More than 1,000 children from 32 participating area schools received gifts of clothing, toys and other items over winter break through the 2017 Elves Program, with an additional 16 children sponsored by staff from the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva.
The United Way of Tompkins County will celebrate its 21st annual Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring and kick off its 2017-18 Community Campaign Sept. 13, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Stewart Park’s large pavilion.
Employee Assembly election materials will be available March 19, for submission by March 26. Online voting will be April 10 beginning at 8 a.m. and ending April 12 at noon.
With the snow and ice of the 2017-18 winter season fast approaching, the staff from Environmental Health and Safety and the Grounds Department want to make sure staff, faculty and students are prepared.
Biologist Alex Flecker and computer scientist Carla Gomes co-led a project that employed AI and around 40 researchers in an attempt to determine optimal placement of around 350 hydropower dams in the Amazon river basin.
The new Cornell Appreciation Portal gives supervisors, faculty and staff an online venue for congratulating each other, recognizing a milestone or achievement, and showing their appreciation to one another.
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.
A recent survey of Cornell undergraduate, graduate and professional students found that half of respondents experienced one or more forms of harassment, such as sexual assault, sexual and gender-based harassment, stalking, and dating and domestic violence.
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the Cornell community continues to pursue its mission and to thrive, President Martha E. Pollack said Oct. 20 in her fourth annual address to staff.