To demonstrate that by using creativity all employees can participate in Cornell's opportunities, Angela Winfield, director of Inclusion and Workforce Diversity, scaled the wall at the new Lindseth Climbing Center.
The 10th series of Soup and Hope talks will open Jan. 19 at noon in Sage Chapel with Soup and Hope's founder, Janet Shortall, associate dean of students.
Tickets can be purchased through Jan. 19 for Cornell’s Winter Employee Celebration, to be held Jan. 28. Tickets for Cornell faculty, staff, retirees and their families include dinner and men's basketball.
Six custodial and housekeeping staff members received the Bartels Award for Custodial Service Excellence Dec. 20, and one staff member and 10 children of staff members received scholarships.
The deadline for submitting medical expenses for 2016 medical Flexible Spending Accounts is Dec. 16; Dec. 16 is also the deadline for contract college employees to enroll in a medical or dependent care FSA for 2017.
Jason L. Cole, vice president of federal government relations at MetLife in Washington, D.C., has been named Cornell’s associate vice president for university relations and will begin his new position Jan. 1, 2017.
A committee has been set up to review the academic calendar, including breaks, start and end dates of the semester, and other calendaring considerations. Faculty, staff and students are asked to provide feedback.
Cornell hosted the Dual-Career Symposium Nov. 9, fostering a regional network to discuss how to leverage collective resources to better address the challenging issue of dual-career hiring. More than 40 participants attended.
