>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT
HOLIDAY AND A WONDERFUL SUMMER
AND SEEING EVERYONE HERE THIS
MORNING MAKES ME FEEL LIKE WE'RE
BACK IN SESSION ALSO NOW LOOKING
TO THE FUTURE AND THE FORMAL
OPEN OF THE NEW CORNELL TECH
CAMPUS NEXT WEEK.
THERE'S A WELCOME EDITION TO OUR
CITY'S EXPANDING TECH ECOSYSTEM,
SCIENCE TECH AND INNOVATION
CONTINUES TO PLAY A GREATER PART
OF NEW YORK CITY'S ECONOMY, NOT
ONLY ON RANDALL'S ISLAND BUT ALL
OVER MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN, QUEENS
AND THE BRONX.
AND WE LOOK ACROSS THE RIVER, I
HAD ON THIS BEAUTIFUL MORNING
WHICH IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE AND
I CAN THINK OF NO BETTER SETTING
TO WELCOME CORNELL UNIVERSITY'S
NEW PRESIDENT MARTHA POLLACK TO
ABNY COMMUNITY.
TO INTRODUCE PRESIDENT POLLACK I
WANT TO INTRODUCE THE CHAIRMAN
OF RELATED COMPANIES STEVE ROSS.
STEVE HAS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORNELL
TECH.
NOT ONLY IS HE ON THE BOARD OF
OVERSEERS BUT HE'S MADE A
SIGNIFICANT MARK ON THE CAMPUS.
AS YOU LOOK AT ROOSEVELT ISLAND,
A 26 STORY HIGH RISE STANDS OUT
AND DESERVEDLY SO.
IT'S THE WORLD'S TALLEST PASSIVE
HOUSE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
DEVELOPED BY RELATED
COMPANIES IN HUDSON.
THIS BUILDING IS A SYMBOL OF
WHAT CORNELL TECH STANDS FOR,
INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
WELCOME CHAIRMAN OF RELATED
STEVE ROSS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> THANK YOU, BILL.
MARTHA, THIS IS FOR YOU.
ANY WAY, THAT WAS UNIVERSITY
MICHIGAN FIGHT SONG.
I'M SOMEWHAT ASSOCIATED WITH
MICHIGAN AND IT'S A REAL
PLEASURE TO BE WORKING WITH THEM
BUT IT WAS WHERE I REALLY MET
MARTHA POLLACK AND I'M HONORED
TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE MARTHA.
I MET MARTHA MANY YEARS AGO
PRIOR BEFORE SHE WAS
EVEN PROVOST AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
WE SAT NEXT TO EACH OTHER AT
NUMEROUS MEETINGS AND LISTENED
TO HER PRESENTATIONS AND I
THINK YOU ALWAYS CAME AWAY FROM
THAT KNOWING WHO IS THE SMARTEST
PERSON IN THE ROOM WAS.
I THINK PEOPLE HERE USING HER
KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY
BEING A COMPUTER SCIENTIST AND
KNOWLEDGE IN ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE, TOGETHER WITH HER
COMPASSION FOR STUDENTS AND
LEARNING, SHE WAS JUST A GREAT
PROVOST AND I SAT THERE THROUGH
THE YEARS AND LISTENED TO HER
AND HAVING SPOKEN WITH HER IN
BETWEEN AND LEARNED AN AWFUL
LOT, I COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER
THAT KNOWING THE MICHIGAN WAS
A PLACE WHERE MANY COLLEGE
PRESIDENTS HAVE COME FROM, IT
WAS JUST A QUESTION OF HOW LONG
WOULD MARTHA BE ABLE TO STAY AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
BEFORE SHE WAS OFFERED A GREAT
UNIVERSITY AND THAT SHE WAS AND
IT WAS REALLY MICHIGAN'S LOSS
AND CORNELL'S GAIN AS WELL AS
NEW YORK CITY.
AND I THINK SHE WILL BRING GREAT
THINGS TO CORNELL BUT JUST AS
IMPORTANT SHE'S GOING TO BE ONE
OF THE MOST MAJOR LEADERS HERE
IN NEW YORK BECAUSE THERE'S NO
ONE REALLY MORE QUALIFIED TO
LEAD BOTH CORNELL IN THE FUTURE
AS WELL AS LAUNCH CORNELL TECH.
CORNELL TECH IS REALLY I THINK
NEXT WEEK WE HAVE OUR OPENING OF
THE CAMPUS ON ROOSEVELT ISLAND
AND WHAT THAT UNIVERSITY AND
CORNELL TECH WILL MEAN TO THE
FUTURE OF NEW YORK CITY I THINK
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF
US.
