Applications for Cornell’s 2017 Child Care Grant Program will be accepted Sept. 4 through Sept. 29. Grants of up to $5,000 per year will be awarded, tax free, to eligible faculty and staff to assist with child care expenses.
Registration is now open for Cornell DrupalCamp 2017, to be held Oct. 20. An optional half-day;Code Sprint or a full-day. Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Drupal 8 will be held Oct. 19.
For the inauguration of Cornell President Martha E. Pollack on Aug. 25, the university dips into tradition to offer Martha’s Bits & Bytes, a special ice cream for the celebration.
Every year, more than 200 infants are added to Cornell’s employee health insurance plans, and the number of breastfeeding mothers in the workplace – on-campus and nationally – continues to climb, said Michelle Artibee, associate director for work/life in Human Resources.
In a longitudinal study of first-year college students, scientists link modest weight gain with a diminished ability to taste sweet and salty foods – particularly in males. The new Cornell research was published in the Journal of Nutrition, Aug. 23.
For the fourth year in a row, Cornell Procurement and Payment Services (Procurement) has been awarded the Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Procurement Institute (NPI). Of this year’s award recipients.
Architect and educator Alfred (Fred) H. Koetter Jr., M.Arch. ’66, whose projects included two Cornell campus buildings, died Aug. 21 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was 79.
The second annual CU Downtown, Sept. 2, 1-5 p.m., in downtown Ithaca, welcomes students and encourages them to explore Ithaca, while giving local residents a chance to enjoy Cornell student talent in this unique town-gown back-to-school celebration.
Farm-to-Pint tours brought together more than 70 New York hop and barley producers, maltsters, brewers, state officials with Cornell and other industry researchers.
