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Things to Do, Feb. 22-March 1, 2019 Events this week include a town-gown collaboration performed with Latina/o community members, silent comedy and Middle Eastern cinema, songs for Jim Henson, a book talk on creativity and intelligence, and the Digital Agriculture Hackathon.

Barbara Mix receives NYS Hometown Alumni Award In recognition of the cumulative and consistent impact of her veterinary and volunteer work in and around her hometown, Barbara Mix, CVM ’82, was named the newest recipient the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award.

Cornell offers new ways to express appreciation The new Cornell Appreciation Portal gives supervisors, faculty and staff an online venue for congratulating each other, recognizing a milestone or achievement, and showing their appreciation to one another.

ILR study: Workplace sexual harassment impacts 1 in 10 in NY A study by the ILR School’s Worker Institute reveals that more than 1 in 10 New Yorkers, including 12.2 percent of women, experience quid pro quo workplace sexual harassment.

Caring for the best: Cornell at the Westminster dog show The College of Veterinary Medicine made its debut earlier this month as the official veterinary care provider of the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City.

Things to Do, Feb. 22-March 1, 2019 Events this week include a town-gown collaboration performed with Latina/o community members, silent comedy and Middle Eastern cinema, songs for Jim Henson, a book talk on creativity and intelligence, and the Digital Agriculture Hackathon.

Barbara Mix receives NYS Hometown Alumni Award In recognition of the cumulative and consistent impact of her veterinary and volunteer work in and around her hometown, Barbara Mix, CVM ’82, was named the newest recipient the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award.

Cornell offers new ways to express appreciation The new Cornell Appreciation Portal gives supervisors, faculty and staff an online venue for congratulating each other, recognizing a milestone or achievement, and showing their appreciation to one another.

Apply for Perkins Prize, new diversity awards by March 13 The deadline is March 13 to apply for the annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony, endowed by trustee Thomas W. Jones '69.

Cornell Tech Dean Dan Huttenlocher to step down Dan Huttenlocher, dean and vice provost of Cornell Tech, who positioned the campus as one of the most forward-thinking and interdisciplinary in the nation, will step down Aug. 1 to become dean of MIT’s new college of computing.

Event with Pulitzer Prize Winner Maggie Haberman Rescheduled for March 11 Cornell Hillel invited Haberman to campus, where she will speak to about her “remarkably informed perspective on President Trump,” and “examine his influence on key issues affecting all Americans and his battles with the American press.”

Cornell Looking to Fix ‘Confusing’ and ‘Difficult to Manage’ Parking System Members of the Employee Assembly met Thursday to try and tackle Cornell's "difficult to manage" parking system that leads to multiple spots being unused and certain spots being underutilized.

Office of University Ombudsman Focuses on ‘Problem Solving’ Campus Issues For Cornellians struggling to break through the complexity of university bureaucracy, they need only turn to the University’s Ombudsman Office — a three-person office founded over 50 years ago to “directly help members of the Cornell community with issues that are affecting their life here,” according to its director, Linda Falkson.

Student Assembly Weighs Changing Election Policy as Presidential Race Approaches At Thursday's Student Assembly meeting, potential changes to campaign policies surrounding elections for Student Assembly and student-elected trustees were tabled.

What You Need to Know for the 91st Academy Awards As the Oscars remain hostless, an interesting stage has been set for the presenters.