TECH AS WE ALL KNOW IS WHERE THE
WORLD IS GOING AND IF YOU'RE NOT
EMBRACING TECH, YOU'RE NOT
REALLY GOING TO GROW AS A CITY
AND NEW YORK CERTAINLY HAS
EMBRACED IT AND I THINK THAT THE
IDEA OF CORNELL TECH COMING HERE
AND WHAT IT WILL DO IN EDUCATING
STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
IN THE NEW WAYS OF REALLY DOING
THINGS AND TAKING A TOTAL
DIFFERENT APPROACH TO EDUCATION,
THERE'S NOBODY BETTER THAT CAN
LEAD THE WAY THAN MARTHA POLLACK
AND I THINK THAT WILL ALSO LEAD
THE WAY FOR THE CONTINUOUS
OF NEW YORK IS GROWING ECONOMY
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT SILICON
VALLEY AND YOU SEE WHAT STANFORD
HAS DONE FOR THAT WHOLE AREA AND
KNOWING THAT TECHNOLOGY IS
TAKING SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART IN
OUR LIVES AND IN BUSINESS THAT I
THINK IT CAN DO THE SAME THING
TO NEW YORK TO BE THE GREATEST
CITY IN THE WORLD.
SO I'M REALLY THRILLED THAT
CORNELL WAS ABLE TO GET MARTHA
AS THE 14th PRESIDENT OF
CORNELL.
I CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT AND
REALLY I THINK NEW YORK IS
REALLY GOING TO BENEFIT BY HER
AND I JUST HOPE -- I KNOW SHE
STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF
WOLVERINE LEFT IN HER.
MARTHA, IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE YOU AND THRILLED THAT
YOU'RE HERE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIONARY
LEADERSHIP IN NEW YORK CITY AND
FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF
THE CORNELL TECH BOARD OF
OVERSEERS, WE'RE JUST SO PLEASED
TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR TEAM
THERE AND AS WE LOOK TO ENHANCE
THIS GREAT CITY THROUGH AN
INNOVATIVE GRADUATE EDUCATION,
YOUR WORK ACROSS NEW YORK
INSPIRES US.
UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP
THE RELATED COMPANIES HAVE
BECOME A GLOBAL LEADER IN REAL
ESTATE INNOVATION AND A DOMINANT
FORCE IN NEW YORK.
ON THE WEST SIDE, HUDSON YARD IS
PROVIDING A MODEL FOR THE
CITY OF THE FUTURE.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO START
PUMPING MY HAND.
AND NOW THERE'S THIS NEW CORNELL
TECH CAMPUS WHICH YOU HELPED US
BUILD WITH RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
THAT IS AMONG THE WORLD'S MOST
SUSTAINABLE.
I'M A TENANT IN THAT BUILDING
WHEN I'M IN NEW YORK CITY, I
STAYED THERE LAST NIGHT.
I CAN TELL YOU IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO,
STEVE, FOR NEW YORK AND CORNELL.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK -- I DON'T
KNOW WHO IN THIS ROOM WAS
INVOLVED IN GETTING THE FERRY UP
AND RUNNING BUT I TOOK THE FERRY
DOWN FROM ROOSEVELT ISLAND THIS
MORNING, FABULOUS, JUST A
WONDERFUL WAY TO GET AROUND SO
THANK YOU TO WHOEVER PUT THAT
INTO PLACE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK BILL RUDIN,
ANGELA PINSKY AND ABNY FOR
HAVING ME HERE THIS MORNING.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT SPEAKING
AT ABNY IS A RIGHT OF PASSAGE
AND I TRULY AM HONORED TO BE
HERE WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY.
I'LL TALK TODAY ABOUT CORNELLS
IMPACT ON SO MUCH OF WHAT
MAKES NEW YORK SPECIAL.
IT REALLY STARTS WITH THE MORE
THAN 50,000 CORNELL ALUMNI WHO
LIVE IN THE REGION.
CAN I ASK ALL THE CORNELLIONS
HERE TO STAND UP.
OKAY.
WOW. RIGHT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> ALL CORNELL PARENTS STAND
UP.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> CORNELL ALUMNI ARE LEADERS IN
PUBLIC SERVICE, TECH, FASHION,
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND I'VE
ALREADY DISCOVERED THAT YOU
REALLY CAN'T GO FAR WALKING
AROUND THIS CITY WITHOUT RUNNING
INTO ONE.
