Staff News

Elves program provides hundreds of backpacks to schools

The Cornell Elves, a program that started with holiday giving but now has extended to supporting area schoolchildren when school starts, gave out a record number of backpacks this year: 449. (Sept. 13, 2010)

Deadlines loom for adding children between ages 19-26 to endowed health and for child care grants

Reminder: Apply for child care grant subsidies or add children between ages 19-26 to endowed health and dental plans and/or enroll in/increase Select Benefits elections for their medical expenses now. (Sept. 9, 2010)

Cornell launches $100 million fund to recruit faculty

A $100 million Cornell Faculty Renewal Fund will enable the university to significantly accelerate hiring of faculty over the next five years.

Second phase of budget redesign kicks off

Upcoming decisions about how to retool Cornell's budget model will reverberate throughout Cornell for years to come.

University Communications partners with AAD

Signaling one way the university will streamline its operations, the Division of Alumni Affairs and Development is insourcing its communications to the Division of University Communications. (Aug. 25, 2010)

Child care grant application period begins Sept. 1

Applications for Cornell's 2011 child care grant subsidies for employees will be available online and at Benefit Services beginning Sept. 1. The application period will run Sept. 1-Oct. 1. (Aug. 19, 2010)

Operations efficiency office is now fully staffed

The Initiatives Coordination Office is now fully staffed to manage several administrative cost-cutting and efficiency initiatives.

Benefits Web pages explain New York state's Early Retirement Incentive program

New benefits web pages are available to help eligible faculty, staff and Cooperative Extension employees decide whether to retire under New York state's new Early Retirement Incentive program. (Aug. 19, 2010)

Union activist and mechanic Harry Evans dies at 60

Harry W. Evans, a maintenance mechanic and material handler at Cornell for 30 years who was president of the local union (UAW Local 2300), died Aug. 14 in Interlaken, N.Y. He was 60 years old. (Aug. 17, 2010)