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June 30, 2021
After playing a key role in helping keep the university calm, healthy and safe during the pandemic – and for his expertise as campus opened for the 2020-21 academic year – Frank Cantone, former director of Cornell’s Office of Emergency Management, has won the 2021 George Peter Award for Dedicated Service. Lindsay France/Cornell University
Surrounded by family and friends, Frank Cantone, center, learns he has won the 2021 George Peter Award for Dedicated Service, in a ceremony held June 29 at the atrium of the East Hill Office Building.
“I’m overwhelmed,” Cantone said June 29 in accepting the award, given by Cornell’s Employee Assembly and presented by Mary Opperman, vice president and chief human resources officer. “I am honored and a little emotional right now because of the reality of tomorrow.” Cantone retired June 30.
Laura Syer, associate dean of finance and administration in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, has been named vice president for budget and planning, effective Aug. 1.
May 13, 2021
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Joanne DeStefano issued the following statement May 13:
Throughout this academic year, the university’s Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) has been examining the views and experiences of Ithaca campus students, faculty and staff regarding public safety and policing on our campus. Last month, we reported the results of a quantitative survey of the Ithaca campus community, which was followed by a series of qualitative focus groups with students, faculty and staff to allow for deeper, more nuanced discussions.
Led by Southpaw Insights, an independent research and analytics firm, these conversations engaged a broad cross-section of 90 Ithaca campus students, faculty and staff, who were invited based upon interest expressed in their initial survey responses. Southpaw also recruited participants via various inclusion and diversity groups on campus, and held a focus group for Cornell University Police Department