SO DID YOU KNOW THAT THE EMPIRE
STATE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED AND
BUILT IN 1931 BY THE FIRM OF
SHREVE, LAMB AND HARMON?
ONE OF WHOSE PRINCIPLES WAS A
CORNELLION RH SHREEF AND THE
TONY AWARD WINNING PLAY,
INDECENT, IT WAS WRITTEN BY A
CORNELLION, PULITZER PRIZE
WINNER, PAULA VOGEL.
AND NEW YORK CITY'S FAVORITE
CASUAL BURGER JOINT, SHAKE
SHACK, IS ALSO LED BY A
CORNELLION.
BUT, OF COURSE CORNELL'S
PRESENCE IN NEW YORK CITY IS
ABOUT INSTITUTIONS AS MUCH
AS INDIVIDUALS.
WHILE CORNELL MEDICINE A GLOBAL
LEADER IN PATIENT CARE, SCIENCE
DISCOVERY AND EDUCATION OF
FUTURE PHYSICIANS HAS BEEN IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR MORE THAN 100
YEARS, WE TREATED MORE THAN
2.9 MILLION PATIENTS LAST YEAR
AND BROUGHT MORE THAN
$240 MILLION WORTH OF RESEARCH
FUNDING TO NEW YORK.
ALREADY WHILE CORNELL AND
CORNELL TECH ARE COLLABORATING
ON EXCITING NEW HEALTH TECH
INITIATIVES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE
BEEN POSSIBLE BEFORE.
OUR PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT IN THE
CITY ALSO INCLUDES PROGRAMS FROM
THE COLLEGES OF ART,
ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, THE
SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR
RELATIONS, THE COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING, CORNELL'S LAW
SCHOOL, THE FACULTY OF COMPUTING
AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND
CORNELL SC JOHNSON COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS
OFFERED BY REALLY PROGRAMS
ACROSS ITHACA.
THIS PROVES THAT 225 MILE
SEPARATION IS REALLY NOTHING FOR
CORNELLIONS WHO ARE ALWAYS
INTREPID. CORNELL COOPERATIVE
EXTENTION IN NEW YORK CITY
IS ACTIVE IN THE BRONX,
BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN
QUEENS AND STATEN ISLAND.
WITH A GOAL TO MEET NEW YORKERS
IN THEIR HOMES,
CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND OTHER
COMMUNITY SPACES OUR EXTENSION
PROGRAMS SUPPORT TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS
ANNUALLY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BY
NEIGHBORHOOD AND PERSON BY
PERSON DEMONSTRATION OF
CORNELL'S LAND GRANT MISSION.
WHILE NUTRITION EDUCATION
PROGRAMS BOAST THE BROADEST
REACH OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT
INCLUDES EVIDENCE BASED
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
PROGRAMS IN 4H YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT, PARENTING,
ENERGY CONSERVATIONS AND STEM
EDUCATION.
FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS CORNELL
HAS BEEN INTEGRATED IN THE
FABRIC OF NEW YORK CITY
DELIVERING RESEARCH BASED
SOLUTIONS THAT ENHANCE DIVERSE
INDUSTRIES, IMPROVING THE LIVES
OF MILLIONS WHILE TRANSFORMING
THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE AND
NURTURING THE TALENTED PEOPLE
FROM ACROSS A WIDE SPECTRUM OF
FIELDS WHO TOGETHER MAKE
NEW YORK THE GREATEST CITY IN
THE WORLD.
I GREW UP IN CONNECTICUT.
MY DAD WORKED IN MANHATTAN.
MY RELATIVES WERE IN BROOKLYN.
THIS REALLY IS THE GREATEST CITY
IN THE WORLD.
THE CORNELL STORY GOES BACK TO
THE MID-19th CENTURY, TO
EZRA CORNELL, THE FARMER
MECHANIC AND ANDREW DIXON WHITE
THE HISTORY PROFESSOR WHO
TOGETHER CREATED CORNELL.
THE CORNELL ALUMNI IN THE
AUDIENCE WILL KNOW THE STORY OF
TWO VERY DIFFERENT MEN WHO WHILE
SERVING TOGETHER AS NEW YORK
STATE SENATORS SAW IN THE MORAL
ACT OF 1862 THE FEDERAL STATUTE
THAT ESTABLISHED LAND GRANT
COLLEGES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CREATE NOT JUST A NEW COLLEGE
BUT A NEW KIND OF COLLEGE, A
COLLEGE THAT ONCE COMMITTED TO
LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCE AND TO
DEVELOPING TALENT IN A WIDE
RANGE OF PROFESSIONAL FIELDS.
