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Join us for the Spring Celebration of Cornell Retirees on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Enjoy a free breakfast (retirees plus one guest) by Hope's Catering with prizes/giveaways!
We will welcome special guest lecturer, Dr. Thomas Seeley, as he discusses
The Lives of Bees. The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild.
Event begins at 9:00 am. Come join the fun!
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Retiree Representative Needed for Employee Assembly!
by Hurf Sheldon, Retiree (2016), Computer Graphics
& Employee Assembly Retiree Representative
Hi Folks,
A Retired Cornell staff member is needed to represent the retiree community on the
Employee Assembly
(EA) beginning June 2019. The EA advocates for staff interests and identifies concerns, working with the university administration and other key stakeholders to seek solutions. This is a rewarding and informative way to be involved in decisions that shape the future of Cornell University staff and retirees.
The retiree seat is shared by two volunteers in staggered terms to reduce the overall time commitment and provide continuity. Rotating off is retiree Peggy Andersen, whom we thank for her dedication and willingness to serve in this new role (alongside fellow retiree, Hurf Sheldon).
What’s involved?
- Attending bi-weekly lunch meetings and some committee meetings on off weeks. Representatives cooperate to determine participation and coverage for these various meetings. Virtual participation options are often available. Both members can attend EA meetings while representing one vote.
- Attend the Cornell HR Retiree Engagement Advisory Committee (HR REAC) meetings three times per year. This committee is charged with advancing Cornell as a retiree/retirement-friendly employer.
- Liaise with Work/Life in Human Resources to communicate with retirees, inform on specific issues/concerns, etc.
- Connect with the retiree community through events sponsored by Work/Life, the Retiree Newsletter, or other opportunities.
Two year Term starts June 1st.
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Donations to the Cornell Emergency CARE Fund Needed
The
Emergency CARE Fund
provides financial
assistance to current faculty
and staff who have experienced a financial hardship due to an unforeseen or unavoidable event. In 2018, twenty-seven grants were provided to employees in crisis.
“The funds I received were essential in helping me after my house fire. I lost a wall and a half and the entire roof on the east side of my home plus had smoke and water damage throughout. With an exterior wall missing in bitter cold February and no heat source, the house was not habitable. This CARE gift really helped reduce the stress I was under during this time.” – 2018 CARE Fund recipient
This program is
funded by employees, retirees, and students who make generous contributions or volunteer in other ways. Originated by the Employee Assembly, this program reflects the “caring community” spirit of Cornell.
If you would like to donate to the CARE Fund, you may do so in any of the following ways:
- Payroll Deduction – retirees who have returned to employment at Cornell may sign up for one-time or reoccurring deductions.
- Donate by check - Make checks payable to Cornell University. In the notes section, write CARE Fund. Mail to: Cornell Work/Life, 395 Pine Tree Road, Suite 130, Ithaca, NY 14850
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Estate Planning for Singles and Child-Free Individuals
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
12:00 – 1:00 pm
140 East Hill Office Building
Discussions regarding Wills often focus on married couples with children; however, estate planning for individuals who are single, child-free, or in non-traditional relationships (whether married or unmarried) is equally important. Even if you do not have any immediate family members to inherit your estate, there is still plenty you can do in terms of estate planning. Not having a well-coordinated plan can create unintended consequences.
We should all be thinking about how to manage our assets and learn how to prepare so that our wishes are fulfilled at the end of our lives and after we die.
Emilee Lawson Hatch, a local attorney, will lead a discussion about how to:
- Find, choose, and communicate with the person(s) who will help you as you age.
- Make your wishes known in the event you develop dementia.
- Decide who will manage your estate after your death and how to plan for your final wishes.
- Choose a beneficiary for each of your life insurance and retirement accounts.
- Determine whether to leave the funds to charity, beloved pets, or to distant relatives.
- Maintain privacy for your estate after your death.
Remote option available.
