For the fifth year, Cornell employees received an announcement this July outlining the funds in which they can invest through Cornell's retirement plans, those funds' performance and fees, and other related information.
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars learned skills for communication in academic settings and building relationships across differences in an Intergroup Dialogue Project summer course.
Mary Opperman, VP and chief human resource officer at Cornell, has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources, the highest honor an individual in the human resources profession can receive.
Virtual events and resources at Cornell include a panel discussion on protests and democracy, a series of staff forums, virtual tours of Cornell Botanic Gardens and the Fall Creek gorge, and a new online gallery of art students' senior thesis projects.
The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP, formerly the Employee Assistance Program, or EAP) is moving to Collegetown, at 409 College Ave., Suite 201, beginning July 1. (June 22, 2011)
About 140 staff members gathered Feb. 28 in the Biotechnology Building at a forum to discuss immigrants, refugees, green card holders and citizens, while others participated online through Zoom.
More than 175 items are up for bid for the online CARE Fund auction, which will run Nov. 1-16. The fund assists staff and faculty members faced with unexpected financial hardships. (Nov. 1, 2012)
Cornell is honoring veterans and military personnel through an array of activities leading up to and including Veterans Day, Nov. 11. And for the first time, Cornell has lit McGraw Tower green to honor veterans.