President David Skorton, Technion President Peretz Lavie, Provost Kent Fuchs, Sandy Weill, Bob Appel and others comment on the Cornell and Technion partnership's winning bid.
In a message to the Cornell community Dec. 21, President David Skorton expresses his gratitude for the support of the NYC Tech Campus from the faculty, students, staff, alumni and the board of trustees. (Dec. 21, 2011)
The foundation led by Chuck Feeney '56 made the $350 million gift, the largest in the university's history. It originally was announced Dec. 16 as from an anonymous donor. (Dec. 20, 2011)
The news was met with cheers from supporters on two continents. After months of negotiations, Cornell and Technion's proposal was announced the winner of a bid to build a groundbreaking campus in New York City.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Cornell President David Skorton and Technion President Peretz Lavie today announced a historic partnership to build an applied science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
Cornell has announced a historic gift in support of its proposal to establish an applied science and technology campus in New York City. It is the largest gift in the university's history. (Dec. 16, 2011)
Justin Cheng '12 received the Computing Research Association's Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award for his studies of human-computer interaction. (Dec. 12, 2011)
A quick, inexpensive and highly sensitive test that identifies disease markers or other molecules in low-concentration solutions could be the result of a Cornell-developed nanomechanical biosensor.
New research offers a clue into the underlying causes of atherosclerosis in terms of how the cells that line the blood vessels, called endothelial cells, behave as the vessels stiffen with age. (Dec. 7, 2011)
