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.
Cornell will hold town hall meetings Oct. 24-26 to answer questions regarding the new array of retiree health plan options that will be available to endowed retirees of Cornell University effective Jan. 1, 2017.
A working group has formed to reduce some of the administrative burdens felt by faculty and academic staff, beginning with developing metrics to calculate the hidden costs associated with implementing new policies and procedures.
In giving the 10th annual President's Address to Staff, Interim President Hunter Rawlings stressed the need for staff involvement in university concerns and collaboration across campus and among Cornell's three New York state campuses.
Pat Wynn, former vice president for Borders sales promotion, was named director of The Cornell Store, reporting to Thomas Romantic, senior director of supply channel management and business services. (May 26, 2011)
The Office of Community Relations has been recognized at the international level for initiatives it developed over the past decade related to race, economic development and leadership.
Sean Eversley Bradwell, Ph.D. ’09, assistant professor at Ithaca College, gave the keynote address, "The Ability to Achieve Purpose," at a recent Men of Color Colleague Network Group luncheon.
The Cornell Board of Trustees has approved an increase in the minimum stipend rates for graduate teaching and research assistants and graduate fellowship holders.