Benefits open enrollment ends Nov. 30

The benefits open enrollment period for endowed faculty and staff ends Nov. 30. Employees are encouraged to make any changes to their health and flexible spending benefits before the Thanksgiving break begins.

Cornell United Way Campaign passes halfway mark

The Cornell United Way Campaign has passed the $400,000 mark, now more than halfway toward its goal of $815,000.

Skills for Success updated to reflect work environment

Sustainability, performance management and evolving job skills to stay current with workplace and technological developments are key to recent revisions made to the Skills for Success.

Cornell Tech designed 'for next century'

At a New York City symposium Nov. 15, the sustainable elements of the Cornell NYC Tech campus on Roosevelt Island were described in detail.

Suspect arrested after attempted robbery on campus

Patrol officers from the Cornell University Police Department arrested Rishawn M. Vieweg, 25, suspected for an attempted robbery at knifepoint that occurred Tuesday, Nov. 19, at about 5 p.m., near the Synapsis Cafe in Weill Hall.

Social entrepreneurs share ideas at conference

Established and would-be social entrepreneurs gathered on campus Nov. 15-17 to exchange ideas on building businesses with a social justice component.

Service learning course embraces design and health

Students in a new service learning course study the public health impacts of such hot-button local issues as the county jail expansion and whether Ithaca homeowners should be allowed to have backyard chicken coops.

Students sell apples to promote Ecuadorian teen health

The Cornell chapter of GlobeMed finished developing a rapid-testing lab in Ecuador this past summer.

Logevall makes the case for students as 'global citizens'

Cornell needs to produce graduates who have cross-cultural awareness, “who can move nimbly and with sensitivity in all four corners of the globe,” said Fredrik Logevall, vice provost for international affairs, at a Nov. 18 talk.