The revised Flexibility in the Workplace policy features new tools, descriptions of various forms of flexibility and opportunities for training in implementing the policy.
Frederick Burgess, recently the commanding officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Washington, D.C., has been named vice president for infrastructure, properties and planning at Cornell. His appointment begins Sept. 1.
For the ninth year, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has placed Cornell on its list of the 100 most adoption-friendly workplaces in the United States.
President Garrett supports the University Assembly resolution for more all-gender single-occupancy restrooms and for greater access to restrooms with universal design, as well as consistent restroom, locker and shower signage.
The Employee Assembly has a new look: it now has a full slate of committee chairs for 2017-18 and a redesigned web presence as part of the new Office of the Assemblies website that went live August 17.
The CARE Fund (Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees) needs to bolster its funding through donations by Cornell community members for its annual CARE Fund Online Auction, to be held Nov. 4-8. Donations are needed by Oct. 15.
New trail signage and a requirement for new students to watch Cornell's online gorge safety video are meant to facilitate emergency responses and curtail swimming, going off trail or engaging in other risky practices in Ithaca's gorges.
More than 150 staff members learned about avenues for furthering their personal and professional growth, July 18 in the Biotechnology Building. (July 23, 2012)