A COLLEGE THAT WOULD WELCOME
PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS,
WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, GENDER,
RELIGION OR NATIONAL ORIGIN,
WE STILL STAND FOR THAT TODAY.
AND A COLLEGE WHOSE GRADUATES,
LIKE CORNELL ITSELF, WOULD
CONTRIBUTE TO THE BETTERMENT OF
SOCIETY.
SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE IN
2010 TO COMPETE FOR A SECOND
LAND GRANT HERE IN MANHATTAN,
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, CORNELL
UNIVERSITY SEIZED IT FOR ONCE IN
A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
ON OUR FOUNDING VISION WHILE
HAVING A TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT
ON NEW YORK CITY'S FUTURE.
AND NEXT WEDNESDAY, JOINED BY
ELECTED OFFICIALS, BY MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG AND ACADEMIC PARTNER,
ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS
CORNELL HAS EVER UNDERTAKEN WILL
OFFICIALLY OPEN ON ROOSEVELT
ISLAND, CORNELL TECH, THE FIRST
OF ITS KIND CAMPUS BUILT FOR THE
DIGITAL AGE.
OUR JOURNEY TO ROOSEVELT ISLAND
BEGAN SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN THE
BLOOMBERG ADMINISTRATION ISSUED
A CHALLENGE TO TOP INSTITUTIONS
WORLDWIDE TO DEVELOP AN APPLIED
SCIENCES CAMPUS ON CITY OWNED
LAND WITH A SEED INVESTMENT OF
$100 MILLION.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY
BEHIND ISRAEL'S REMARKABLE
START-UP ECONOMY AND WE WON THE
COMPETITION IN 2011.
CORNELL TECH PRESENTED AN
OPPORTUNITY THAT IS ALMOST
UNHEARD OF TODAY.
TO BUILD A NEW TYPE OF ACADEMIC
PROGRAM AND A NEW TYPE OF CAMPUS
FROM SCRATCH.
THANKS TO THE EXTRAORDINARY
INGENUITY OF FORMER MAYOR
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG AND THE
TERRIFIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH
GOVERNOR CUOMO
AND MAYOR de BLASIO, WE'VE BEEN
BUSY BUILDING, BUILDING AN
ACADEMIC PROGRAM, AND BUILDING A
PHYSICAL CAMPUS ON ROOSEVELT
ISLAND.
WHAT DID WE COME UP WITH AND HOW
IS IT DIFFERENT?
IT STARTS WITH OUR APPROACH
WHICH BUILDS ON WHAT IS BEST
ABOUT THE START-UP CULTURE.
WE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING THAT
WE WOULD TAKE CHANCES AT CORNELL
TECH, THAT WE WOULDN'T BE AFRAID
TO FAIL OR TO SCRAP SOMETHING
THAT WASN'T WORKING.
NOW I'M A COMMUTER SCIENTIST BY
TRAINING AND IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
WE'RE TOLD TO BUILD THINGS
THROUGH WHAT WE CALL
ITERATIVE DESIGN.
YOU START BY CREATING A SYSTEM
THAT REPRESENTS APPROXIMATE
SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM, TEST IT
IN THE REAL WORLD, THEN YOU
REFINE IT AND REPEAT THE CYCLE
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING
AT CORNELL TECH.
AND IT'S REINVENTING GRADUATE
EDUCATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
THREE GENERATIONS.
LET ME A LITTLE BIT SPECIFIC
ABOUT WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.
FIRST, AT CORNELL TECH THERE ARE
NO DISCIPLINARY SILOS.
EVERY ONE OF OUR MASTER STUDENTS
SPENDS ABOUT A THIRD OF THEIR
TIME IN A STUDIO PROGRAM
CREATING PRODUCTS AND SOLVING
PROBLEMS, ENGINEERING STUDENTS
WITH BUSINESS STUDENTS WITH LAW
STUDENTS WITH COMPUTING AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE STUDENTS.
IT'S TRUE THAT THE FASTEST WAY
TO FIND A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM
IS TO BRING TOGETHER A GROUP OF
LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE BUT THE ONLY
WAY TO GET TO THE BEST SOLUTION
IS TO GATHER A DIVERSE SET OF
VOICES REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF
BACKGROUNDS AND DISCIPLINES.
CORNELL AND DIXON WHITE KNEW
THAT AND WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT
TODAY.
SECOND EXAMPLE, ACADEMIA AND
INDUSTRY GO TOGETHER THERE HAND
IN HAND.
