The Aetna Health Savings Account Plan for endowed employees includes a high deductible, but will provide $1,000 per employee per year, with tax incentives to offset that deductible. (Nov. 4, 2010)
The Cornell Program for Healthy Living offers lower premiums and out-of-pocket costs than other endowed health programs and provides more incentives to work toward a healthy lifestyle. (Nov. 4, 2010)
Ted Dodds has been named Cornell's new chief information officer and vice president. Dodds, the University of British Columbia's vice provost, will start his new post in January 2011. (Nov. 3, 2010)
The Proskauer Rose Employment and Labor Law Assistant Professorship has been established for an ILR assistant professor who engages in scholarly work in conflict resolution and collective bargaining. (Nov. 3, 2010)
Fiction writers Lydia Peelle '00 and Rattawut Lapcharoensap '01 are winners of 2010 Whiting Writers' Awards, a prestigious $50,000 award given to up-and-coming writers of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. (Nov. 2, 2010)
Several dozen Cornellians lent a hand to help others as volunteers at various events at non-profit organizations in the New York City area Oct. 30 as part of Cornell Cares Day. (Nov. 2, 2010)
David I. Owen, professor of Ancient Near Eastern and Judaic studies, was honored Oct. 29 at a symposium in his honor titled 'Power and Knowledge in Ancient Iraq' at the A.D. White House. (Nov. 1, 2010)
Cornell has named Michael Abbott chief investment officer to oversee its $4.4 billion endowment. Abbott starts his new post at the Office of University Investments Nov. 1. (Nov. 1, 2010)
The assistant professor of biomedical engineering has been invited to the National Academy of Engineering's second annual Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium, Dec. 13-16. (Oct. 28, 2010)