Watch Very Interesting Video Introducing The Programs Of Cornell Tech Creating Lasting Economic And Social Prosperity - Former Mayor Mike Bloomberg Recently Visited Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Campus To Celebrate Launch Of Over 100 Companies

Watch this very interesting video introducing the programs and mission of Cornell Tech.

 

In the video, Cornell Tech Dean Greg Morrisett reports:

... The next era of tech is here and it's led by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and Cornell Tech is ready for it. In fact, every day we're leveraging exciting new developments and digital technologies as an opportunity for our students to become the leader society needs. Cornell Tech has created a unique educational environment filled with exactly the expertise and the wisdom needed to navigate through the age of AI. Whether students are pursuing engineering, business design, or law, technology will play a role in their future career. Cornell Tech is uniquely poised to put students well on the path to be the real drivers of ai. 

Our dual degree programs focus on urban tech, health tech, and media tech. And truly, there's no better place in the world to study those industries than here in New York City. We're empowering students to not only understand human and computer interaction, but the role modern media plays in our daily lives.

We're creating solutions for globally recognized healthcare facilities and tackling infrastructure challenges that naturally develop in one of the world's most densely populated metro areas. We are committed to giving you as much as we get from New York City. 

Technology is often recognized as a high revenue industry and it certainly can be, but what we see here at Cornell Tech is students wanting to put tech to work for the betterment of humanity. One of our primary visions as an institution is to create lasting economic and social prosperity, whether that's through the startups we launched, the jobs created in the process, or the people served by our technologies....

Cornell Tech Electrical/Computer Engineering Masters Degree student Erin Murphy adds about the Roosevelt Island campus:

... Living in New York and specifically Roosevelt Island has been an incredible experience. Roosevelt Island itself has so much on it. There's so many green spaces. It's just a really peaceful place to live and work, but yet you're also one stop away from being in Midtown Manhattan or going into Queens or a few ferry stops away from Brooklyn. So it's a really cool central area to explore all that New York has to offer....

According to Cornell Tech:

In 2010, the City of New York issued a challenge to top institutions from around the world to propose a new or expanded applied sciences and engineering campus in New York City. Cornell University and the Technion­–Israel Institute of Technology— two of the world’s leading institutions in the fields of science, engineering, technology, and research—were selected from among 18 proposals to make this vision a reality. Shortly thereafter, the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute was founded based on a $133 million gift from Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, Founding Chairman and CEO Emeritus of Qualcomm, and his wife, Joan Klein Jacobs.

Cornell Tech first launched in 2012 in Google’s New York City building. In 2017, it migrated to its permanent location on Roosevelt Island—one of the most technically and environmentally advanced campuses in the world. Today, it is home to close to 50 tenure track and nontenured faculty members, approximately 500 master’s students across eight programs, and more than 100 doctoral students in five fields. We are committed to developing principled and innovative leaders who are practiced in interdisciplinary collaboration and entrepreneurship.

As part of a land-grant institution, Cornell Tech is focused on giving back to New York City. We apply our technologies in industries or sectors where New York City is leading the country and the world, including health, urban systems, media and democracy, cryptocurrencies and contracts, and public interest technology. Many of our graduates also stay in New York, supporting the continued growth of a vibrant tech ecosystem.

On February 15, 2024 former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg visited the Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech campus. It was a private event so there was no media present to cover Mr Bloomberg's visit to Roosevelt Island.

But info was available on social media posts.

According to Mr Bloomberg's Instagram page:

I always enjoy talking to founders — especially @Cornell_Tech grads and entrepreneurs who are driving innovation and growing businesses in New York City. I had a great conversation with these leaders, who represent just a few of the 100+ businesses that have emerged from the school since it started. Thank you to Cornell Tech for hosting us this morning, and for continuing to create opportunities for our city.

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According to the Cornell Tech Instagram Page:

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg visited Cornell Tech today to celebrate the launch of over 100 companies since the campus was founded and to have breakfast with some of our amazing startup founders.

