More than four tons of food and personal care items were collected for the 2010 Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring, Sept. 16, to kick off the 2010 United Way Campaign. (Sept. 16, 2010)
Maureen Quartararo, director of administration in the Division of Planning and Budget, has been named interim director of the University Budget Office. (Sept. 16, 2010)
The Cornell Elves, a program that started with holiday giving but now has extended to supporting area schoolchildren when school starts, gave out a record number of backpacks this year: 449. (Sept. 13, 2010)
Reminder: Apply for child care grant subsidies or add children between ages 19-26 to endowed health and dental plans and/or enroll in/increase Select Benefits elections for their medical expenses now. (Sept. 9, 2010)
Signaling one way the university will streamline its operations, the Division of Alumni Affairs and Development is insourcing its communications to the Division of University Communications. (Aug. 25, 2010)
Applications for Cornell's 2011 child care grant subsidies for employees will be available online and at Benefit Services beginning Sept. 1. The application period will run Sept. 1-Oct. 1. (Aug. 19, 2010)
New benefits web pages are available to help eligible faculty, staff and Cooperative Extension employees decide whether to retire under New York state's new Early Retirement Incentive program. (Aug. 19, 2010)
Harry W. Evans, a maintenance mechanic and material handler at Cornell for 30 years who was president of the local union (UAW Local 2300), died Aug. 14 in Interlaken, N.Y. He was 60 years old. (Aug. 17, 2010)
Contract college employees in the New York State Health Insurance Program will have an in-year premium rate increase, Oct. 1. A special option transfer period is being held through Aug. 31. (Aug. 12, 2010)
