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ITHACA NY -- Cornell University plans to rename one of its main campus roads in honor of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and the university’s most generous donor. Feeney invested nearly $1 billion, mostly anonymously, throughout the university over a period of nearly 40 years. Even after his worldwide philanthropy was revealed in the late 1990s, he still chose not to connect his name in any form to the many institutions he supp...

John Munson/Cornell University Chris Barrett led a one-year group effort to create a road map for global agricultural and food systems innovation, reform and sustainability. Barrett describes the report, funded by Cornell Atkinson, that was published Dec. 10 in Nature Sustainability. Cornell-led panel releases report on agri-food innovation December 10, 2020 To deflect future world food crises created by climate change and growing consumer demand, a Cornell-led international team of...

December 10, 2020 Cornell University plans to rename one of its main campus roads in honor of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and the university’s most generous donor. Feeney invested nearly $1 billion, mostly anonymously, throughout the university over a period of nearly 40 years. Even after his worldwide philanthropy was revealed in the late 1990s, he still chose not to connect his name in any form to the many institutions he supported. ...

Silverstein, Cantor Fitzgerald Buy Massive Life Sciences Development In Philly Two powerhouses of New York real estate have bought into Philadelphia’s booming life sciences market in a big way. A joint venture of Silverstein Properties and Cantor Fitzgerald has purchased a majority ownership stake in 3.0 University Place, the forthcoming lab and office hub that was being developed by University Place Associates. Silverstein and UPA will be equal partners i...

Changing its mind? >> theres plenty of blame to go around, and i dont blame anyone. i feel that new york should have worked harder, we should have worked harder at educating people about what the positive outcome would be financially, for our city. one of our big, big goals for decades has been to diversify our tax base. this would have really moved us in the right direction. weve invested in high-tech schools, such as cornell tech and roosevelt island, to train our young people for the jobs of ...

Jobs coming to your -- this is the best -- let me tell you, erin, if this had gone through, it would have made overnight new york city the high tech capitol of the east coast. the most important job center for tech jobs and as a former member of the city counsel, i have worked through several mayors in trying to figure out how to diversify our economy. weve been investing in high tech schools. ones on my district, cornell tech, to train the next geniuses in tech. now we would have had a place fo...

I think with the introduction of a third world-class university with cornell tech, i think this is a good move for amazon. and time will tell whether it was a good move for new york city taxpayers, paying $50,000 for jobs that average $150. the real travesty here is 238 cities that are desperate for resources being teased, being given the notion that they had a chance. if youre the wealthiest man in the world, that means you have the most options in the world. the only option you dont have is ad...