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BOOK CLUB over ZOOM 7/12/2022

The Secret To Superhuman Strength

Title:  The Secret of Superhuman Strength        

                    Author: Alison Bechdel
                      Date: July 12, 2022
                      Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM 

“This is a graphic novel memoir that explores the intersection of physical fitness, literature of the spirit, mindfulness and meditation, and nature. It starts off as a book about Bechdel’s fitness experiences but broadens into explorations of Romantic poets, Transcendentalists, and Zen Buddhists.” (from Amazon)  

Please Register in advance for this meeting:
https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYlfu2grz8qHdyQ24EV35GwucAHeQXVeOvb 

Questions? Contact Celinda Crego at cac432@aol.com.

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Book Club over ZOOM 6/14/2022

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Title:  Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 minutes

Author: Ira Rosen ’76
    Date: June 14, 2022
    Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM 

The selection for June 14, 2022is Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 minutes by Ira Rosen ’76 .”Based on decades of access and experience, Ira Rosen takes readers behind closed doors to offer an incisive look at the show that invented TV investigative journalism. With surprising humor, charm, and an eye for colorful detail, Rosen delivers an authoritative account of the unforgettable personalities that battled for prestige, credit, and the desire to scoop everyone else in the game.”  Ira Rosen is ILR Class of 1976.

There are copies of this book in different formats in the library.

Please Register in advance for this meeting:https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqcuuhrDorGdGOm5iNzIMZIKTLXhv_7E-Z ;

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Any questions – please contact Celinda Crego directly at cac432@aol.com.

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Notice of Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo Board Nominees

On May 18 2022 at 7 pm the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo will hold its Annual Meeting and faculty speaker virtually via Zoom. We will be joined by Risa M. Mish ’85, Law ’88, professor of practice of management at the Johnson School of Management. Save the date – registration details coming soon.

Professor Mish 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.

As part of the Annual Meeting we will vote on the 2022-2023 board nominees:

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Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo Book Club over ZOOM 5/10/2022

Title: The Glass Hotel

Author: Emily St John Mandel

Date: May 10, 2022

Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

This fiction book ” follows a brother and sister as they navigate heartache, loneliness, wealth, corruption, drugs, ghosts, and guilt… This ingenious, enthralling novel probes the tenuous yet unbreakable bonds between people and the lasting effects of momentary carelessness.”—Publishers Weekly

Please register in advance for this meeting. https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceqgqT0tH9QMo-yWD3VN4omPjtLzAtoJ ;

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Any questions – please contact Celinda Crego directly at cac432@aol.com.

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Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo Book Club over ZOOM 4/5/2022

Title: Educated: A Memoir

Author: Tara Westover
Date: April 5, 2022
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 

This nonfiction book is described by the publisher as a “coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes, and the will to change it.” Tara Westover did not attend school until the age of 17, and then went on to earn a PhD from Cambridge. 

Please Register in advance for this meeting:https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkcuytrDsoHdDgvWt0mpFDDxHSlEaC9Wvr.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We will continue to hold the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo Book Club Meetings over ZOOM. Any questions – please contact Celinda Crego directly at cac432@aol.com. 

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