WE'RE ASSEMBLING SOME OF THE
FINEST RESEARCH TEAMS IN THE
WORLD BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU
WHAT EXCITES ME IS THAT THEIR
RESEARCH WILL BE PUT TO USE
IMMEDIATELY AND IN THE REAL
WORLD.
COMPANIES ARE A PERMANENT PART
OF THE TECH CAMPUS, INSURING
COLLABORATION THAT ACCELERATES
COMMERCIAL INNOVATION.
OUR STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS
WILL INTERACT WITH START-UPS,
ENTREPRENEURS, INVESTORS AND
ESTABLISHED COMPANIES ALL IN
PURSUIT OF COMMERCIAL
INNOVATION.
FOR SOME THIS HAS BEEN
CONTROVERSIAL, BUT IT'S
ATTENTION THAT WE'VE EMBRACED
AND WE'VE MADE IT A CENTRAL
FEATURE OF CORNELL TECH.
AND THIRD, THE CAMPUS IS
DESIGNED TO BE OPEN.
THE BLOOMBERG CENTER HAS NO
OFFICES.
PROFESSORS AND Ph.D. STUDENTS
WORK IN OPEN FLOOR PLANS AND
SMALL BREAKOUT ROOMS.
THIS SETUP ENCOURAGES INTENSIVE
COLLABORATION AND DISCOVERY.
IT'S A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM FOR
THOSE OF US WHO COME FROM
ACADEMIA.
I SEE DEBORAH LAUGHING THERE.
YOU CAN'T IMAGINE GOING TO A
FACULTY MEMBER AND SAYING, NO
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN
OFFICE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN AN
OPEN FLOOR PLAN AND YET IT'S
WORKED.
I WAS TAKING SOME PEOPLE ON A
TOUR THERE RECENTLY, WHERE DO
YOUR BOOKS GO?
THIS IS INNOVATIVE.
IT'S INNOVATIVE IN SO MANY WAYS.
IT'S DESIGNED FOR EXAMPLE, AS
ONE OF THE MOST SUSTAINABLE IN
THE WORLD BUT I'M MOST PROUD OF
ITS OPENNESS.
WE'VE CREATED A CAMPUS THAT'S
NOT ONLY OPEN INTERNALLY BUT
EXTERNALLY.
IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
NEW YORKERS AND ESPECIALLY TO
OUR ROOSEVELT ISLAND NEIGHBORS
WITH 2 1/2 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE,
NO GATES, NO WALLS AND NO
BARRIERS.
THE RESULTS ARE ALREADY
IMPRESSIVE BUT THE POTENTIAL IS
TRANSFORMATIVE.
WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE BUT SUCCESS
HERE MEANS NOTHING LESS THAN
CREATING A NEW ECONOMIC ENGINE
THAT WILL DRIVE NEW YORK FORWARD
FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
WHEN WE OFFICIALLY OPEN CORNELL
TECH NEXT WEEK IT'LL BE A
MASSIVE MILESTONE FOR CORNELL
AND FOR NEW YORK CITY THE
INTRODUCTION OF SOMETHING TRULY
INNOVATIVE, YET AS I'VE ALREADY
MENTIONED, THE PRINCIPLES
AT PLAY ARE NOT NEW.
THEY BUILD ON WHAT HAS MADE
US SPECIAL FOR MORE THAN 150
YEARS.
TO PRODUCE GRADUATES WHO MAKE A
POSITIVE IMPACT ON SOCIETY.
AT CORNELL WE HAVE AN UNUSUALLY
FIERCE COMMITMENT TO THE IDEA
THAT THE LIBERAL ARTS ON THE ONE
HAND AND PROFESSIONAL STUDY
ACROSS A SWATH OF DISCIPLINES ON
THE OTHER ARE CENERGISTIC
AND MUTUALLY REINFORCING.
WE'RE EXTRAORDINARILY BROAD.
WE'RE AN IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE AND
WE'RE A LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY.
AS PROFESSOR CARL BECKER
SAID IN 1940,
UNIVERSITIES MUST PROMOTE THE
HUMANE AND RATIONAL VALUES WHICH
ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE
PRESENTATION OF DEMOCRATIC
SOCIETY.
TODAY THAT RESPONSIBILITY FEELS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER AND
CORNELL TECH IS AN IMPORTANT
PART OF HOW WE FULFILL IT.
SO LET ME TAKE A MOMENT AND TALK
ABOUT AN ASPECT OF THIS
MOMENT THAT IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME.
WHEN I WAS IN MY FIRST FEW YEARS
AS A COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR
AT MICHIGAN, THERE WERE MORE
FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE
DEPARTMENT NAMED EGOR THAN THEY
WERE FEMALE FACULTY MEMBERS.