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Jazz + Jam Session
Saturday, April 20 & 27, 2019
5:00
to
7:00 pm
314 West Ave., Ithaca
Come enjoy a meal and listen to some great jazz music by special CU Jazz guests, local musicians, and faculty! Or join the band and play along. Cost of the meal is $16.45 or discount with
MealChoice Encore
.
Sponsored by Bethe House, CU Jazz, Jazz+ and SAFC.
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David Gandelman's Inner-Peace & Meditation Workshops
Finding Inner-Peace Workshop
Monday, April 22, 2019
12:00 - 1:00 pm
700 Clark Hall
There is an epidemic of excess, and unproductive thinking in our culture that has led to record stress and anxiety levels. Meditation has been scientifically proven to calm the mind and body, leading to clarity of thought, grounded emotions, and increased levels of happiness. Come sit, and learn some fun meditation techniques to quiet your mind, open your heart, and find inner-peace.
Relationships & Meditation Workshop
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
12:00 - 1:00 pm
700 Clark Hall
Unstable, unhealthy, or ungrounded relationships can knock us off our center, making us feel unhappy, stressed, confused, or anxious. In this workshop we will explore meditation techniques to release stuck emotion, energy, and confusion around specific relationships in our lives, and find a calm mental space when relating to the most important people in our lives.
These workshops brought to you by
David Gandelman.
David is the owner of
GroundedMind.com
and has collaborated with Cornell Wellness over the past four years to bring multiple levels of meditation services to the entire Cornell community.
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Lab of Ornithology Events
Monday, April 22, 2019
7:30 pm
Cornell Lab Auditorium
Andy Johnson, Associate Producer, Conservation Media, Cornell Lab of Ornithology will present
Birds of the Wildest Isle: Expedition Report from St. Matthew Island, Alaska.
Learn about the recent Cornell Lab and US Fish and Wildlife Service expedition to St. Matthew Island, Alaska, in the Bering Sea — the most remote wilderness in the United States. Andy Johnson joined Irby Lovette (Fuller Professor of Ornithology) and a small team of biologists for a month on the uninhabited island last June, to study and film the endemic McKay's Bunting and Pribilof Rock Sandpiper. But on this rarely visited outpost, the team also found signs of a dramatically changing ecosystem.
Monday Night Seminars are free and open to the public. Join us in person in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's auditorium, or watch online with the live-streaming video below. You can find past live-streamed seminars in the
free video seminar archive
on our website.
Special Seminar with Reception
Thursday,
May 2, 2019
6:30 pm Reception, 7:30 pm talk
Cornell Lab Auditorium and Visitor Center
As the founder of Ink Dwell studio, artist and science illustrator Jane Kim creates monumental public art that explores the wonders of the natural world. One of her largest works is the
Wall of Birds
, a 2,500 square-foot mural celebrating the diversity and evolution of birds at The Cornell Lab of Ornithology that NPR called a "masterwork" and Juxtapoz magazine described as "one of the world's most ambitious natural history murals."
In this talk Kim will discuss her new book about the project,
The Wall of Birds
, exploring the intersection of art and natural history, the creative process, and surprising sociological lessons that we humans can learn from birds.
Join us
for a special pre-talk reception at 6:30 pm to welcome Jane back to the Lab of Ornithology. Complimentary appetizers and cash bar.
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Cornell Cinema Picks
Cornell Cinema hosts
A Tribute to the Late French Filmmaker Agnès Varda
on Thursday, April 18 at 4:30pm. The free event, sponsored by the French Studies Program, will include a screening of Varda's feature film debut,
La Pointe Courte
(1956), followed by a faculty panel discussion.
La Pointe Courte
is a graceful, penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Cornell faculty members Laurent Dubreuil (Director of the French Studies), Claire Ménard (Lecturer of French), Tim Murray (Professor of English & Comparative Literature), and Marie-Claire Vallois (Associate Professor of French) will discuss the film and Varda's career following the screening.
