“We want you to feel you belong at Cornell,” said Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Mary Opperman, opening the 20th annual Staff Development Day of workshops and displays that drew more than 500 staff in person and several hundred online.
The first fall issue will be August 24, resuming the biweekly enewsletter schedule as follows: Aug. 24, Sept. 7, Sept. 21, Oct. 5, Oct. 19, Nov. 2, Nov. 16, Nov. 30 and Dec. 14.
Staff Development Day, July 25, will celebrate 20 years of helping staff learn about the opportunities available to them to develop their personal and professional lives.
The university has provided central funding, effective July 1, to help significantly improve the work experience for faculty, staff and visiting or guest lecturers with disabilities.
Cornell employees, retirees and graduate and professional students can set up a Care.com membership to find, schedule and manage care for their family – children, adults and pets.
About 400 staff, students and faculty took time June 28 to enjoy some of Cornell's most popular ice cream flavors at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' annual Summer Scoop.
Cornell researchers have released samurai wasps on 24 farms throughout New York to test how well they control brown marmorated stink bugs, an agricultural and household pest.