News & Events

Changes to dental plan for 2010 announced

Endowed employees may enroll in or change dental plan coverage during Open Enrollment; premiums and deductibles have changed. (Oct. 8, 2009)

Maverick D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee '92 discusses education reform

Michelle Rhee '92, chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public school system, returned to campus to discuss her plans to reform one of the nation's most troubled districts. (Oct. 8, 2009)

Test of emergency notification scheduled for Oct. 14

Cornell will test its emergency notification systems, including the siren/PA system, text and e-mail messages, and phone calls, Oct. 14 at 12:10 p.m. There is no need for action during the test. (Oct. 7, 2009)

Alumna becomes witness to history in foreign service posts

Lynne Gadkowski '98, a public affairs officer at the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai, has seen terrorism and coups as foreign service officer. (Oct. 6, 2009)

Toni Morrison on writing, knowledge and sin

Author Toni Morrison, M.A. '55, returned to campus Oct. 1-2 to read from and talk about her work with students and faculty and at two public events.

Squyres wins Carl Sagan Medal for public outreach

Squyres, principal scientific investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover mission, has received the 2009 Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society. (Oct. 5, 2009)

With Fleming fellowship, researcher will study roots of Legionnaires' disease

Duane Hoch, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell studying bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease, has received the 2009 Sam and Nancy Fleming Research Fellowship from Cornell's Weill Institute. (Oct. 5, 2009)

Cornell alumnus Jack Szostak shares 2009 Nobel Prize

Jack Szostak, Ph.D. '77, has received the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for research that has implications for cancer and the biology of aging. (Oct. 5, 2009)

Rates will not change for endowed health plan premiums

Endowed health plan rates for 2010 will remain the same as last year's by adjusting some co-pays, deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums, Cornell's Division of Human Resources has announced. (Oct. 1, 2009)