THERE WERE TWO EGOR'S AND THEN
THERE WAS ME.
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN A LOT BETTER.
IT'S A TRUE STORY.
THIS YEAR 51% OF THE INCOMING
CLASS AND 48% OF THE ENTIRE
UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION IN
CORNELL'S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
IS FEMALE, A TREND
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE AT
OTHER ELITE UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT DIVERSITY
CONTINUES TO BE A MASSIVE
PROBLEM IN THE TECH SECTOR AND
GIVING THE IMPORTANCE OF TECH
SECTOR GROWTH TO OUR ECONOMY,
THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ALL OF US.
TO QUOTE JUDY SPITS, OUR
TERRIFIC PARTNER FROM
VERIZON, WHO IS SPEAR HEADING
CORNELL TECHS WOMEN IN
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, WHICH
WE CALL WITNY,
QUOTE, WE CAN'T SOLVE
THE WORKFORCE ISSUE WITH
LITERALLY HALF THE TEAM SITTING
ON THE BENCH.
NEW YORK'S COMPETITIVENESS
WILL DEPEND ON OUR ABILITY TO
BETTER PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH
THE SKILLS TO SUCCEED IN THE
DIGITAL ECONOMY.
WE HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PIPELINE
WE'RE CREATING IS DIVERSE.
WE'RE ATTACKING THE PROBLEM AT
EACH STEP OF THE EDUCATIONAL
PROCESS, PARTNERING WITH THE
CITY OF NEW YORK, WITH CUNY AND
WITH MANY OF OUR PEERS IN THE
TECH SECTOR.
THE WORK STARTS AT THE K-12
LEVEL WHERE WE ARE BRINGING TO
BEAR OUR TWO MOST PRECIOUS
RESOURCES, FACULTY AND STUDENTS.
OUR FACULTY MEMBERS PROVIDE
EXPERT GUIDANCE WHILE OUR
GROWING STUDENT BODY IS THE
VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE ON THE
GROUND.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DIANE
LEVITT, WHO IS HERE TODAY,
WE'RE ENGAGING WITH PARTNERS
ACROSS THE EDUCATIONAL SPECTRUM
TO TRAIN TEACHERS, BUILD
CURRICULA AND CONNECT SCHOOLS TO
SERVICES AND FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN HAVE A
VALUABLE INFLUENCE ON STUDENT
LEARNING.
WHILE MANY EXCELLENT PROGRAMS
TARGET STUDENTS DIRECTLY, WE
HAVE FOCUSED MOST OF OUR EFFORTS
ON TEACHERS, FOR TWO REASONS.
FIRST, THE SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS
QUALIFIED IN THE TECH FIELD IS
HOLDING BACK THE CITY'S INTENT
TO REACH EVERY STUDENT.
AND SECOND, IT IS MUCH MORE
EFFICIENT TO TRAIN A TEACHER WHO
CAN THEN REACH THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF A
CAREER.
THIS IS OUR WAY OF SUPPORTING
MAYOR de BLASIO'S COMPUTER
SCIENCE FOR ALL INITIATIVE,
ACTIVELY WORKING WITH OVER A
DOZEN SCHOOLS AND OUR WORK HAS
IMPACTED OVER 5,000 STUDENTS AND
350 TEACHERS TO DATE.
REACHING STUDENTS EARLY IN THE
LEARNING PROCESS IS CRITICAL BUT
EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS SEEING THEM
THROUGH THE KEY YEARS OF
TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO
COLLEGE WHEN GROUPS UNDER
REPRESENTED IN TECH ARE MOST
LIKELY TO CHOOSE A DIFFERENT
PATH.
HERE WE'VE PARTNERED WITH
CUNTY, WITH ITS REACH ACROSS
THE CITY AND WITH ONE OF THE
MOST DIVERSE STUDENT BODIES IN
THE COUNTRY.
WITH THE WITNY PROGRAM WE'RE
WORKING TO EXPOSE MORE WOMEN TO
THE COMPUTER SCIENCE IN ORDER TO
HELP DIVERSE THE PIPELINE IN
NEW YORK.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ISN'T JUST
ONE FACTOR THAT BLOCKS WOMEN
FROM ENTERING COMPUTER SCIENCE,
SO OUR STRATEGY IS MULTI-PRONGED
AND PERSISTENT.
IT STARTS EVEN BEFORE STUDENTS
ARRIVE ON CAMPUS, IMMERSING THEM
IN A SUPPORTIVE TECH CULTURE AND
AIMING TO WET THEIR APPETITE.
