A wide variety of local and Cornell goods and services go up for bid, Nov. 4, for an online auction to benefit the CARE Fund, which provides funding for Cornell faculty and staff who experience an emergency that has a financial impact on their lives.
President David Skorton led the event, held at the Art Institute of Chicago, to cap off Cornell’s yearlong celebration of the Morrill Land Grant Act’s 150th anniversary.
DesignTeach is a youth outreach program that introduces teenagers to the concepts and skills of landscape architecture. A first-year student discusses its influence on her.
Slope Day 2014 will be held Thursday, May 8. Changes in the 2013-14 academic calendar allowed the date change, and holding the event on Thursday eliminates conflict with academic classes.
The benefits open enrollment period for endowed staff and faculty is Nov. 1-30. New health plan rates, an enhanced dental plan, a new legal services plan and enrollment in either a medical or dependent care flexible spending account are available.
The Martin Y. Tang International Scholarship Challenge has raised $4.39 million in endowment gifts from 12 families, resulting in a 19 percent increase in scholarship support for undergraduate international students at Cornell and support for five graduate fellowships.
