More than 100 local and Cornell community members attended the seventh annual Town-Gown Awards ceremony Dec. 2. This year the celebration featured the three new presidents of Cornell University, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College.
As of Nov. 28, the Cornell United Way campaign has raised $473,260, or 63 percent of its goal of $750,000. This total includes more than $73,000 raised in the past two weeks.
Upcoming Cooperative Extension events: Press Bay Holiday Market, Leadership in Our Midst: Cultivating Leader-full Organizations, Parents Apart® and more.
Laura Lewis, a former Cornell staff member who soon will serve on the Common Council for the City of Ithaca’s Fifth Ward, will open the 2018 Soup & Hope biweekly series of personal narratives Jan. 18, noon to 1 p.m., in Sage Chapel.
Pre-ordering begins Nov. 30 for the one-day Apple sale Dec. 14. The sale is offered exclusively for Cornell University faculty and staff, employees of Weill Cornell Medicine and affiliated organizations on eligible personal purchases only.
Sage Chapel Christmas Vespers, an annual tradition at Cornell, returns this week with two programs, Dec. 3 and 4, at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m. both nights. Admission is free and open to the public, first-come, first-seated.
After a sold-out run last December, “The Snow Queen” returns to the Ithaca stage for twelve December performances at the new Cherry Artspace, 102 Cherry Street.
Cornell community members who do not have access to an estate planning attorney and meet certain income eligibility guidelines can work with Cornell Law School students in the spring of 2018 and receive a basic estate plan free of charge.
CU Women Lead will hold its next meeting Dec. 5, noon-1 p.m., at 142 Goldwin Smith Hall. All Cornell women administrators, faculty and staff are invited; bring your lunch.
