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A cold front passing through the area will push rain showers out by mid to late morning. A secondary arctic cold front will move across the area this afternoon... and into the evening, bringing scattered snow squalls just behind the front, strong to damaging wind gusts from late afternoon through Tuesday morning, and cold temperatures with dangerous wind chills tonight and Tuesday. We have issued detailed a Briefing for this event. Please visit https://www.weather.gov/bgm/briefingMain and click on the book to open the PDF. See more

Walking can change your life for the better. According to the Mayo Clinic, even mild physical activity like walking can help you live a healthier and happier life. The benefits of walking include: - Maintaining a healthy weight - Preventing or reversing lifestyle-related health issues like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease - Improving mental health and mood... - Strengthening the muscles and bones. See more

#BlackHistoryMonth - Marian Croak, Ph.D. holds over 135 patents, primarily in Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP), which assists in making #Telecommuting (#RemoteWork) and #VideoConferencing more user-friendly. She is currently the Vice President of Engineering at Google. She has previously served as Senior Vice President of Research and Development at AT&T Labs. Croak attended Princeton University and completed her doctoral studies at the University of Southern California in 1982, specializing in social psychology and quantitative analysis.

Cornell will rename East Avenue, which runs through the heart of the Ithaca campus, as Feeney Way, in honor of the university’s most generous donor. Chuck Feene...y ’56 has given nearly $1 billion to Cornell in his lifetime, mostly anonymously. University leaders hope the tribute, formally planned to occur in spring 2021, will inspire other Cornellians to follow in his path.

Tompkins County Health Department and Tompkins County officials will host a live local #COVID19 update this Wednesday, Dec. 9th, at 5pm. We will be discussing ...the recent uptick in cases locally and what that means for our community. Submit your questions in advance to [email protected] or ask them during the event using the YouTube chat feature. Tune in at: https://t.co/p1FGTOTdaJ?amp=1 #TompkinsTogether

Great picture by @krisroller (Kristopher Roller) at #TaughannockFalls! #NatureRX #ActiveTransportation #IthacaIsGorges Thank You for Sharing Kristopher!

For those not familar, this article and short video highlights the incredible efforts of our surveillance testing program.

Student walking across the Arts Quad in the fall.

Bike posts outside McGraw Hall in the winter.

COVID-19 NY TRAVEL WARNING - Potential $10,000 Fine. Traveling to NY State by car, train, or plane you are required to complete the NY Travel Health Form. All out-of-state travelers must complete the form upon entering New York, failure could result in a $10,000 file as of November 4th. Police are spot-checking out of state plates across NY State. If you have family or friends visiting NY, please review the NY COVID-19 Travel Advisory @ coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-travel-advisory.

https://www.tcatbus.com/tcat-going-fare-free-all-day-on-el/ Need a ride to the polls? TCAT is offering free rides tomorrow.

Cornell provides time away from work to all eligible employees to enable them to vote, the policy is discussed in detail here:

#WayBackWednesday - Fun Student Map of Engineering 1954 - Many great minds studied engineering throughout the years at #Cornell. One is entrepreneur, innovator, and philanthropist Irwin Jacobs ’54. He is considered one of the world’s foremost communications scientists, Jacobs is the founding chairman and CEO emeritus of Qualcomm Inc. He is the undisputed father of code-division multiple access (CDMA) technology in the field of cellular communications.

#ThisDayInHistory - On October 28, 1636, Harvard University, Cambridge as founded by a vote of the Massachusetts General Court. From our Ivy League Friends at Harvard.

#BlackCatDay - PLEASE READ THE SIGN - You can't park in a FIRE LANE, and, yes that means "At All Times." I try not to walk under ladders, please don't park in Fire Lanes.

This is the type of reprehensible behavior we see on the roadways every day.

Virtual Commuter Challenge - a challenge for those working from home and/or not getting enough movement in their day. If you’d like to learn how to get started and hear questions people posed when registering, join me for Getting Started as a Virtual Commuter on Monday, October 26, at noon via Zoom. https://cornell.zoom.us/j/94849079534... #MoveMore

Fun #Cornell Trivia - Libe Slope is simply short for Library Slope. The abbreviated version appears in The Cornell Daily Sun as early as 1926 (in a joke about the need for a fence on the Slope to shield against the wind). Cornell’s first dedicated library building opened at the top of the Slope in 1891.