Benefit Services relocates for first time in 30 years

Benefit Services will be closed March 7 to move from Day Hall to the East Hill Office Building (EHOB) and will reopen March 10. Shortly thereafter, the HR offices at Thornwood Drive will move to East Hill Plaza.

Mindful meditation series: good for mind and body

Half-hour sessions of a new, guided mindfulness meditation series for students, faculty and staff are now offered at various times throughout the week in several locations across campus.

Assemblies Update, Week of Feb. 3

An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.

Call for nominations to two staff awards

The Employee Recognition Team is accepting nominations for two staff awards through Feb. 28: the Individual Excellence Award and the Management Award.

Assemblies Update, Week of Jan. 27

An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.

Cornell recognized for faculty work-life balance

Calling the work-life balance one of its core values, the law firm Constangy, Brooks & Smith LLP recognized Cornell with its Excellence in Work-Life Balance Award, Jan. 28.

Employee Celebration participants pack Ramin Room

About 2,400 staff, faculty, retirees and their families attended the 2014 winter Employee Celebration, Jan. 25, which included dinner and athletic events.

Workshop addresses subtle acts of exclusion

An Inclusive Excellence Academy workshop for all employees Jan. 15, in support of the Toward New Destinations initiative, discusses subtle ways in which people are made to feel ignored, devalued and excluded.

Cornell roots spur Santí’s international service

Alexis Santí opened the first of six Soup and Hope talks Jan. 16, reflecting on growing up as an Ithacan and traveling the world before assuming his current position at Cornell.