support our Community by Dropping-Off Items During a Week-Long Donation Drive
Join the Cornell Club of Buffalo in giving back to the community by donating home essentials to the Matt Urban Center to help provide a welcoming environment to previously homeless individuals. The Matt Urban Center is named in honor of Matt Urban, a Buffalo-born Cornell grad (’41) and decorated war veteran. The Matt Urban Center’s mission is to provide programs that revitalize neighborhoods, serve families, and change lives.
Donation Drive Details (Drop-off at 1081 Broadway, Buffalo, NY between 4/19-4/23, 8:30am-4:30pm)
The current focus for volunteer/donate from home projects is “Welcome Packages” for the Center’s clients in Housing First and Rapid Re-Housing programs, who are coming to the center from situations of homelessness. Some of them are placed in Matt Urban Center properties and some are scattered throughout the city of Buffalo; the common thread is not having much to start a new home. The welcome baskets are a nice way of providing some housewarming essentials to help these individuals get started in their new apartments.
Below is a list of items below that are often needed by clients at move-in time. Donors are to decide which items they would like to include in their packages – we realize it’s a long list and want to be mindful of cost. Some folks have filled a laundry basket, tote, or wastebasket with items. Others have just dropped them off in a box – it’s up to you! Any donation is greatly appreciated regardless of size or quantity of items.

Hand soap
Pack of bar soap
Light bulbs
Sponges
Dish soap
Toilet paper
Paper towels
Cleaning products
Kitchen garbage can with lid
Garbage bags
Broom
Mop/Bucket
Pots and pans
Curtains
Cups/plates/silverware
Shampoo
Toilet bowl brush
Bathroom waste basket
Towels& washcloths
Bathmats
Shower curtain
Curtains
Pillows
Sheet sets (size full)

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April 2021 Book Club
2021-04-13 19:30 - 21:00

Albright-Knox Presents: The Famous Art Collectors Who Created Modern Museums
2021-03-24 19:30 - 20:30
Albright-Knox Art Gallery Assistant Curator Dr. Tina Rivers Ryan will present “Power-Hungry Emperors, Civic-Minded Magnates, and Visionary Ladies: The Famous Art Collectors Who Created Modern Museums.” Today’s non-profit institutions that collect and exhibit art for the benefit of the public did not always exist. In this engaging talk, we will hear the story of how major art collectors—from Emperor Napoleon to the financier Andrew W. Mellon and the socialite Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney—helped create the idea of museums as we know them today.
Register here. Contact Dave Meade ’81 at nys.dave@gmail.com with questions.
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March 2021 Book Club
2021-03-09 19:30 - 21:00

February 2021 Book Club
2021-02-09 19:30 - 21:00
Due to the Pandemic, we will continue to hold the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo Book Club Meetings over ZOOM. The Cornell Club now has their own ZOOM account, so you will be receiving the meeting link in an email from Catherine March, our Club president.

Register in advance for this meeting:https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqce6srDsoE9x3ivm5ike073MphTEBBdjcAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have any questions, please email or call me, Celinda Crego at cac432@aol.com.

The February 9 Book Club Meeting will feature a book recommended by our November Special guest speaker, Sung Woo. The Book is Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates.
The book is about 1950s suburban life in Connecticut. It was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1962, and in 2005, the novel was chosen by TIME as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present. According to the author, “I think I meant it more as an indictment of American life in the 1950s. Because during the Fifties there was a general lust for conformity all over this country, by no means only in the suburbs—a kind of blind, desperate clinging to safety and security at any price.”

There are copies of the book in the Erie County Library System in different formats. Most of the libraries are now open for in person and/or curbside visits.

