Interim President Hunter Rawlings issued a statement reacting to President Donald Trump's recent executive order imposing a 90-day ban on immigrant and nonimmigrant entry to the U.S. from seven predominantly Muslim nations.
Interim President Hunter Rawlings announced the board of trustees approved a historic, transformative $150 million gift from Trustee Emeritus Fisk Johnson and SC Johnson to endow and name the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
The $150 million gift given by Fisk Johnson and his company to endow the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business marks the latest chapter in a relationship between the Johnson family and Cornell University that extends more than 120 years.
Alumnus H. Fisk Johnson and SC Johnson have committed $150 million for the College of Business, which has been renamed the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. It is the largest single gift to the Ithaca campus.
The Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce has named Rosie Applications as the Distinguished Business of the Year Award for its investment in Ithaca and being pioneers of the tech service industry in the county.
Cornell enters the home stretch of its United Way campaign, having reached more than 85 percent of its goal, and getting ready to hold its one-day online auction Feb. 10.
Events this week include a Lego expo with local student teams, jazz bassists Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer, and a new film on rethinking public education.
To demonstrate that by using creativity all employees can participate in Cornell's opportunities, Angela Winfield, director of Inclusion and Workforce Diversity, scaled the wall at the new Lindseth Climbing Center.
