University leaders and trustees on Nov. 18 honored 15 individuals and three teams with President’s Awards for Employee Excellence, and the inaugural Trustee Award for Excellence.
Laura Lewis, Ithaca Common Council, spoke of the influence in her life of two worlds – of the family she grew up in and of the career in student and community service she has pursued since her undergraduate years – Feb. 1 at Soup & Hope.
Timed to occur during National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Cornell’s first community gathering to take a stand against domestic violence was held Oct. 19 in Willard Straight Hall. The gathering also highlighted the 40th anniversary of the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County.
Craig Wiggers, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel with 25 years of service, is director of administration for the physics department and says he loves Cornell’s welcoming, supportive environment.
The fourth annual Town-Gown Resource Fair drew wide interest from around the community, including educators, area residents and members of social and governmental agencies.
The application period for the 2015 Child Care Grant Program, covering a wide range of child care options for children of faculty and staff, runs through Sept. 30.
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.
More than 380 staff were honored by Cornell President Martha E. Pollack and Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Mary Opperman at the 62nd annual Service Recognition Dinner June 21 in Barton Hall.
Cornell has been recognized for its campuswide diversity and inclusion efforts with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award. This is the second year Cornell has received this award.