Title: Revolutionary RoadAuthor: Richard YatesDate: February 9, 2021Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

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Cornelliana Battle of the Wits
2021-01-13 19:30 - 21:30
How many steps are there to the top of McGraw Tower? Which Cornell fraternity was the first fraternity in the country for Black students? How did Ezra Cornell make his fortune? Which Simpsons character attended Cornell? And which famous alumna wrote ‘The Good Earth’?
If you know the answers to these questions… or want to learn more about our alma mater, we’re calling all trivia aficionados and Cornelliana lovers! Come and test your knowledge of Cornell facts and lore in an interactive trivia event that will entertain and educate Cornellians of all ages.
Our very own Club President-emeritus Matthew Nagowski ‘05 will be serving as quiz-master for the evening. Prizes, graciously donated by your Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo, will be awarded to winners. Our trivia battle will require a Zoom video connection and a web-connected smartphone in order to participate!
We encourage all interested contestants to dress in their best Cornellian red and white colors and gear for the occasion. And no, Alex, answers will not need to be provided in the form of a question!
Register here.
Questions? Contact Matt Nagowski ‘05 at nagowski@cornell.edu

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Silent Auction to benefit the Scholarship Fund
2021-01-13 08:00 - 2021-01-21 00:00
The Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo is pleased to announce a silent auction to support the undergraduate scholarship. Established in 1975, the scholarship is open to undergraduates from the Buffalo area for support during their time at Cornell. In the academic year 2020 the scholarship supported 6 students.
Due to the generous donation of Joan B. Alexander ILR ’72 and David H. Alexander JD ’72 we are pleased to announce the silent auction of a complete set of collectible Wedgewood plates and a 1987 Songs of Cornell songbook.
The set of 12 collectible Wedgewood plates each feature a different scene from Cornell’s campus in Mulberry red. Additional photos of the scenes may be found at Replacements.com. The scenes include: McGraw Tower, McGraw Hall, Myron Taylor Hall, Willard Straight Hall, Sage Chapel, the War Memorial, Sibley Dome, Goldwin Smith Hall, Balch Hall, The Crescent (Schoellkopf Field), Ezra Cornell Statue, and Baker Lab.

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Silent Auction to Benefit the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo Scholarship

The Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo is pleased to announce a silent auction to support the undergraduate scholarship. Established in 1975, the scholarship is open to undergraduates from the Buffalo area for support during their time at Cornell. In the academic year 2020 the scholarship supported 6 students.
Due to the generous donation of Joan B. Alexander ILR ’72 and David H. Alexander JD ’72 we are pleased to announce the silent auction of a complete set of collectible Wedgewood plates and a 1987 Songs of Cornell songbook.
The set of 12 collectible Wedgewood plates each feature a different scene from Cornell’s campus in Mulberry red. Additional photos of the scenes may be found at Replacements.com. The scenes include: McGraw Tower, McGraw Hall, Myron Taylor Hall, Willard Straight Hall, Sage Chapel, the War Memorial, Sibley Dome, Goldwin Smith Hall, Balch Hall, The Crescent (Schoellkopf Field), Ezra Cornell Statue, and Baker Lab
The starting bid is $500 for all 12 plates and songbook. Plates may be viewed in downtown Buffalo with prior arrangement. Purchaser must pick up in the Buffalo area (shipping will not be available).

To place your bid in the silent auction or to arrange to see the plates and songbook, simply email Catherine March ’14 at cam489@cornell.edu with your name and bid amount. The website and Facebook will be updated daily with the highest bid amount and active bidders will be notified via email.
The auction will run January 13 – January 20.

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Annual CAAAN Kick-Off Event
2021-01-05 20:00 - 21:00
Per tradition, Buffalo-area CAAAN (Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network) volunteers and all interested alumni of Cornell are invited to our annual CAAAN Kick-Off and Information Session to be held remotely on Tuesday January 5th at 8PM.
You will have the chance to learn more about the CAAAN program (the program wherein alumni meet and talk with prospective students about the Cornell experience) while meeting other alumni and learning more about the Cornell admissions process. Due to a number of changes that occurred this year on account of the pandemic and changes to CAAAN and Cornell admissions process, we encourage all volunteers — both new and longstanding — to join!
Many alumni attest that their role as a CAAAN volunteer is one of the most rewarding activities they are involved with as a Cornellian!
For those who are new to the CAAAN program, please be sure to sign-up today at their website:
https://caaan.admissions.cornell.edu/newmember.cfm
Questions? Contact area CAAAN General Chair, Matthew Nagowski ’05 at nagowski@cornell.edu

Register now at https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArfuigrDsqGtfUTK90OCLafv1rRNqLeN05

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December Cornell History Happy Hour
2020-12-14 19:30 - 20:30
Cornelliana with Corey
Want to learn more about Cornell’s history? Looking for a great reason to get together online with your Cornell friends or spend some time learning something new? Join us each month to hear from the legendary Corey Ryan Earle ’07 at one of his ‘history happy hours’ this fall. Tune in for one or all five!

