Cornell has been recognized as one of the top U.S. universities for its promotion of traffic safety, placing second, for the second consecutive year, in the National Law Enforcement Challenge. (Aug. 9, 2012)
Cornell has been chosen as one of 11 universities to orient enlisted military veterans to academic life through the Warrior-Scholar Project. The project emphasizes reading, writing and the liberal arts.
Local and campus leaders met Nov. 14 to recognize town-gown partnerships and celebrate the "long history of cooperation for mutual benefit" that the university, city and county have enjoyed.
An initiative to reduce the burden of bureaucracy is not a one-time goal, but a way of operating for a modern university that wants to be "nimble, flexible, resilient and responsive," President Elizabeth Garrett said in her first formal address to staff.
Cornell Procurement Services has exceeded its savings goal of $30 million through process efficiencies and by changing the ways goods and services are bought for Cornell from outside vendors.
Why do employees leave? What motivates good employees to stay? How skilled an employee's supervisor is plays a major role, a new study shows. (Oct. 2, 2008)
Staff and faculty members can now apply to the 2010 Child Care Grant Subsidy Program, which awards up to $5,000 a year, tax-free, to help pay for child care expenses. Application deadline is Sept. 4. (July 29, 2009)
Five employees – Sarah Miller, Joseph Abel, Lindsay Jones Hansen, William Gilligan and Dorothy Vanderbilt – were recognized with awards of excellence May 19 at the second annual Employee Recognition Luncheon.
The Division of Human Resources will launch a major redesign of its site Jan. 4. The new design will update the look, improve the navigation and highlight areas of most current interest. (Dec. 10, 2009)