New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) awarded the Southern Tier region up to $49.4 million of a total $785 million in December in state aid designated to promote economic growth. The Southern Tier received the smallest amount of aid of the 10 regional councils vying for a portion of the funds.

Parents of children at Cornell Child Care Center express increased satisfaction with their children's care despite the Faculty Senate's recommendation to cut ties with the center last year.

President David Skorton discusses tuition increases and New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal to reduce New York State funding to Cornell's contract colleges.

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Skorton announced Monday that the University would not sever its contract with Bright Horizons Daycare provider. 

President Skorton asserts the importance of a student-administrator dialogue. But the recent changes to the Greek system suggest the absence of precisely such a channel of communication.

President Skorton sends a dispatch from the bowel of Donlon Hall, and offers his beginning of the semester update.

You may think of the president as the “boss” of Cornell University but, believe me, I have many to whom I “report”: de jure, the Board of Trustees and de facto, the students, faculty, staff, parents and alumni of Cornell.

The University announced yesterday that it has plans to save $90 million through administrative streamlining. President David Skorton and Provost Kent Fuchs also unveiled at a staff “Reimagining Cornell” forum a new set of cost-cutting guidelines that would, among other things, promote University-wide savings at the expense of colleges’ autonomous decision-making.

About 75 staff members attended the presentation in Biotech G10 yesterday, which was the fourth installment in a series of forums aimed at informing the community about strategic planning initiatives. This event was the first that directly addressed the concerns of the University’s administrative staff.

The Sun’s March 23 editorial entitled “On the Outside Looking In” is, frankly, a bit perplexing when I think about the openness that distinguishes President Skorton’s administration. When it comes to the well-being of our university, there can never be too much communication, especially in these times of financial challenge. A critical ingredient in that process is transparency of decision making, which has been a top priority for President Skorton from the very start of his administration. And, I am proud to say, that the administration and the Board of Trustees have redoubled efforts to be more transparent since the beginning of the financial crisis last fall.