He and Bloomberg Philanthropies CEO Patti Harris met with Cornell Tech Dean Greg Morrisett, Cornell University President Martha Pollack, Runway Director Fernando Gomez-Baquero, Startup Studio Co-head Jenny Fielding, and startup founders Vince Hartman, CEO and co-founder of Abstractive Health, Samantha Lee, CEO and co-founder of Meili Technologies, Niamh O’Hara, CEO and co-founder of Biotia, Charles Rodenkirch, CEO and founder of Sharper Sense, J’Vanay Santos, CEO and co-founder of MyLÚA Health, and David Stein, CEO and co-founder, Ash Wellness.

Cornell Tech is grateful to Mike Bloomberg, Patti Harris, and Bloomberg Philanthropies for their ongoing support!

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According to the Instagram Page of Bloomberg Philanthropies CEO Patty Harris :

During the Bloomberg administration, we knew that building a new applied sciences university could create tens of thousands of jobs right here in NYC. We set out to launch a global competition where @cornell_tech was selected to be the first-ever school built for the digital age. Since then, Cornell Tech grads have built more than 100 companies, which play an important role in strengthening our city’s future. Today @MikeBloomberg and I met with faculty and graduates of the program who are now entrepreneurs putting creativity, innovation, and leadership at the heart of their work.

On June 16, 2015, Mayor Bloomberg took the Roosevelt Island Tram

on his way to speak at the Cornell Tech Roosevelt Island campus groundbreaking ceremony.

Here's more on the Cornell Tech programs. 

Meet Rent Easy Roosevelt Island, A Peer-To-Peer Online Marketplace To Rent Almost Anything Being Developed By Cornell Tech Computer Science Master's Students - Sign Up To List Your Products And Participate In Pilot Project

A team of Cornell Tech students are developing an online peer-to peer rental marketplace linking individuals who own underutilized products with those seeking temporary access to those items. They are seeking Roosevelt Island residents who would like to participate in a pilot project for testing their rental marketplace platform.

Meet Rent Easy Roosevelt Island - A peer-to-peer marketplace to rent (almost) anything.

According to Cornell Tech student Karan Shah:

Millions of homes are choked by idle assets - unused tools gathering dust, forgotten sporting equipment, clothes long waiting for the next wedding, appliances yearning for purpose. These possessions not only clutter our lives but also fuel unnecessary production and waste, burdening the environment. Meanwhile, many face limited access to these same items, their occasional use not justifying hefty purchase costs. RentEasy seeks to bridge this gap, becoming a digital matchmaker between owners and renters seeking temporary access. Think of it as the Airbnb for a wide range of rentals.

Imagine borrowing a drone or a camera for a weekend trip instead of buying a new one; renting an expensive evening gown for a one-time occasion. Owners declutter and earn passive income on their idle assets, renters save money and enjoy wider access, and the environment breathes easier due to reduced production and waste, creating a win-win-win scenario. This is a chance to reshape how we interact with resources, embracing a more sustainable future built on sharing and responsible consumption.

Folks, rather than opting to sell their pre-owned items on platforms like Facebook or other marketplaces, now have the opportunity to rent them out on this platform, earning a steady passive income. This innovative approach allows owners to generate more passive income over time through multiple rentals, all while retaining ownership of their products. On the other side, people just needing temporary access to these items can rent them for a cheaper price instead of buying it. 

I am currently pursuing my Masters of Engineering in Computer Science at Cornell Tech here on Roosevelt Island. The online peer-to-peer rental marketplace idea occurred to me during my quest to rent reasonably priced ice skates for one-time use. Faced with the challenge of not finding them easily available, I delved into extensive research and realized the need for a platform to bridge this gap. 

Eager to fulfill my entrepreneurial aspirations, this endeavor aligns seamlessly with my ambitions, coupled with the invaluable insights gained from my studies at Cornell Tech. Along with other like-minded friends at Cornell Tech, including Lakshit Dua, another Indian student pursuing a Cornell Tech Masters of Engineering in Computer Science, we are collectively working towards bringing this vision to life, starting with our lovely Roosevelt Island. The future goal is to establish ourselves as the largest rental platform ever. 

We have developed an initial prototype for this concept and are currently in the midst of conducting a pilot test. Following this phase, we plan to iterate towards the final product development, which will incorporate robust payment, delivery, and protection systems. Notably, the platform is offered completely free of charge for users to list their products, reflecting our commitment to promoting resourceful and sustainable living to its utmost potential.

