PCCW microgrants advance women students
A dozen student-led projects and events have received a funding boost.
Burnell Chair is established at Cornell Tech
Cornell Tech gets a boost with the Roger and Joelle Burnell Chair in Integrated Health and Technology.
It takes two: annual fund gifts and endowment gifts
Annual funds support current needs. Endowment funds provide support now and for the future.
2017 crowdfunding projects score big for students
Thirteen Cornell projects raised $218,500 from 1,356 gifts during a month-long crowdfunding campaign in November.
Cornell Tech inaugurates Tata Innovation Center
A $50 million gift from Tata Consultancy Services establishes the Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech.
Cornell’s investment office looks forward
Managing Cornell’s investment and stewarding its endowment are key to Cornell’s fiscal health and securing its future. In the year and a half since Kenneth Miranda stepped up to lead Cornell’s investment office as chief investment officer, the team has reported strong endowment returns, implemented new investment strategies for 2017, and completed phase one of a move … Read the full story
Reasons they gave—the endowed scholarship challenge
With their generosity, Cornellians strengthen the university.
Milsteins endow technology and humanity program
A $20 million gift from the Milstein family will launch the new Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity, a collaboration between the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and Cornell Tech that will pioneer a new approach to developing 21st century leaders and innovators. The program bridges two campuses to deliver a unique multidisciplinary curriculum … Read the full story
Neafseys fund Cornell Tech’s top academic post
John P. Neafsey ’61, MEng ’62, MBA ’63 and his wife, Rilla, have endowed the top academic leadership position at Cornell Tech, currently held by Dean and Vice Provost Daniel P. Huttenlocher. “The opportunities for Cornell Tech are boundless, and it has done extraordinarily well in getting underway,” said Neafsey, a retired Sun Co. executive … Read the full story
Cornell’s student phoning program marks its 20-year anniversary
“Small gifts add up to big impacts for Cornell,” said Chelsea Ghent, Cornell’s student phoning manager. But that’s not the only reason for alumni, parents, and friends to pick up the phone when students call. “The calls put students and alumni and others in touch with one another to share experiences, talk about events on … Read the full story
