November 2021 Employee Newsletter

November 2021 Employee Newsletter

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Employee Newsletter

November 2021 In This Issue

2021 Total Compensation Statements For all benefits eligible employees, your 2021 individual total compensation statement prepared by the Human Resources Department, is now available on Employee Self Service (ESS) - http://clover.cshl.edu/ . We are going paperless to support environmental sustainability. We urge you to review and share it with your family members because it highlights the comprehensive benefits package the Laboratory provides you. As you review your individualized statement, please note the substantial retirement benefits that you receive as part of your total compensation. To access your statement on ESS, select “Payroll/HR Documents, then select “Online Payroll/HR Docs” and select “Total Compensation Statements” under “View My Documents”. If you do not have access to a computer, we encourage you to contact the Human Resources Department in the Luke Building to view and print your statement. If there is a specific benefit which you do not understand or do not know how to access, you can contact one of the following individuals in the Human Resources Department; Camille Cava-Belluscio at [email protected] (Ext. 5033), Andres Alarcon at [email protected], (Ext. 5011), Laura Magri at [email protected] (Ext. 5226), or Brian Ramsarran [email protected] (Ext. 5026) for help. We want to make sure that you benefit from all that is offered to you as a CSHL employee.

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2021 Total Compensation Statements

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Meet the Professor

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Immigration

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Recent Events

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Partners for the Future 2022 CSHL Employee Benefits Guide

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WiSE Events

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2021 Holiday Schedule 2022 Holiday Schedule

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Emergency Numbers Newsletter Information

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Meet the Professor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has some of the most interesting employees, and one of them is Professor John Moses. Professor Moses and his team have done amazing work at the Cancer Center, but Professor Moses simply describes his journey as serendipity. From a small mining town in Wales, a career in chemistry was not the most obvious path for him. He worked in a factory, did military service, and attended night school in his early adult years. He discovered chemistry while working at a company focused on water analysis before setting up an overseas branch of the company in Sydney, Australia. John attended the University of Bath for his undergrad and was able to undertake research while an exchange student at Purdue University. For his doctorate (DPhil), he attended the University of Oxford. Professor Moses explains that Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory was a bold move for him and the institute, since there was no formal chemistry research infrastructure or culture. However, he was sure that everything would work, given the supportive “can do” environment and pioneering research culture. Now, he couldn’t imagine being anywhere else. One of Professor Moses’ favorite parts about CSHL is the amount of collaboration that occurs across disciplines. Professor Moses said to keep an eye out; there will be chemistry driven interdisciplinary papers coming out of CSHL within six months.

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Immigration

Holiday Travel Foreign nationals hoping to travel internationally and return to the United States this holiday season should consider several additional factors, including COVID-19 policies worldwide, changing U.S. vaccination and testing requirements, and reduced operations at U.S. consulates. If you will need to apply for a visa while abroad, please be prepared for limited consular appointments, possible delays in visa issuance, and potential appointment cancellations due to changing COVID-19 local conditions. Kindly ensure that all your travel documentation is accurate and contains sufficient validity to minimize reentry problems. Click here for more information.

J Status We are strongly suggesting that individuals do not travel currently. While National Interest Exception requirements have been rescinded effective 11/8/21, there are significant delays in scheduling visa appointments at consulates. Even if you have a scheduled appointment, there is no guarantee that the consulate will not cancel and reschedule for well into 2022. Non-residents should be aware that making the decision to travel abroad means that you may be overseas for some time.

OPT Status

Canadians - generally do not need a visa to enter US

When traveling, please have on you (not in your luggage):

• Valid passport (expiring 6 months or more into the future) • J-1 Visa (for entry into the U.S., if traveling internationally) • DS-2019 with travel signature • Most recent I-94 • Employment verification letter (Sandy – please provide this letter to me/interoffice a letter) Upon your return, please remember to download, print, confirm all information, and scan Victoria Panebianco ([email protected]) a copy of your new I-94.

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H Status

F Status

We are strongly suggesting that individuals do not travel currently. While National Interest Exception requirements have been rescinded effective 11/8/21, there are significant delays in scheduling visa appointments at consulates. Even if you have a scheduled appointment, there is no guarantee that the consulate will not cancel and reschedule for well into 2022. Non-residents should be aware that making the decision to travel abroad means that you may be overseas for some time. When traveling, please have on you (not in your luggage): • Valid passport (expiring 6 months or more into the future) • H-1B Visa (for re-entry into the U.S., if traveling internationally) • Most recent H-1B approval notice and full H-1B petition packet; please arrange a time prior to your departure date to pick up your original notice from me • Most recent I-94 • Employment verification letter; (Sandy – please provide this letter to me/interoffice a letter) Upon your return, please remember to download, print, confirm all information, and scan Victoria Panebianco ([email protected]) a copy of your new I-94.

We are strongly suggesting that individuals do not travel currently. While National Interest Exception requirements have been rescinded effective 11/8/21, there are significant delays in scheduling visa appointments at consulates. Even if you have a scheduled appointment, there is no guarantee that the consulate will not cancel and reschedule for well into 2022. Non-residents should be aware that making the decision to travel abroad means that you may be overseas for some time. When traveling, please have on you (not in your luggage): • Valid passport (expiring 6 months or more into the future) • F-1 Visa (for re-entry into the U.S., if traveling internationally) • I-20 with travel signature, signed by the RO/DSO within one year of travel • Most recent I-94 • Enrollment verification letter; (Sandy – please provide this letter to me/interoffice a letter) Upon your return, please remember to download, print, confirm all information, and scan Victoria Panebianco ([email protected]) a copy of your new I- 94.

