Thirteen staff members received Employee Excellence Awards – three each in the individual, management, innovation and diversity categories, and one that stood 'Far Above.'
Donations are sought for the auction to benefit the Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees (CARE) Fund. The deadline for giving donations is Oct. 31. (Oct. 17, 2012)
Faculty and staff with a dependent care flexible spending account can apply through Sept. 30 for a grant for up to $5,000 to help pay for child care expenses in 2014.
Cornell has won a national diversity award from INSIGHT Into Diversity for its measurable achievements in broadening diversity and inclusion on campus.
Cornell University Police recognized two officers for providing assistance during the Simeon's restaurant accident in 2014 and an MBA candidate who intervened in an assault on campus this past January.
The inauguration of Martha E. Pollack as Cornell's 14th president has taken months of planning and effort, from lining up activities and inviting vendors, to designing and hanging banners, and organizing volunteers.
Benefit Services will be closed March 7 to move from Day Hall to the East Hill Office Building (EHOB) and will reopen March 10. Shortly thereafter, the HR offices at Thornwood Drive will move to East Hill Plaza.
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.
The Cornell Store on the Ithaca Commons opened June 9 with a ribbon-cutting and remarks by Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick and other local and Cornell representatives.