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Wellbeing Programs 5-3-13
05/02/2013 - Wellbeing programs For more information or to register for any of these free programs, visit the Wellbeing Programs website or email: wellbeing@cornell.edu. Legal Issues in LGBT Adoption: May 14, noon-1 p.m., 224 Weill Hall Custodial Grandparent Families...
Wellbeing
Boston Marathon email fraud on the rise
05/02/2013 - The Information Technologies (IT) Security Office is seeing an increased number of email fraud attempts with reference to the tragedy that occurred at the Boston Marathon. Many of the precautions outlined by the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) are relevant in this case: • Do not respond to any unsolicited (spam) incoming emails, including by...
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Lab Of Ornithology 04/19/13
04/18/2013 - On the Imperial Woodpecker Tim Gallagher, editor-in-chief of the Cornell Lab’s “Living Bird” magazine and author of “Imperial Dreams,” will share adventures and photographs from his journeys in search of the spectacular Imperial Woodpecker in the vast mountain forests of Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental, April 29, 7:30-9 p.m., Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker...
Lab of Ornithology
Wellbeing/ Wellness Programs 04/19/13
04/18/2013 - Wellbeing programs For more information or to register for any of these free programs, visit the Wellbeing Programs website  or email: wellbeing@cornell.edu. Caregiver Support and Education Network meeting: April 18, 12:15-1:15 p.m., 221 Weill Hall In-Home...
Wellbeing
How is spam getting in your mailbox if Cornell supposedly blocks it?
04/18/2013 - When you scan your Inbox each morning, chances are you’ll spot a few messages that turn out to be spam (junk mail). Lately they aren’t even marked with the telltale PMX signature that Cornell’s anti-spam system adds to questionable messages. What’s going on? Cornell is, in fact, still blocking gargantuan quantities of spam every minute, using Sophos PureMessage. On April 8, for...
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Two workshops on family concerns
04/05/2013 - The following two workshops on family concerns are upcoming, one on parenting and one on eldercare: Workshop on in-home care: Teresa Nix, certified senior advisor (CSA) and private consultant on senior health care needs, will speak April 24, noon-1 p.m., at 224 Weill Hall. For more information, see http://pawprint.cornell.edu/?q=articles/2013/04/workshop-on-in-...
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Help at the Lab
04/04/2013 - Migration Celebration 2013 will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Saturday, May 11, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and volunteers are needed to help with the many activities offered at this special event connecting nature, conservation and research work at the lab. Deadline for signing up to volunteer: April 19. Volunteers serve 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., helping with overall event...
Lab of Ornithology
Cloud Computing: What’s in it for students, faculty and staff?
04/04/2013 - Cloud services have many institutional benefits related to efficiency, flexibility and saving resources. But how do they benefit those of us who use these services in our daily work lives? Here are some ways each of us as individual users profit from Cornell’s emerging focus on cloud services: They are easy to use: Because of good user interfaces, we can begin using cloud...
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Salsas and jams
03/21/2013 - Cornell Dining Chef Kevin Spinner will share his professional expertise with a demonstration on pickling and canning salsas and jams, April 5, noon-1 p.m., 360 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. Open to the Cornell community. Register at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGhxN0NFaXg0RnV3amViT1JuQ0YwVEE6MA.
Wellbeing
Why is cloud computing strategic for Cornell?
03/21/2013 - Third in a series of articles about cloud computing at Cornell. IT@Cornell is deliberately focusing on cloud computing as one way to more efficiently deliver IT services, create a more satisfying end-user experience for the community, refocus resources on Cornell’s academic technologies and provide an alternative choice and route to traditional service delivery....
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