For 24 hours, donors rallied together to help Cornell University reach for the stars on its eleventh Giving Day, March 13, 2025. This year’s space-themed event raised $11,206,717 from 17,591 donors, for a total of 25,929 gifts making a tangible show of support for causes across the university. “Cornellians everywhere demonstrated their continued commitment to … Read the full story
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.
In December 2017, Richard Onyejuruwa from the university admissions office hosted an information session about Cornell for prospective students in New York City. Although she was still in middle school, Vianny was all ears. She liked his description of the Dyson School—which he said has a small school vibe within the larger university. Richard, Cornell’s … Read the full story
A $13 million endowment from the Dimond family will fund scholarships at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration, as part of the university’s “To Do the Greatest Good” campaign.
In fall 2024, the Cornell Club of Colorado (CCoC) renamed its scholarship in honor of Keo Latel Frazier ’00, the regional club’s former president, who died on June 10, 2024. “We wanted to do our part to carry on Keo’s formidable legacy by ensuring a Cornell education remains accessible to all deserving Coloradans,” says Makenna … Read the full story
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.
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