We ask all Roosevelt Island residents to actively participate in this initiative by listing your products for rent. For a few days, people will only be able to list down their products and not acquire (rent) them, until there are a good number of products available. 

The process is straightforward: if you have any underutilized asset in your home, eg. camera, bicycle, or projector, you can easily upload it to the platform at no cost. Simply register, proceed to the listing page, enter basic product details and pricing, and you're good to go! When someone expresses interest in renting the products you've listed, they will contact you through the WhatsApp number you provided during registration. 

Here is the link to our Rent Easy Roosevelt Island website.

Thank you.

NY Times Article Profiles Cornell Tech, Says Made LIC Appealing To Amazon HQ2, Created Over 50 New Tech Start Ups And Mixed Reaction From Roosevelt Island Residents

This Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon - profile of ⁦@cornell_tech⁩ on Roosevelt Island https://t.co/2GlrgBFxCf

— Roosevelt Islander (@Rooseveltisland) December 17, 2018

The New York Times profiled Roosevelt Island's Cornell Tech in this December 17 article highlighting the Graduate Tech School's role in attracting Amazon HQ 2 to nearby Long Island City

Nearly 7 years to the day after @MikeBloomberg announced @cornell_tech was coming to Roosevelt Island, the many at @NYCEDC and elsewhere who made it a reality couldn’t have envisioned a better headline: https://t.co/SWaSJisDjK

— Benjamin M. Branham (@benbranham) December 18, 2018

and creating over 50 new start up tech companies including Kipit



Revercare

Cornell Tech startup ReverCare connects family caregivers to care coaches who help them craft a personalized, long-term care plan. https://t.co/1zXlLvc9V8 pic.twitter.com/cplcY1PqIn

— Cornell Tech (@cornell_tech) November 20, 2018

Full Plate

Cornell Tech startup Full Plate serves low-income communities by combining affordability and convenience to create access to fully-prepared, nutritious meals. pic.twitter.com/wxP2lSgyPu

— Cornell Tech (@cornell_tech) November 6, 2018

and Nanit.

The only smart baby monitor that delivers personalized insights to help your baby’s dreams come true. #getnanit pic.twitter.com/5S9a47OhBv

— Nanit (@getnanit) August 14, 2018

The opinions of two Roosevelt Island residents about Cornell Tech are quoted in the article too. One critical:

... Some Roosevelt Island residents have also complained about the continuing campus construction, while others said Cornell Tech had not paid enough to support local neighborhood services, such as street cleaning and landscaping.

“They’re a very prestigious institution that is free-riding off the backs of a working population to function in an environment that they really are not adequately paying for,” said Joyce Short, a writer and longtime resident....

and the other positive:

... The school’s technology lessons have spilled over to the neighborhood. Cornell Tech has supported computer science instruction at the public elementary and middle school. Its students have taught classes at a senior center on protecting against online fraud and created a web page featuring open spaces on the island for the gardening club.

Jay Jacobson, 82, a retired lawyer who lives on Roosevelt Island, recently worked with Cornell Tech students to address a daily problem for older people: how to carry a shopping bag when holding onto a walker? They came up with a 3-D-printed hinge to attach to a walker.

“I’m so glad I’m part of their community,” he said. “It’s just a delight to have them.”...

Click here for the full NY Times article

Forest City Ratner Topping Out Ceremony For Bridge At Cornell Tech Building - Roosevelt Island To Become New York City High Tech Start Up Innovation Center In 2017

Image From Forest City Ratner Of Roosevelt Island Bridge At Cornell Tech Construction Site

The Forest City Ratner Companies (Forest City) held a topping out ceremony yesterday morning for their Roosevelt Island Bridge at Cornell Tech building.