Other films to note:
2001: A Sp
ace Odyssey
,
April 19
th
& April 20
th
, 9:30 pm, $7 seniors.
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Events at Cornell Botanic Gardens
Conserving Native Orchids: An Earth Day Conversation
Monday, April 22, 2019
12:00 to 1:30 pm
Bring a bag lunch and join us for a special Earth Day program focused on the natural history and conservation of native orchids. The Orchidaceae is a species-rich family of flowering plants with more than 30,000 known taxa globally. Like most terrestrial plants, orchid species interact with mycorrhizal fungi, but unlike most plants, there is little evidence that the interactions are mutualistic. Most research indicates that orchids manage the plant-fungal interactions and they consume the fungi as sources of carbon and other resources. Dependency on fungi has evolved in a number of orchid lineages to a complete dependency on fungi resulting in many species being completely mycoheterotrophic. Understanding orchid-fungal interactions is not only interesting, but it is key to orchid conservation because all orchids have, at least, one life history stage that is completely depending on fungi.
Arbor Day Tree Walk
Friday, April 26, 2019
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Celebrate Arbor Day with a
walk
amongst the specimen trees of the Botanic Gardens. The walk will introduce some long-standing resident trees of the gardens, including tuliptree, dawn redwood, Japanese umbrella pine, zelkova, cornelian cherry dogwood and more.
Tom Reimers Earth Day Hike on the Cayuga Trail at Cornell Community Garden Plots
Sunday, April 28, 2019
1:00 pm
Cayuga Trails Club will sponsor this 30th annual
Earth Day Hike
, named in memory of Tom Reimers, local conservationist and trail advocate. The hike will follow a 4.4-mile-long section of the Cayuga Trail in the beautiful Monkey Run Natural Area of Cornell Botanic Gardens.
May Day Wildflower Hike at Edwards Lake Cliffs Preserve
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
1:30 - 4:30 pm
Visit a unique natural area -- the Edwards Lake Cliffs Preserve -- on a
guided afternoon hike
with botanist Robert Wesley. This 84-acre preserve protects one of the rarest environments in the local region – the lake cliffs – and hosts abundant and diverse early spring wildflowers
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Cornell Chamber Orchestra
Friday, April 26, 2019
7:00 pm
129 Ho Plaza
A Cornell showcase featuring John Haines-Eitzen performing C.P.E. Bach’s Cello Concerto in A Major, student soloist Anna McDougall in Drdla’s
Carmen Fantasy,
Mvts 1 & 2, Grieg’s
Two Melodies,
Op. 53 conducted by Andy Sheng, Vivace from Holst’s
St. Paul’s Suite
, and a new composition by student Thomas Rachman.
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Upcoming Chats in the Stacks
Reading the Modern European Novel Since 1900
with
Daniel R. Schwarz
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
4:30 pm
106G Olin Library
Daniel R. Schwarz, Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, will present his new book,
Reading the Modern European Novel Since 1900: A Critical Study of Major Fiction from Proust's Swann's Way to Ferrante's Neapolitan Tetralogy
(John Wiley & Sons, 2018).
A sequel to his
Reading the European Novel to 1900,
the work adheres to Professor Schwarz’s mantra, “Always the text; always historicize,” to discuss recurring themes and techniques in modern European fiction within the contexts of significant historical events such as the two World Wars and the Holocaust. Professor Schwarz, author of eighteen books and a legendary teacher at Cornell for fifty-one years, will also discuss the relationship between modern European fiction and other art forms.
The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
4:30 pm
10
7
Olin Library
Sidney Tarrow, Emeritus Maxwell Upson Professor of Government and adjunct professor at Cornell Law School, will present
The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement
, co-edited with David S. Meyer. Featuring both young and senior scholars,
The Resistance
unearths the origins and dynamics of different sectors of the anti-Trump movement. Tarrow will be in conversation with Glenn Altschuler, Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies, to give an overview of this emerging movement and to provide sharp analyses on how it might exercise political influence and fight off the danger to democracy posed by the Trump era.