A CURRICULUM WELCOMES THEM TO
CAMPUS FOLLOWED BY EFFORTS TO
RETAIN THEM THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP
AND MENTORSHIP FROM SOME OF
THESE MOST ACCOMPLISHED WOMEN
IN NEW YORK.
THE CURRICULUM THAT WE DEVELOPED
HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED AT MORE
THAN A DOZEN CUNY CAMPUSES WITH
2,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING
EACH YEAR.
THIS REPRESENTS THE BRILLIANCE
OF THE JOURNEY THAT THIS CITY
LAUNCHED SEVEN YEARS AGO.
YES, WE BUILT A CAMPUS LIKE NO
OTHER AND ARE PLACING ON IT
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS THAT
REINVISION GRADUATE EDUCATION
FOR THE DIGITAL AGE.
YES WE BROUGHT A GLOBAL ACADEMIC
PARTNER TO NEW YORK CITY AND YES
WE'VE HELP CREATE A NEW CATALYST
FOR THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF
NEW YORK'S TECH ECONOMY BUT
BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC,
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, A LAND
GRANT FOR THE 21st CENTURY WE'RE
COMMITTED TO PROGRAMS THAT GO
FAR BEYOND ROOSEVELT ISLAND AND
REACH FAR MORE PEOPLE THAN WILL
EVER GAIN DEGREES FROM CORNELL
TECH.
AS I'VE COME TO QUICKLY
APPRECIATE SINCE STARTING MY
PRESIDENCY, CORNELL IS NEARLY
UBIQUITOUS IN NEW YORK STATE.
THEIR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
ACROSS THE STATE IN ALL OF ITS
COUNTIES AND ALL FIVE BOROUGHS
OF THE CITY.
WITH THE OPENING OF CORNELL TECH
WE HAVE A NEW VEHICLE FOR
TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE AND
WE'LL USE IT TO CONTINUE GROWING
OUR FOOTPRINT IN NEW YORK CITY.
WE'LL WORK DILIGENTLY FOR A
FUTURE IN WHICH ALL GROUPS ARE
INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATION AND
AT CORNELL TECH, WE'LL CONTINUE
TO WORK TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY
THAT IS TRULY DIVERSE,
INCLUSIVE AND EGALITARIAN.
AND AT CORNELL TECH, AS ON OUR
OTHER CAMPUSES WE WILL ALWAYS
BE FOCUSED ON MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
I SAID MANY TIMES THAT CORNELL'S
ORIGINAL CAMPUS IN ITHACA IS AND
WILL REMAIN AT THE HEART OF THE
UNIVERSITY.
BUT EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES
ARRIVE FROM OUR EXPANSION INTO
NEW YORK CITY, CULTURAL
OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR
A MORE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO
INDUSTRY.
OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE FIRST
HAND IN DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS TO
THE CHALLENGES OF AN URBAN
SETTING IN A WORLD THAT IS
INCREASING URBAN.
JUST AS WE HAVE A LONG
TRADITIONAL OF RECOGNIZING AND
BUILDING ON THE LIBERAL
COMPLIMENTARY STRENGTHS OF THE
LIBERAL ARTS AND THE APPLIED
FIELDS OF STUDY, JUST AS WE'VE
BEEN HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMBINE
IVY LEAGUE VALUES WITH THOSE OF
LAND GRANT COLLEGES, SO TOO WILL
WE COMBINE AND BENEFIT FROM THE
ADVANTAGES OF OUR RURAL AND
URBAN CAMPUSES AS ONE CORNELL.
I INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN THIS
EXTRAORDINARY PARTNERSHIP IN
SERVICE TO THE CITY, THE STATE
AND THE WORLD AND I INVITE YOU
TO VISIT US RIGHT UP THERE ON
OUR NEW 21st CENTURY LAND GRANT
CAMPUS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT.
I'LL START, HOW MANY STUDENTS DO
YOU ANTICIPATE STARTING AND
WHAT'S THE TOTAL GOAL OF
STUDENTS COMING THROUGH THE
SCHOOL?
>> YES.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 325
STUDENTS GIVE OR TAKE A FEW
INCLUDING 40 Ph.D. STUDENTS.
BY 2027 WHICH IS WHEN WE FINISH
PHASE TWO, THEY'LL BE ABOUT 850
STUDENTS AND THEN IN THE LONG
RUN THEY'LL BE SEVERAL THOUSAND.
>> NOBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS?
>> OVER HERE.
>> WHAT WAS THE MOST UNEXPECTED
THING THAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU,
BOTH IN NEW YORK CITY AND
NEW YORK STATE?