Image From Forest City Ratner Of Roosevelt Island Bridge At Cornell Tech Construction Site

Forest City tweeted:

“This is the beginning of big things for NYC tech.” —@kate_bicknell of FCRC at this morning’s topping out ceremony. pic.twitter.com/is8XJKS67l

— The Bridge (@BridgeAtCornell) March 1, 2016

We made it to the top! pic.twitter.com/rtTsPr6liM

— The Bridge (@BridgeAtCornell) March 1, 2016

According to Forest City:

The Bridge at Cornell Tech, designed by WEISS/MANFREDI and developed by Forest City Ratner Companies, will be a first-of-its-kind building that will house an ecosystem of companies, researchers and entrepreneurs who are focused on catalyzing innovation and the commercialization of new products and technologies, driving economic growth for New York. More info:
 

Day and Nighttime Images of the Bridge At Cornell Tech From WEISS MANFREDI

The Bridge will open summer 2017 along with the other Cornell Tech phase one buildings:

The Bloomberg Center - in honor of Emma and Georgina Bloomberg, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects. The building is a departure from traditional academic facilities with an open plan and extensive collaborative as well as private work spaces, adapting open plan offices from the tech world to the academic arena. Cornell is aspiring for the building to be among the largest net–zero energy buildings in the United States, with all of its power generated on campus.

A residential building, designed by Handel Architects and developed by Hudson and Related Companies, that will be the first residential Passive House high-rise in the world. Passive House is the strict international building standard that drastically reduces energy consumption while creating a healthier and more comfortable living environment for a fraction of residents’ usual energy costs. The residential building will be for faculty, staff and students to ensure the campus is active 24/7.

When fully completed, the Cornell Tech campus will span 12 acres on Roosevelt Island and house approximately 2,000 students and hundreds of faculty and staff. The campus master plan was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with James Corner Field Operations, and includes a number of innovative features and facilities across a river-to-river campus with expansive views, a series of green, public spaces, and a seamless integration of indoor and outdoor areas. The campus will be one of the most environmentally friendly and energy-efficient campuses in the world.

We're designed to facilitate collaboration with the tech and creative communities in mind: https://t.co/VSmqBS9mR2 pic.twitter.com/jx7QKwTOCM

— The Bridge (@BridgeAtCornell) March 1, 2016

Some facts about the building

and more information available

The Bridge at Cornell Tech from Pentagram on Vimeo.

from the Bridge at Cornell Tech web site.

Here's Forest City President MaryAnne Gilmartin



speaking at the Roosevelt Island June 16 2015 Cornell Tech groundbreaking.

Changes are coming to Roosevelt Island - soon to become the New York City High Tech Start Up Innovation Center.

Mike Bloomberg Takes Roosevelt Island Tram To Cornell Tech's Bloomberg Center Topping Off - Y Combinator's Sam Altman Talks Tech At First Cornell Tech Bloomberg Speaker Series Too

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg took the Tram to Roosevelt Island for the November 30 topping off of Cornell Tech's Bloomberg Center.

Image From Twitter

Topping-off the zero-emissions Bloomberg Center @Cornell_Tech, a project that will help to transform NYC’s future. pic.twitter.com/azRL389oZv

— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) November 30, 2015

Bloomberg reports

ICYMI: #CTechBBG recap - a chat w/ @ycombinator President @sama https://t.co/nCEj8PRWWO @cornell_tech @Bloomberg

— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) December 9, 2015

on the inaugural Cornell Tech @Bloomberg Speaker series with Y Combinator's Sam Altman:

“Tech entrepreneurship is close to my heart,” said Michael R. Bloomberg as we welcomed more than 150 members of the NYC technology community for the inaugural Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg speaker series.

After sharing stories about the company’s early beginnings and how tech entrepreneurship played a major role in its success, Bloomberg introduced the new speaker series and first participant Y Combinator President Sam Altman....

Here's the November 17 Cornell Tech construction update with a walk through of the campus site



and Mayor Bloomberg's remarks at the June 17, 2015 Cornell Tech groundbreaking ceremony.



Roosevelt Island is going to be a very exciting place when the Cornell Tech campus opens for the Fall 2017 semester.

Cornell Tech Students Developing Pallette - Tongue Controlled Wireless Device To Allow Quadriplegic Patients At Roosevelt Island's Coler Goldwater Hospital And Elsewhere To Perform Everyday Activities Independently

Cornell Tech is open and teaching its students from the Google HQ in Chelsea as its Roosevelt Island campus is now under construction and scheduled to open in 2017.

A team of current Cornell Tech Connective Media students have been busy developing a wireless technology called Pallette that may eventually help quadriplegic patients at Roosevelt Island's Coler Goldwater Hospital and elsewhere perform everyday activities in an independent manner using a tongue controlled device. According to Pallette:

... People with quadriplegia are unable to use their hands, arms or legs to interact with the world around them. We have created a way for them to perform everyday tasks more independently.

