Members of the classes ending in "2" and "7" returned to campus for lectures, concerts, fun and games.

In his State of the University address, June 9, President David Skorton said that Cornell must play a leadership role in "putting the full force of our teaching, research and outreach to solve the greatest challenge of our century."

In his June 7 talk, Frank Rhodes took the stuff of myth and legend and brought it to life: Ezra and his vision were born again.

Astronomer Jim Bell gave a tour of Earth and its neighbors in his Olin lecture, "Postcards From the Solar System: The Next 50 Years of Space Exploration," June 8.

'The Song of the Vowels,' cubist Jacques Lipchitz's 10-foot-tall abstract sculpture, has returned to the Cornell campus after almost two years of conservation treatment.

How the digital revolution is driving universities to change was addressed by Donald Greenberg, Frank Rhodes and Ronald Ehrenberg at a June 8 talk sponsored by the Class of 1957.

Only universities are able to take the long view and assemble the interdisciplinary expertise needed to solve the world's energy problems, said Professor Frank DiSalvo, speaking during Reunion Weekend.

Alumni from the Classes of 1952 and 2002 compared notes on academics, student life and student pranks in a panel discussion, June 9.

The feminization of veterinary medicine is due to far fewer people applying to vet school, and the rate of decline is more visible among men than women, said Donald F. Smith, dean of the Vet College, to a group of alumni during Reunion.

Professor emeritus Jack Squier and his wife, Jane, will be guests of honor at the June 9 premier of "Simply Squier," a documentary about Squier's life, work and nearly 50-year relationship with Cornell.

Cornell's Reunion Weekend 2007, June 7-10, will welcome close to 6,000 alumni from the Classes of 1932 to 2002 and their guests.