{"id":29225,"date":"2015-06-23T02:29:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T09:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=29225"},"modified":"2015-06-23T02:31:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T09:31:44","slug":"a-groundbreaking-100-million-gift-for-cornell-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/a-groundbreaking-100-million-gift-for-cornell-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"A Groundbreaking $100 Million Gift For Cornell Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.accepted.com\/example-to-exemplary\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/cornell-tech-new-campus-touse-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>At a groundbreaking ceremony on June 16, Cornell Tech announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2015\/06\/100m-gift-names-bloomberg-center-cornell-tech-0\" target=\"_blank\">$100 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies<\/a> that will help fund the construction of the campus. The first academic building on the new campus will be named the Bloomberg Center, honoring Emma and Georgina Bloomberg, the daughters of former NY mayor Michael Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2013\/08\/22\/dr-douglas-stayman-shares-the-scoop-on-cornell-tech-nyc\/\">Cornell Tech<\/a> is a partnership between Cornell and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, aimed at promoting high-tech entrepreneurship in New York City. In 2011, Cornell and the Technion won a bid to create an applied sciences institution on Roosevelt Island to foster high tech innovation in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>The campus currently occupies temporary space in Manhattan. The new campus\u2014the first phase of which is slated for completion in 2017\u2014will house approximately 2000 graduate students and hundreds of faculty and staff on Roosevelt Island. The design of the buildings has already garnered attention and praise for innovation and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>At Cornell Tech, the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute promotes innovation in key areas, including Connective Media, Health Tech and the Built Environment. \u00a0They also offer an entrepreneurially-focused post-doc program for recent Ph.D.s who are interested in launching their own startups\u2014the Runway Program. Cornell Tech offers degrees in conjunction with Cornell\u2019s Engineering School and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/cornelljohnson.aspx\">Johnson Graduate School of Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.accepted.com\/example-to-exemplary\/?utm_campaign=blogcta&amp;utm_medium=FromExToEx&amp;utm_source=CTA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20078 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/From-Example-to-Exemplary.jpg\" alt=\"Learn how to use sample essays to create an exemplary essay of your own!\" width=\"350\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.4pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/06\/19\/a-groundbreaking-100-million-gift-for-cornell-tech\/\">This article<\/a>\u00a0originally appeared on\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">blog.accepted.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">, the official blog of\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Accepted.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-28527 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Accepted_PremierAdmissionsCosultancy.png\" alt=\"Accepted: The Premier Admissions Cosultancy\" width=\"429\" height=\"69\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2013\/08\/22\/dr-douglas-stayman-shares-the-scoop-on-cornell-tech-nyc\/\">A Conversation about Cornell Tech NYC with Dr. Douglas Stayman<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/02\/13\/cornell-tech-receives-50-million-gift-verizon\/\">Verizon Donates $50 Million to Cornell Tech<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/01\/25\/cornell-tech-student-interview-cs-meets-mba\/\">Cornell Tech Student Interview: Where CS Meets the MBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a groundbreaking ceremony on June 16, Cornell Tech announced a $100 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies that will help fund the construction of the campus. 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