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Hold meetings online with new free WebEx service
09/06/2012 - Setting up and running meetings from your computer just got a lot easier. A new, free web-conferencing service is available at Cornell: WebEx.  WebEx provides on-demand, real-time, collaborative web meetings and conferencing. Cornell faculty and staff can schedule meetings in which anyone can participate or present. Once the meeting has begun, even hosting authority can be...
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Wellbeing Programs @ Cornell 09-07-12
09/06/2012 - Wellbeing programs For more information or to register for any of these free programs, visit http://tinyurl.com/8cfc98p or email wellbeing@cornell.edu.  Transracial Adoption Discussion Group: This group will focus on “The First R?  Explaining the Concept of Racism to Children,” at its meeting Sept. 13, noon-1 p.m., 356 Ives Hall. ...
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Family hike Sept. 8
08/31/2012 - President David Skorton and Professor Robin Davisson will kick off the “Let’s Move!” family hike at Cornell Plantations on Saturday, Sept. 8, at 2 p.m. “Let’s Move!” is a comprehensive initiative launched by first lady Michelle Obama dedicated to raising a healthier generation of children. Cornell Plantations was among the organizations joining the initiative in 2011. The hike...
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Career and skills development courses
08/23/2012 - Career and skills development courses Thinking of developing your career this fall? Consider the following courses, offered to staff and faculty. Register online at http://cornell.veplan.net/show.aspx?mi=3349. These and many other courses can be found in the course catalog at http://cornell.veplan.net/Education/catalog.aspx by searching on the course name....
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IT@Cornell: Planning Our Future, Together
08/23/2012 - All of us can help plan for technologies that will permeate our professional lives over the next five years. How? Register now to attend “IT@Cornell: Planning Our Future, Together” at http://www.it.cornell.edu/cms/cio/strategic/future.cfm. It’s a day-long event (September 11) with keynote speakers (morning) and 10 different discussion topics (afternoon), designed to...
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Getting out of the kitchen (and into the library)
07/26/2012 - When the weather heats up, many of us take our cooking out of the kitchen—or eliminate cooking completely! Either way, Cornell’s library has books to keep you inspired all summer long. For those who prefer grilling, books such as “Bobby Flay’s Grill It” and “Grilling for...
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Use Cornell DropBox and Box instead of email to send large files
07/26/2012 - Use Cornell DropBox and Box instead of email to send large files Although Office 365 offers greater storage size overall and expanded services, it does not accept messages that exceed 25 MB (megabytes) in size – a standard shared by other large email providers like Gmail and Yahoo Mail. In preparation for our move to Office 365 for faculty and staff email (see ...
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In case you missed IT
06/14/2012 - The new number for IT support is 255-5500. Starting Monday, June 18, anyone who regularly does business with the CIT HelpDesk, the CIT Network Operations Center or CIT Support Operations should call 255- 5500 instead of old numbers to get help with computer questions or to request network, communications, audio/video, and other services. Still not sure who you...
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Teams lose two-and-a-half tons of weight
06/01/2012 - In eight weeks, 58 teams, totaling 767 Cornell staff and faculty members, lost 5,110 pounds – more than two and a half tons – of weight. That represents a total of almost 7.9 million calories that were either expended or not consumed. First place for the No Excuses weight loss contest, held during March and April, went to a team from Facilities Services, No Cal Zones, whose...
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Wellness and Cornell’s Library
06/01/2012 - The Wellness Program offers classes on sailing, rock climbing and golf — and library resources can help people taking those classes, as well as people who just wish they were. Quick searches for “golf instruction,” “sailing” and “rock climbing” yield thousands of results. Whittle them down by selecting one that piques your interest. For example, try “Climbing: from gym to crag:...
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