Thirteen staff members gathered with family and friends at the 18th annual Staff Graduate Reception, May 20, hosted by the Employee Assembly and the Division of Human Resources and Safety Services.
A veritable battalion of custodians, carpenters, electricians, grounds workers – unsung heroes all – apply the final polish to campus as the university prepares to greet 35,000 friends and family of about 6,000 graduating students for the 146th Cornell Commencement.
As part of its mission to promote cross-campus interactions to enhance training in stem cell biology at Cornell, the Cornell Stem Cell Program held a daylong retreat May 17 on campus.
More Cornell undergraduates are graduating without loan debt, fewer have to borrow to pay their education expenses, and there is less debt overall among those who have borrowed.