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Recent Events We had a great time celebrating Halloween, playing BINGO, celebrating Diwali, and making ukuleles with everyone! Check out some pictures from the events below!

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Halloween Costume Contest Winners: 1 st Place: AnnMarie Ballew, Caryn Koza, Alexandra Boyle, Stephanie Goldsmith, and Logan Ballew 2 nd Place: Bridget Shanley, Julie Block-Rosen, Victoria Panebianco, and Ashley Snyder 3 rd Place: Jessica Toner and Family Pumpkin Contest Winners: Children Painted Pumpkin: Frankie Monaco and Logan Ballew Children Carved Pumpkin: No Submissions, so prize was given to a Children’s Costume Winner Tobias Janowitz and Family Adult Painted Pumpkin: Ashley Snyder Adult Carved Pumpkin: Tie between Evan Qui and Ankur Garg

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Partners for the Future The Partners for the Future Program is a unique characteristic of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory that allows high school students to gain hands-on experience in our very own labs. These students are nominated, interviewed, and specifically chosen for their passion and hard-work. The Partners for the Future students have been at the Lab since September, but they were never formally introduced. For the 2021 to 2022 school year, our Partners for the Future are Aneesh Despande, Annabel Shen, Ashley Moon, Aurrel Bhatia, Chelsea Russo, Diana Benedicto-Jimenez, Ethan Labelson, Isadora Luce, Jason Long, Jeremiah Vargese, Kaitlin Bondi, Kate Dooling, Kevin Biggiani, Rohan Ghotra, Sophia Shen, and Anne-Sarah Nichitiu.

2022 CSHL Employee Benefits Guide The 2022 Benefits Guide is available and is a very informative, quick-reference document that contains information on all the CSHL employee benefits. Please click on the link below to access the 2022 Benefits Guide:

https://online.flippingbook.com/view/770611236/

Please note, that the guide does not provide all of the details of the plan. These can be found in the official plan documents which govern the individual plans.

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WiSE Happenings Upcoming Elections and Open Board Meeting Elections for the executive board are coming up. This year’s nominations will open on Monday, December 20th and close on Monday, January 10 th . If you would like to learn more about open positions or just WiSE in general, you can attend the Open Board meeting coming up in December! Keep on the lookout for a date in your email from WiSE or in the WiSE slack channel. Real Humans of CSHL WiSE recently began Real Humans of CSHL, which is a new project that features the careers, personal journeys, and interests of women scientists and support staff at the Lab. If you have someone you would like to nominate as part of this project, email you can email [email protected]. Science Cafes At these “lunch and learn” events, WiSE members speak about their research, their path to CSHL, and what life is like as a scientist. If you would like to sign up for a Science Cafe, contact Alexa Pagliaro at [email protected]. Journal Clubs The goal of these meetings is to promote the application of scientific scrutiny to peer-reviewed literature on gender disparities. If you would like to host a Journal Club, contact Connor Fitzpatrick at [email protected]. We had our 4 th Annual In-House Education Retreat on November 13 th , which was a hybrid event over Zoom and in-person. Our keynote speakers were Dr. Janet Abbate, Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech, and Dr. Banu Subramaniam, Professor and Chair of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at UMass Amherst. In addition to our keynote speakers, our three trainee speakers this year were Marie Dussauze, Nicole Sivetz, and Katherine Denney. Open Mic Night WiSE had their 3rd annual "Open Mic Night" on October 26, and it was a huge success! Brave faculty, grad students, and post-docs signed up to speak openly about their success and failures at science. Thank you to everyone who submitted their stories and came out to the event! COACh Workshop WiSE hosted a professional development workshop in partnership with COACh, called “Career Launch & Acceleration”. The workshop provided great tips for everyone – graduate students, technicians, postdocs, and others thinking about the next step in their career. WiSE Past Events In-House Education Retreat

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2021 Holiday Schedule Thanksgiving Day

Thursday, November 25

Floating Holiday

Friday, November 26

Christmas Holiday

Friday, December 24

Floating Holiday

Friday, December 31

2022 Holiday Schedule New Year’s Holiday

Monday, January 3

MLK Jr.’s Birthday

Monday, January 17

Presidents’ Day

Monday, February 21

Memorial Day

Monday, May 30

Juneteenth Holiday

Friday, June 17

Independence Day

Monday, July 4

Labor Day

Monday, September 5

Columbus Day/ Indigenous Peoples' Day Monday, October 10

Thanksgiving Day

Thursday, November 24

Floating Holiday

Friday, November 25

Christmas Holiday

Monday, December 26

Floating Holiday

Friday, December 30

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Emergency Numbers

Police, Fire, & Ambulance: 911 In cases of fire, serious illness or injury, or a crime in progress, call 911 first and then 5555 so that Laboratory Security is aware and can assist in guiding Emergency First Responders to the scene.

Poison Control 1-800-222-1222

Lab Closing Information 516-367-6877

The telephone prefix for dialing outside the Lab is 3. For example, to dial the telephone number (631) 555-1212, key in the following: 1-3-631-555-1212.

PLEASE NOTE: Dialing emergency services, Fire, Police, or Ambulance does not require any prefix. To dial any of those services, just dial 911 .

Newsletter Information

Bridget Shanley, Editor [email protected] 516-367-5014

CSHL Newsletter One Bungtown Road Luke Building Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724

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