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Cornell President Martha E. Pollack, left, and Kavita Bala, dean of Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, speak via Zoom during the annual Cornell Silicon Valley event. Pollack, Bala: Gift ‘unlocks growth’ for Cornell Bowers CIS
April 7, 2021
More than half of Cornell undergraduates now take at least one course in Cornell Bowers CIS. The university’s computing and information science fields have seen a sixfold growth in enrollment over the past decade. And increasingly, the technology realm is offering tremendous opportunities, as it impacts every aspect of human life.
Plans for a new building for Cornell Bowers CIS – made possible by Bowers’ landmark gift – will help meet that rising demand.
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An artist’s rendering of Atkinson Hall, to be built on the north side of Tower Road overlooking the Cornell Botanic Gardens. The multidisciplinary building will house the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, the new Master of Public Health Program, and lab and office space for other disciplines. Atkinsons’ $30M gift to name multidisciplinary building
March 8, 2021
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 be a four-story building (approximately 90,000 gross square feet) and include space for faculty and staff of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and the new Master of Public Health prog
2020 in review: COVID-19 was the story
December 21, 2020
The first mention of the word “coronavirus” in a Cornell Chronicle story in 2020 came on Jan. 29, when the university designated mainland China as an elevated-risk destination, and imposed travel restrictions on students, faculty and staff.
Since then, there have been more than 300 stories or university statements that mention COVID-19 posted on news.cornell.edu. It has been the story of the year.
The most-read Chronicle story of the year was a Weill Cornell Medicine-produced research FAQ from April 20, “Why is COVID-19 mild for some, deadly for others?” Given the fact that so much remains unknown about this mysterious virus, it’s no surprise that more than 60,000 readers – and counting – clicked on this story.
Gift from Ann S. Bowers ’59 creates new college of computing and information science
December 17, 2020
A transformative gift from Ann S. Bowers ’59 – a Silicon Valley champion and longtime philanthropist – will establish the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, supporting Cornell’s preeminence in these fields.
Her nine-figure commitment will provide the enabling support for the construction of a new building for the Faculty of Computing and Information Science (CIS). The building will accommodate sorely needed growth in CIS, where half of all Cornell undergraduates take at least one class and enrollment is increasing at a pace unmatched anywhere at the university. It will also ultimately provide significant endowment support for faculty and students in CIS.