Explore stories by topic

A&S AAP Animal Health Annual Funds Arts and Humanities Arts and Sciences Bequests Business CALS CIS Cornell Annual Funds Cornell Law School Cornell Promise Cornell Tech Crowdfunding Endowment Engaged Cornell Engineering Entrepreneurship First Generation Giving Giving Day Health Homecoming Hotel School Human Ecology ILR International Investments Ithaca Library New York City Parents and Families PCCW Philanthropy Planned Gifts Reunion Scholarships Science Sciences Student and Campus Life Students Technology Veterinary Medicine volunteering

  • Giving Day 2021 brings Cornellians together, shatters records

    In 24 hours, 14,411 donors raised a record-breaking $10,040,921 to support Cornell students, programs, and research on the university’s seventh Giving Day, March 11. Gifts poured in steadily throughout the day, with support from all 50 U.S. states, plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C., as well as nearly 80 countries around the world. “We’re so … Read more

    March 15, 2021

  • Atkinsons’ $30M gift to name multidisciplinary building

    A $30 million commitment from David R. Atkinson ’60 and Patricia Atkinson will name a new multidisciplinary building on campus, intended to foster innovative and collaborative research in priority areas of sustainability, public health, cancer biology, immunology and computational biology. Atkinson Hall, to be built on Tower Road adjacent to Rice and Bruckner halls, will … Read more

    March 8, 2021

  • Cornell’s seventh Giving Day is just around the corner

    Cornell will celebrate its seventh Giving Day on March 11, 2021. The 24-hour campaign will bring together Cornellians near and far to show their support for the university and enjoy competing in friendly challenges, a trivia night, and more. Last year’s Giving Day was one for the record books, bringing in $7,053,386 from 10,145 donors. … Read more

    March 2, 2021

  • Wholehearted: alumni support the Cornell Promise

    As the pandemic continues to surge this winter, the Cornell community has banded together to support students whose families have been impacted. On April 7, 2020, President Martha E. Pollack promised that “we will do everything possible to enable all current and newly admitted students to complete their Cornell educations, despite the obstacles created by … Read more

    February 11, 2021

  • The gift of clean air: Cornellian donates air purifiers

    When Phil Yuen ’00 heard Cornell was reopening for in-person learning this fall, he saw an opportunity to partner with the university to help make campus safer. His company, Aurabeat Technology in Hong Kong, has developed an air filtration system that can eliminate 99.9% of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, from the air indoors. … Read more

    November 4, 2020
Show More