Four dining staff competed against each other and the clock when Jet Tila, TV culinary celebrity, hosted Cornell Dining's first cookoff contest, April 11.
Cornell placed second in AARP's 2011 list of top places to work for people over 50, having placed first on the list twice before and holding a spot on the list since 2005. (Sept. 7, 2011)
The Cornell Student United Way received national recognition at the United Way Worldwide Community Leaders Conference, May 15 in National Harbor, Maryland.
Amy Somchanhmavong, MILR ’02, co-founder of the Dragon Boat Festival, received the 21st annual Anne Tompkins Jones Awards for Community Service from the Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County.
Brigitt Schaffner, chair of the EA, recognized Beth McKinney, director of the Cornell University Wellness Program and a former employee-elected trustee, with the Opperman Award for Staff Advocacy.
Cornell employees can enroll in or increase their life insurance coverage and that of their spouse/same-sex partner and dependent children without medical underwriting April 15-30. Certain limits apply. (March 30, 2011)
The student group Mixed at Cornell received the recently renamed James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony, March 16 in Willard Straight Hall.
Dump and Run program seeks donations of clothing, furniture, nonperishable food and other useful items through June 1. Donations will be resold Aug. 24-25 to benefit local nonprofit organizations.
As part of the strategic planning process President David Skorton and Provost Kent Fuchs will hold an open staff forum Sept. 4 from noon to 1 p.m. in G10 Biotechnology Building.