Monday, December 14, 7:30pm EST
Snow Days, Ice Skating, & Wintertime Fun

Register now at https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vG78g9dvSIOkUvXmdbD26A

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Cornell Club Mixer: Make friends with Cornellians around the world
2020-11-29 14:00 - 21:00
Bring your beverage of choice, and make friends with Cornellians around the world!
Mingle in small discussion groups centered around Cornell-related themes. Share your favorite spots in Collegetown, reminisce on the festivities of Spring/Slope Day, and learn how Cornell has changed over the decades.
We will use Zoom video chat and split everyone into small breakout rooms, so everyone has a chance to talk and share with just a few people. We will rotate everyone around, so you will meet many Cornellians through the mixer.
Event Schedule
– Main Event (2pm-3pm ET): Small breakout rooms led by moderators
– After-Party (3pm-9pm ET): A stream of mini, rapid breakout rooms
Register now!
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Nov 2020 Book Club
2020-11-17 19:30 - 21:00
Join the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo and author Sung J. Woo, Class of 1994 (Arts), for a very special Book Club on November 17, 2020. Woo will read from his most recent novel, Skin Deep. Woo will also take questions about his book, his writing career, and his connection to Cornell (which includes the writing workshops at Goldwin Smith and a stint at the Daily Sun).

Skin Deep (2020) is a mystery novel set in a small college town inspired by Ithaca and Cornell. Although the they are called Lenrock University and the town of Athena, you will recognize them. Sung J. Woo’s work has appeared in The New York Times, Vox, and PEN/Guernica, among others. Skin Deep is his third novel.

Copies of the paperback book are available for purchase through local book stores, such as Talking Leaves, and through Amazon. It is also available as a Kindle ebook.

Due to COVID, The November 17 Book Club will be held over ZOOM. So grab a snack & your favorite beverage, and join us.

No mask required, the link for registration is below. After registering, Cornell will send a ZOOM link to you.

https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcoc-ChpzopGdPDRLbwZ3ZJvM2ikubuscHj

“With just the right mix of clever twists, endearing charm, looming threats, and contemporary issues, Woo debuts quite the absorbing new mystery series.”―Library Journal, Starred Review

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

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November Cornell History Happy Hour
2020-11-16 19:30 - 20:30
Cornelliana with Corey
Want to learn more about Cornell’s history? Looking for a great reason to get together online with your Cornell friends or spend some time learning something new? Join us each month to hear from the legendary Corey Ryan Earle ’07 at one of his ‘history happy hours’ this fall. Tune in for one or all five!

Monday, November 16, 7:30pm EST
Cornell’s Historic Connections to American Indian & Indigenous Communities

Register now at https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vG78g9dvSIOkUvXmdbD26A

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Food in a COVID World: A Panel Discussion
2020-10-27 19:30 - 21:00
The Coronavirus has reshaped all of our lives significantly and the effects will be lasting. The Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo invites you to a panel discussion with alumni and faculty to discuss how the pandemic has affected their work in the food industry. Our panel includes a variety of food streams from farming to industrial manufacturing to academia–this panel has plenty to feed your interest.

Panelists include:

Kristin Alongi, MS CALS ’10, Director of Executive Team Governance and Enterprise Strategic Planning at Rich Products
Margo Sue Bittner, ILR ’80, Owner of The Winery at Marjim Manor
Nick Jackowetz PhD, CALS ’11, Chief Scientific Officier at Hemp Hunter Labs, Inc
Allie Phillippi, CALS ’10, O’Brien’s Food Truck
Diane Picard, CALS ’86, Executive Director of Massachusetts Avenue Project
Dr. Martin Wiedmann, Gellert Family Professor in Food Safety, Department of Food Science, CALS

Please register in advance. All are welcome.
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October 2020 Book Club
2020-10-20 19:30 - 21:00
Register here. Our October Book Club via Zoom will be on Tuesday, October 20.
We’ll be reading The Dinner: A Novel by Herman Koch
“A darkly suspenseful, highly controversial tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives—all over the course of one meal.” (from Amazon)

Copies in different formats are available in the Erie County Library System. All of the libraries are now open, and the book reservation system is now available.