Events sponsored by Olin Library. Light refreshments will be served.
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Mondays: 2:55 - 4:10 pm
This university-wide seminar provides important views on the critical issue of climate change, drawing from many perspectives and disciplines. Experts from Cornell University and other universities will present an overview of the science of climate change and climate change models, the implications for agriculture, ecosystems, and food systems, and provide important economic, ethical, and policy insights on the issue.
All events are free and open to the public. Most sessions available via Zoom.
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Cancer Support Group at Cornell
Work/Life and the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes began a monthly support group for members of the Cornell community who have or have had cancer. Meetings are on the second Wednesday of every month, from Noon – 1:00 in Weill Hall, Room 321.
Faculty, staff, students, and retirees who have been diagnosed with cancer are welcome. It’s an opportunity to meet one another, create a community of support, and learn about the resources available on campus and in Ithaca.
The group is facilitated by Monica Vakiner, the Cancer Resource Center’s Director of Client Services (
monica@crcfl.net
). Bob Riter, Patient Advocate for the Physical Sciences Oncology Center, is helping with logistics. (
rnr45@cornell.edu
).
Note that this group is not for cancer caregivers. The Cancer Resource Center offers a
caregiver group
on the second Tuesday of each month from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at its office (612 West State St.). Work/Life also offers a
Caregiver Support and Education Network
that meets monthly on campus.
Additional cancer support groups are available at the Cancer Resource Center and are
listed
here
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Cornell Cooperative Extension
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No-Till Gardening Techniques
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
6:00 - 8:00 pm
CCE-Tompkins Education Center
615 Willow Avenue
Ithaca, NY
Reducing tillage in your garden helps preserve soil structure and also reduces the number of weed seeds that germinate each year. This helps improve your soil while also reducing the chore of weeding. At this hands-on class participants will learn a variety of no-dig techniques, including broad forking, lazy beds and using raised beds. Weather permitting, the class will venture outdoors so wear your gardening clothes and shoes!
Instructor Jennie Cramer is our Horticulture Program Manager and coordinates our Master Gardener Volunteer Program. She is a former conservation biologist with a passion for organic gardening, regenerative agriculture, natural history and botanical education.
Pre-registration is required.to hold your place in the class, and also in the event that a class is postponed or cancelled and we need to contact participants.
Sign up or learn more here.
$10-$20/person self-determined sliding scale; pay what you can afford.
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Climate Wise Gardening: An Earthkeeping Fair
Saturday, April 27, 2019
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Boynton Middle School Cafeteria
1601 N. Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY
Everyone with a garden or yard can be “climate wise” by adopting practices that protect the earth and support wildlife. Hands-on activities and displays will show how the ecosystem works and how soil, microorganisms, and plants capture carbon. Together, we can contribute to bringing carbon and water cycles back into balance.
FREE! Demonstrations, exhibits, talks, and films on these and related topics:
- Pollinator and bird-friendly perennials and shrubs
- How to give up the lawn mower with “no-mow” grasses
- Intensive planting with increased diversity
- The magic of soil: turning dirt into rich, healthy soil
- Water solutions when there’s too much or too little
- Exchanging the rototiller for “no-till” methods
- Soil pH testing – bring a sample from your garden
- Free tree seedlings to take home
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Creative Container Gardening
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
6:00 - 8:00 pm
CCE-Tompkins Education Center
615 Willow Avenue
Ithaca, NY
Learn
how to integrate perennials, annuals, herbs and edibles into containers from the leader of the Community Beautification Program, Martha Gioumousis who creates, designs, and plants the beautiful containers throughout Ithaca including those on the Ithaca Commons. No gardening experience necessary but even advanced gardeners will leave with new information, ideas, and inspiration. Martha will have a few choices of plants suitable for container gardening for you to take home.
