Two staff members' flexible workplace arrangements help illustrate why Cornell has recently received a 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. (Nov. 15, 2011)
eCornell has decided that its future success requires a smaller, focused organization to specialize in sales and service to corporations and individuals seeking online professional training from Cornell.
Unless the U.S. economy has a major downturn or New York state severely cuts funding, Cornell will not face significant downsizing, President David Skorton said Nov. 12 at his Annual Address to Staff. (Nov. 12, 2010)
Energy conservation and a new organizational structure will boost both savings and efficiency in the Division of Facilities Services, says VP Kyu-Jung Whang in a public forum. (Nov. 9, 2010)
The university is retiring its 'postoffice' e-mail system and moving students to Google Apps Education Edition, and faculty and staff to Microsoft Exchange. (Sept. 16, 2009)
Cornell's plans to address its financial difficulty are taking shape, said Vice President for Human Resources Mary Opperman at a March 25 brown-bag lunch.
The schedule change for health and dental plans and for Select Benefits reimbursement accounts will ensure that faculty and staff members will have their health and dental cards by the new year. (Aug. 19, 2009)
The yearly open enrollment period for benefits runs Nov. 10-26. The only significant change this year is in the vendor Cornell is using for behavioral health care coverage. (Nov. 7, 2008)
At a ceremony June 8 on the Arts Quad, Cornell administrators thanked the hundreds of staff and faculty members who this spring elected to participate in the Staff Retirement Incentive program.
Cornell was one of five organizations awarded an Equal Employment Opportunity Award for demonstrated exemplary efforts in achieving equal employment opportunity in the workplace. (May 21, 2007)