2027 Child Care Grant Application Period Opens Tomorrow The Childcare Grant provides financial assistance to eligible faculty and staff for childcare expenses that allow you or your spouse or partner to work or seek work. You can apply for and be awarded funds to use toward eligible childcare expenses incurred from January 1 – December 31, 2027.
Check out these upcoming financial webinars designed specifically for Cornell employees:
Health Care in Retirement (Fidelity)
September 9, 2-3pm, virtual. Learn how to estimate potential costs, understand your coverage options before and after age 65, and help create a plan to fit these expenses into your retirement budget.
Advice is for Everyone: See How You Can Benefit (TIAA)
September 17, 2-3pm, virtual. In this webinar, you'll explore TIAA’s personalized advice tools and professional resources designed to put you in control of your financial future.
No Cost Rabies Vaccination Clinic September 12, 11am-2pm, TCAT Bus Garage, 737 Willow Ave., Ithaca. One and three-year vaccinations for dogs, cats, and ferrets. Pre-registration required - this is a drive-thru clinic. Outside Tompkins County? Check your specific county health department website for upcoming clinics.
Relationships
Annual Campus and Community Connection Event September 23, 9-11am, Day Hall Main Suite 130/150. Making social connections at work may help support your health, wellbeing, job engagement, and success. Join fellow employees for an informal networking opportunity and to learn about ways to find connection at Cornell beyond your job. Come for as little or as long as you’d like!
Preparing for Baby Series Wednesdays, beginning September 30, 5:30-7:30pm, virtual. The Preparing for BabySeries will help you sort through the wealth of the information available for new parents and guide you in making the best decisions for your family.
Physical Wellbeing
Pelvic Floor Health: Strengthening the Foundation of Digestive Wellness (Weill Cornell Medicine)
September 23, 5-6pm, virtual. Speakers Dr. Kelly Garrett, Colorectal Surgery and Dr. Larissa Rodriguez, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, help you better understand key aspects of colorectal health and the care options available to you.
New Guidelines for Managing Cholesterol and Other Blood Lipids (Weill Cornell Medicine) Learn more about the recently issued new guidelines for managing dyslipidemia or abnormal levels of cholesterol, triglycerides or other lipids in the bloodstream.
Environmental Wellbeing
Cornell Unplugged September 14-20. Cornell students, faculty, and staff are invited to go off-line, off-screen, and off-tech to participate in Cornell Unplugged 2026. The initiative, sponsored by Sustainable Cornell, encourages participants to explore how mindful technology use can support personal wellbeing and meaningful connection, more human-centered forms of teaching, and more thoughtful and sustainable modes of computing and technology use.
Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America
September 10, 4:30-5pm, Mann Library, hybrid. This Chats in the Stacks Book Talk features Trent Preszler, professor of Practice in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and his book Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America (Little, Brown & Co., 2025).
Lab of O Migration Celebration
September 12, 10am-2pm, Lab of Ornithology. Experience the interactive and accessible exhibits of the Visitor Center and participate in a range of community activities scheduled throughout the day.
U-Pick Apple Farms (Cornell Cooperative Extension) Kick off fall in the Finger Lakes by planning a trip to a local apple orchard. This includes farms in South Cayuga, Schuyler, and Tompkins Counties. Call before visiting to learn about available supply and other activities. For other areas in NY, check out this list.
Mental Wellbeing
Healing in Place with Wellness - Guided Morning Meditation
Fridays, September 4,11,18,25, 9-9:30am, virtual. Join these 30-minute healing in place morning meditations, facilitated by Kerry Howell, Cornell Wellness staff, to start hitting the refresh button. Open to the entire Cornell community; no membership required.
Mindful Birding at Sapsucker Woods September 9, 12-1pm, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Join this peaceful midday break in the comfort of the Visitor Center’s observatory. Artists from the Lab of Ornithology will walk everyone through some optional field-sketching. Binoculars, seating, clipboards, paper, and pencils provided.
What is Mindfulness, and How Can It Help You? (Cornellians) Weill Cornell Medicine’s Dr. Suza Scalora explains the value of being in the moment - even while cooking or washing your hands.
Cultural Wellbeing
Cultivating Hope: Plants and Indigenous Knowledge Tour
September 4, 2-3pm, Nevin Welcome Center, Cornell Botanic Gardens. Explore plants that are deeply connected to Indigenous cultures and discover how relationships rooted in respect, reciprocity, and responsibility have sustained both people and the natural world for generations and continue to do so today.
Exhibit - America at 250: Focus on George Washington Cornell University Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections commemorates the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence (1776–2026) with an exhibition of rare books, letters, and documents on the life of George Washington.
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