Please already mark your calendars for the 2013 Zinck's Night on the third Thursday in October -- just as every year! Klaus Conrad (M.S.'60) and Deloyce Conrad (B.S.'59) of the Munich Chapter usually reserve a table in some of the areas at the Ratskeller right at Marienplatz in the center of Munich for anytime after 6;30pm. Marienplatz can easily be reached by S- or U-Bahn public transportation.

Deloyce and Klaus are usually inviting all intested Cornellians to join fellow alumni, spouses and friends around the world for the annual celebration of the

International Spirit of Zinck’s Night

In addition to this posting Deloyce may also try to reach all Cornellians and Friends in the greater Munich area by e-mail. Please do help her out if you can to have a complete and accurate (e-)mailing list of Cornell alumni in the greater Munich area.

If you require additional information and/or to “R.S.V.P.” or if you may have special suggestions, please contact the Conrads under (08152) 79674 or mail to Deloyce.

Klaus and Deloyce Conrad again as during the last many years are announcing plans for the "Summer Quarterly" of the Munich Chapter.

This annual Cornell beer garden “get-together” in Munich will take place in the Hirschgarten, (www.hirschgarten.de) any time after 6:30 p.m. Directions and parking are also given in the English version on the Hirschgarten website.  It gives the S-Bahn directions as well – it is important that the correct stop is “Laim” and not the “Hirschgarten” stop! In case of bad weather Deloyce and Klaus will reserve a table either under an awning, or indoors.  The reservation is under the name “Cornell-Conrad.”

Dr. Martin Heckelmann of the Berlin Chapter is extending the invitation of the German Stanford Association to interested Cornellians for attending the upcoming Stanford Symphony Orchestra´s concert playing Beethoven starting at 6:00 p.m.

The Berlin Stanford alumni would like to meet with the musicians after the concert at Biergarten Zollpackhof in the area "Sunset" starting at 9:00 p.m..

In particular, they want to welcome the conductor Jindong Cai and honerable Ms. Bing - she and her husband sponsored the new fabulous Bing concert hall on the Stanford campus.

The venue is in five minutes walking distance from Hauptbahnhof:

Zollpackhof Gastronomie GmbH
Elisabeth-Abegg-Str. 1
10557 Berlin
Tel: 030 330 99 70

For further information please contact Dr. Martin Heckelmann

Dr. Martin Heckelmann of the Berlin Chapter is extending the invitation of the Berlin Harvard Club to interested Cornellians for attending the upcoming celebration "100 Years Harvard Club Berlin" at 7:00 pm at the WZB Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin.

If you want to participate please register by April 30th.

For further information please contact Dr. Martin Heckelmann

This years annual Cornell weekend will resume in the west of Germany, in the city of Cologne, Germany, right at the Rhine river. Preparations have been completed and the program, the agenda for the annual meeting, the registration form and of course the official invitation have been published. You may also register with the new CornellConnect event registration.

The Cologne-meeting will convene at the "Senats Hotel , Unter Goldschmied 9-17, 50667 Koeln, Tel. +49 (0) 221/2062-0 , Fax +49 (0) 221/ 2062 - 200 and eMail

Favourable rates have been negotiated: Single Occupancy: € 84,00; Double: € 109,00

When making your booking , please indicate that such booking be made under the "Cornell Weekend" arrangement.

The application form with the fees for the annual get together you find here.

Friday, May 10th, 2013
After arrivals of the participants in the afternoon, the Weekend will start off on Friday evening at 19:00 with official welcome and opening of the annual event at Brauhaus Früh, Am Hof 12-18, 50667 Koeln. At this place a festive evening dinner is waiting.

At about 20:30 a presentation will be given by local Alumnus Dr. Paul Paez-Maletz about "Cologne, its Past and Presence".

Saturday, May 11th, 2013
The annual membership meeting will take place at 8:30 on Saturday morning at the hotel. Please find here the agenda of the meeting

At about 10:30 the cultural progam will start. The will be a tour through the Cologne Cathedral and after we will stroll through the old city of Cologne before going on a boat ride on the Rhine river. On board of the ship we will also take a lunch. The afternoon program will close with a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Please take the details from the program.

The final highlight of the day will be at the hotel. At 19:00 the festive dinner will start with an Apero and during the course of the evening there will be a presentation by Thomas May, Secretary General of the Wissenschaftsrat (Council of Science and Humanities), on "The Internationalization of Learing and Research - Status and Perspectives" (in German)

Sunday, May 12th, 2013
At 9:00 am we will start our traditional "Big Red Brunch" at the hotel. There we will discuss any open issues left from the annual meeting. The official end of the weekend will be around 11:00 am.

You may end your stay in Cologne with visits at some of the famous Cologne museums.

The Program for the entire weekend you may please download here.

If you have specific questions with regards to the annual meeting or to the agenda or if you want to make specific suggestions, please contact Wolfgang Fritzemeyer .

Detlef Rahmann, the coordinator ot the Rhine-Ruhr chapter, invites all interested Cornellians to a visit of the Peter Paul Rubens Exhibition at Von-der-Heydt Museum in Wuppertal followed by an evening dinner at the Italian Restaurant "Scoozi" . If you plan to join, please contact Detlefs assistant, Mrs. Winkelmann, for reservations under +49 (0) 211-55 94 30.