The commitment, the largest in Cornell Engineering’s history, from David A. Duffield ’62, MBA ’64, will significantly expand the college’s existing Duffield Hall, creating a new state-of-the-art home for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
William Boyle ’55, MBA ’56, has given a significant gift to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) to support renovations to the Plant Science Building – the largest gift so far to the current college campaign.
The gift from philanthropist Tom Secunda, co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., will help fund artificial intelligence-related research at Cornell Tech in New York City and at the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science in Ithaca.
Former varsity punter and Tropical Smoothie CEO Charles Watson ’99 established an endowed scholarship in honor of his father—George Albert Watson.
When Brendan Kosztyo ’25 was a first-year biological sciences student at Cornell, the pressure of a particularly demanding course was overwhelming. He recalls thinking: “Oh my gosh, there are so many things we have to do. Is it going to get done in time?” Someone told him about the department’s Student Advisors Program, which matches … Read the full story
Cornell clubs are raising awareness and dollars for access and affordability.
An $11.5 million gift from entrepreneur C. Kenneth Grailer ’53 will support the Nolan School of Hotel Administration by expanding the Center for Hospitality Research, helping renovate the Grailer Food Labs and providing scholarships.
A gift totaling $25 million from Irwin M. Jacobs ’54, BEE ’56 and the Jacobs family includes a new $15 million commitment, adding to a $10 million commitment in 2023 that helped establish the center.
The Ceriale Center for Cornell Health will be named in recognition of the major gift from Cornellian parents John and Melissa Ceriale.
An alumnae-led fundraising initiative in Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) has achieved a milestone, increasing the number of endowed undergraduate scholarships from women donors to 100.
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