Recap: Champion dogs at work

Guests -- including five Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show best-in-show winners -- mingled Feb. 7 at a benefit for Angel on a Leash, a club program that brings therapy dogs to schools and health care facilities. Board member Donald F. Smith, dean emeritus of the College of Veterinary Medicine, was joined by a capacity crowd at the Affinia Hotel. The 2008 best in show winner, a beagle named Uno, toured the United States as an ambassador for Angel on a Leash, visiting families at Ronald McDonald houses and soldiers at the Walter Reed Amputee Patient Care Clinic.

Alumni

NYC Cornellians-Young Alumni presents "No Budget? No Problem. Manage Your Money in One Hour or Less," Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m., 130 E. 59th St. Learn how to manage your finances with Thrive.com's co-founder and CEO Avinash Karnani and behavioral psychologist Matt Wallaert. Information: http://alumni.aad.cornell.edu or Julia Levy '05, jml82@cornell.edu.

Cornell University Cooperative Extension

CUCE-NYC and Central Park Conservancy offer their second certification course on urban horticulture and ecology for park employees and volunteers. The training program covers horticultural and ecological topics, including soils, geology, woody and herbaceous plant identification and use, turf management, plant diseases and ecosystem management. Feb. 18, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information: Veronique Lambert, 212-340-2983.

Weill Cornell Medical College

Three emerging technologies in the area of cancer diagnostics will be presented at an inventors roundtable Feb. 18, 7:30 a.m., 1305 York Ave., Weill Greenberg Center Room A. Information: Laura Cima, lc12@cornell.edu.

"Civic Engagement by Older Adults as a Vehicle for Health Promotion," Feb. 17 at noon, Department of Public Health Conference Room, Kips Bay Building, 411 E. 69th St., third floor. Speaker: Linda P. Fried, M.D., M.P.H.