The way Pallette works is simple: it has been designed behind the idea of a computer mouse. It contains a joystick to control movement and 2 buttons to indicate actions. It sends a Bluetooth signal to our mobile app, which redirects the signal to different devices connected to it.

These devices then map the signal to a corresponding action. They can be simple actions such as opening and closing doors or turning lights on and off, or more complicated ones such as moving a wheelchair around....

Image From Challenge Post/Pallette

Here's more on the Pallette tongue control technology.



Pallette is participating in the The AT&T NYU Connect Ability Challenge:

... a three-month global software development competition leveraging mobile and wireless technologies to improve the lives of people living with disabilities

This new initiative strives to help millions of people with disabilities by matching developer talent and client users with disabilities. Together you can imagine, create and refine new innovations that break down barriers to independence and self-expression....

Cornell Tech Professor Mor Naaman tweets a request to vote for Pallette to win the Connect Ability Challenge. (Public voting ends July 10.)

Vote for this important project by my @cornell_tech students! Pallette connects quadriplegics to tech, to the world http://t.co/PAw3dSU9V3

— Mor Naaman (@informor) July 2, 2015

@Rooseveltisland @cornell_tech great idea but far from testing -- I'll let the team know @rj_here

— Mor Naaman (@informor) July 2, 2015

Fascinating Presentation By Jacobs Technion Cornell Innovation Institute Director Adam Shwartz To Roosevelt Island Residents - Game Changing Connective Media Curriculum, New Intellectual Licensing Framework & No Military Research

A fascinating presentation was given by the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute Director Adam Shwartz

Image From TCII

to members of the Roosevelt Island Cornell Community Construction Task Force last April 28. Professor Shwartz described the history of the Haifa based Technion Israel Institute Of Technology and its plans for the new,game changing Connective Media curriculum planned for Cornell NYC Tech.

Here's the presentation.

Part 1.



Professor Shwartz then answered question from Roosevelt Island residents regarding the Jacobs Institute academic program, a new framework for intellectual property licensing agreements, military and national security research (there will be none), and campus security

Part 2.



Inside Higher Ed has more on the Jacobs Technion - Cornell Innovation Institute's intellectual property licensing framework. According to Inside Higher Ed:

In an attempt to make it easier for researchers to commercialize their work, officials at Cornell University’s New York City campus are reconsidering how they make money off intellectual property.

Instead of going through a laborious revenue-sharing negotiation with researchers who believe they have a valuable idea, an institute at Cornell Tech is going to let a set of postdocs keep exclusive license to their IP and take a fixed dollar amount of equity if the researchers create a spinoff company.

Officials believe this simple deal will cut through red tape that discourages both inventors and investors from working with academic software developers. The institution's experiment comes at a time of much debate about how universities take new technologies from collegiate laboratories to the commercial marketplace....

Click here for the full article.

Roosevelt Island's Cornell NYC Tech Will Transform NYC From Burgeoning To THE TECH HUB Says AppNexus CEO Brian Kelley During Interview With School's Dean Dan Huttenlocher - Will NYC Become Ellis Island For International Start Ups?

Image From Metro Focus via NYC Gov

Here's an informative video in which:

Daniel P. Huttenlocher, Dean & Vice Provost, Cornell Tech and Brian O'Kelley, CEO & Co-Founder, AppNexus discuss plans for the city's new technology graduate campus and its commitment to nurturing entrepreneurial technologists.

Leaders@AppNexus: Cornell Tech - Daniel P Huttenlocher from AppNexus on Vimeo.

Forbes describes NYC as becoming the Ellis Island for international technology start ups with the help of Cornell NYC Tech:

... Let’s make NYC the Ellis Island of innovation

NYC has long been known as the cultural hub of the United States. It’s on its way to becoming a technological hub as well. Mayor Bloomberg is pushing for immigration reform with the March for Innovation. Israel’s Technion has teamed up with Cornell University to create a new tech campus in Roosevelt Island....

If you are looking for a job with Cornell NYC Tech and being part of NYC's technology transformation, click here for staff positions and here for faculty postitions.