Contact Celinda Crego ’79 at cac432@aol.com for more information.
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October Cornell History Happy Hour
2020-10-15 19:30 - 20:30
Cornelliana with Corey
Want to learn more about Cornell’s history? Looking for a great reason to get together online with your Cornell friends or spend some time learning something new? Join us each month to hear from the legendary Corey Ryan Earle ’07 at one of his ‘history happy hours’ this fall. Tune in for one or all five!

Thursday, October 15, 7:30pm EST
A Zinck’s Night Celebration of Collegetown and Cornell Night Life

Register now at https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vG78g9dvSIOkUvXmdbD26A

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September Cornell History Happy Hour
2020-09-21 19:30 - 20:30
Cornelliana with Corey
Want to learn more about Cornell’s history? Looking for a great reason to get together online with your Cornell friends or spend some time learning something new? Join us each month to hear from the legendary Corey Ryan Earle ’07 at one of his ‘history happy hours’ this fall. Tune in for one or all five!

Monday, September 21, 7:30pm ESTBig Red Athletics Through the Years

Register now at https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vG78g9dvSIOkUvXmdbD26A

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Sept 2020 Book Club
2020-09-15 19:30 - 21:00
Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo Book Club on September 15, on ZOOM.

Please register in advance here. Contact Celinda Crego ’79 at cac432@aol.com for more information.

The September 15 Book Club will feature a nonfiction book, The Color of Water: a Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride. On September 22, 2016, President Barack Obama awarded McBride the 2015 National Humanities Medal “for humanizing the complexities of discussing race in America. Through writings about his own uniquely American story, and his works of fiction informed by our shared history, his moving stories of love display the character of the American family.”

Book Summary:

“Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared “light-skinned” woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother’s past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage…” (from Amazon) ” The two stories, son’s and mother’s, beautifully juxtaposed, strike a graceful note at a time of racial polarization.” (from NYTimes Book Review)

ALL of the Erie County libraries are now open for either curbside pick-up or to enter – check the library website. The library reservation system is now available, and books are being transferred between libraries (although it may take longer than normal). Copies in different formats are available.

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August 2020 Book Club
2020-08-18 19:30 - 21:00
The August 18 Book Club over ZOOM will feature
Save Me the Plums : My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl.

The book has been described in Vanity Fair as “A delicious insider account of the gritty, glamorous world of food culture.” It also includes some recipes.

Copies in different formats are available in the Erie County Library System. Many of the libraries are now open for curbside service or for entrance, and the book reservation system is now available.

Please register in advance to receive the Zoom Link: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsc-6ppz0qGNJ6dn5JxykkbkIasCLOzTid

Book Summary:

“When Condé Nast offered Ruth Reichl the top position at America’s oldest epicurean magazine, she declined. She was a writer, not a manager, and had no inclination to be anyone’s boss. Yet Reichl had been reading Gourmet since she was eight; it had inspired her career. How could she say no? This is the story of a former Berkeley hippie entering the corporate world and worrying about losing her soul. It is the story of the moment restaurants became an important part of popular culture, a time when the rise of the farm-to-table movement changed, forever, the way we eat.”
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August Cornell History Happy Hour
2020-08-17 19:30
Cornelliana with Corey
Want to learn more about Cornell’s history? Looking for a great reason to get together online with your Cornell friends or spend some time learning something new? Join us each month to hear from the legendary Corey Ryan Earle ’07 at one of his ‘history happy hours’ this fall. Tune in for one or all five!

Monday, August 17, 7:30pm EST
Back to School, Orientation, and First-Year Traditions

Register now at https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vG78g9dvSIOkUvXmdbD26A

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