Service recognition dinner honors long-serving staff

The 56th Annual Service Recognition Dinner was held March 31 to recognize 268 long-serving staff members who have worked at Cornell for 25 or more years and were celebrating a fifth-year milestone. (April 7, 2011)

Being kidnapped and covering child sex slaves, brutalization are part of the job

Jeffrey Gettleman, East Africa Bureau Chief for The New York Times, offered career advice April 4 as a Munschauer lecturer. (April 6, 2011)

Commissioning ceremony recognizes 11 police officers

Eleven Cornell University Police officers were honored at the Commissioning and Swearing In Ceremony March 30 at the Statler Ballroom, either sworn in as patrol officers or given promotions. (April 6, 2011)

Tennyson named editor of consumer affairs journal

Sharon Tennyson, associate professor of policy analysis and management and an expert on consumer protections and financial regulation, will become editor of the Journal of Consumer Affairs June 1. (April 5, 2011)

Lawyer with Ph.D. named leader of N.Y. Sea Grant extension

Katherine Bunting-Howarth, an attorney with a Ph.D. in marine studies, is now the program leader for New York Sea Grant's extension program, supervising more than a dozen staff throughout New York. (April 4, 2011)

Two trustee leaders talk finances, faculty and 'polishing the jewel'

Robert S. Harrison '76, the newly elected chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees, and current chair Peter C. Meinig '61 share some thoughts on the state of the university. (April 1, 2011)

University Ombudsman Walter Lynn steps aside

In June, University Ombudsman Walter Lynn will leave the job to his yet-to-be-chosen successor. Nominations are being accepted for the position. (March 31, 2011)

Cornell receives award for its bike-friendly policies

Cornell has received a bronze award by the League of American Bicyclists for having a long history of promoting bicycle transportation on campus. (March 30, 2011)

Special life insurance enrollment period begins April 15

Cornell employees can enroll in or increase their life insurance coverage and that of their spouse/same-sex partner and dependent children without medical underwriting April 15-30. Certain limits apply. (March 30, 2011)