$10-$20/person self-determined sliding scale, pay what you can afford.
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Re-visioning: Harriet Tubman in Visual Culture
Saturday, April 20, 2019
2:00 to 3:30 pm
Tompkins Center for History and Culture
CAP ArtSpace/Program Room
110 North Tioga Street, Ithaca
The History Center in Tompkins County is thrilled to share for the first time "Re-visioning: Harriet Tubman in Visual Culture" with trustee Kimerly S. Cornish.
This presentation is a consideration of Harriet Tubman in visual culture from her time to the present. This talk will also reflect on how the 2017 re-emergence of a photo of the younger Harriet Tubman, as well as the Women on 20's campaign to have her image on U.S. currency to commemorate the centenary of women's suffrage, has impacted the way we view her as a cultural icon. Representations of Tubman across various media will illustrate how her legacy has been framed and re-framed over time.
This program is free and open to all. Come see The History Center at its new location within the beautiful Tompkins Center for History and Culture.
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Montezuma Audobon Center Events
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Van Tour
Friday, April 26th, 2019
9:00 am. – 4:00 pm
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the closed doors at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology? Wonder no more. Join us in our van as we travel to Ithaca to meet an Audubon NY scientist for a guided birdwatching walk to explore the warblers, vireos and other Neotropical migrants. Afterwards, we will meet with a Research Analyst in the Bioacoustics Research Department for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Lab.
13th Annual Wildlife Festival
Saturday, May 4th, 2019
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Join us for our largest event of the year which will feature a great lineup of family-friendly activities including food trucks, a 24’ tall rock wall, animal presentations, live music, nature-based magic shows, a bounce house, local art vendors, games, conservation exhibitors, a native plant sale, bird box building, guided bird watching walks and canoeing excursions.
Fee: $5/person, $20/family.
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Seneca White Deer Tours
Now is a great time to venture out to see the
Seneca White Deer
before the trees fill out with leaves and ground foliage goes wild! April and early May are prime times to see these beautiful animals and learn more about the military history of the land. The weather is breaking, so grab your camera and explore the grounds for deer and other wildlife/birds.
Tours
are year round with a military and senior discount. Special photography, biking and hiking tours are also available.
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Employment & Volunteer Opportunities
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Candor Daffodil Festival Seeks Volunteers
The Candor Chamber of Commerce & Candor Forward will host the 2019 Candor Daffodil Festival at the Candor Ball Field on Saturday, May 4.
They are in need of volunteers throughout the day to make our festival a success and run smoothly. Candor is a quaint town just south of Ithaca. They have a variety of tasks from 6:00 am until 6:00 pm that day and volunteers can sign up for the time slot(s) you are interested in.
Anyone interested can email
Jessica Spaccio to be added to the volunteer list.
They will have a meeting prior to the festival to explain and assign duties.
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Part-Time/Casual Dining Workers Needed
Looking for a flexible part-time position for up to 19 hours a week? Cornell Dining is a Top 10 Nationally Ranked Dining program, which prides itself on serving safe, high quality and ethnically diverse cuisine. Cornell Dining is looking for customer focused, high energy, inspired, and ready-to-learn individuals who have a passion for food!
Apply below!
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Help Cornell Students Learn - Study Participants Needed
Julia Nolte is a Human Development Ph.D. student at Cornell University looking for help completing a study.
- Looking for male and female participants aged 60 or over for a study on healthcare choices and information preferences and how people make choices about their health.
- The study involves completing questionnaires, two cognitive tasks, and an interview. It takes approx. 60 - 90 minutes.
- Participants will receive $20.
- All of your answers will be kept completely confidential.
- Participate on Cornell campus. Free parking will be provided.
Disclaimer
Although all information gathered in the study will be confidential, online communications are not secure and emails sent to the experimenter could be read by a third-party.
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