>> YOU KNOW, IN NEW YORK CITY --
SO I VISITED ROOSEVELT ISLAND
JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER I WAS
NAMED PRESIDENT.
I CAME DOWN TO MEET
PEOPLE IN NEW YORK AND YOU COULD
SORT OF SEE THE CAMPUS TAKING
SHAPE.
MAYBE I'M NOT IMAGINING ENOUGH
BUT I HAVE BEEN STUNNED AT HOW
FABULOUS IT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT.
IT'S BEYOND MY WILDEST
IMAGINATION.
>> THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOW --
>> YEAH.
THAT HAS REALLY BEEN AN
INCREDIBLY PLEASANT SURPRISE.
AS FAR AS CORNELL -- I THINK
STEVE ALSO WILL APPRECIATE THIS,
WHAT'S BEEN A SURPRISE TO ME IS
HOW FEW SURPRISES THERE HAVE
BEEN.
IT TURNS OUT THAT I'M THE SIXTH
OUT OF 14 PRESIDENT OF CORNELL
TO COME FROM MICHIGAN AND IN
RETROSPECT I DON'T
THINK THAT'S AN ACCIDENT.
I THINK THE BIG AND LARGE AND
COMPLEX, I THINK THE SORT OF
CORNELL'S A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY
WITH A PUBLIC MISSION, MICHIGAN
IS A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY WITH
PRIVATE ACADEMICS, I THINK THE
LONG-STANDING -- IT'S BEEN
SURPRISING.
IT HASN'T BEEN AS SURPRISING AS
I THOUGHT.
>> IS THERE GOING TO BE A
COMBINATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BOTH STUDENTS IN ITHACA AND IN
NEW YORK CITY TO GO BACK AND
FORTH?
>> YEAH.
THE MASTERS AND Ph.D. PROGRAM IS
FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL BE
PRIMARILY BASED HERE BUT WE HAVE
A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT BRING
STUDENTS BACK AND FORTH FOR
SHORT VISITS, FOR SUMMERS, LAW
STUDENTS TO SPEND A SEMESTER
HERE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT LOTS OF
DIFFERENT WAYS TO BRING STUDENTS
AND VISE VERSA.
>> WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
YOUR STUDENTS COME FROM ABROAD,
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT
THE WHOLE GRAD PROGRAM?
>> I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.
DEBORAH, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW?
>> WE ARE LESS THAN -- I'M GOING
TO GET THIS WRONG, I DON'T KNOW
IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ACROSS
OUR MASTERS PROGRAM, IT'S LESS
THAN HALF, WHICH IS TO SOME OF
YOU WHO ARE NOT IN ENGINEERING
MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LARGE NUMBER
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
ENGINEERING YOU'LL RECOGNIZE AS
THIS HIGH DOMESTIC PROPORTION.
>> ANY SPECIAL LINKAGES TO
TECHNION IN ISREAL AND
THEIR PROGRAMS?
>> YEAH, SO THE JACOBS TECHNION
INSTITUE WHICH IS WITHIN
CORNELL TECH IS DIRECTLY AND
INTIMATELY LINKED WITH THE
TECHNION. THAT PROGRAM HAS
TWO HUB PROGRAMS. ONE IS
IN WHAT'S CALLED CONNECTED
MEDIA AND ONE IS IN HEALTH
TECHNOLOGY.
IT WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE
FACULTY TO SPEND TIME HERE SO A
LOT OF LINKAGES THERE.
>> ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE
ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN WAS A
HOTEL.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE
STATUS?
>> IT'S IN PLANNING.
THERE ARE THREE BUILDINGS ON THE
CAMPUS RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S THE BLOOMBERG CENTER,
WHICH IS THE MAIN CLASS-
NOT REALLY CLASSROOMS
BECAUSE IT'S OPEN PLAN,
EDUCATIONAL BUILDING, THERE'S
THE BRIDGE WHICH IS A BUILDING
THAT DOES COHOUSING FOR
INDUSTRY, FOR COOPERATE PARTNERS
AND OPEN SPACE FOR STUDENTS
WHO ARE WORKING ON THE ISLAND
AND THEN THERE'S
THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
THERE ARE TWO MORE BUILDINGS
THAT ARE NOW IN PLANNING.
ONE IS THE HOTEL THAT YOU
MENTIONED AND THE OTHER IS AN
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION CENTER SO
WE'RE HOPING TO GET THOSE THINGS
UP WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
YEARS.
>> FINAL QUESTION, YES.
>> DOWN THE ROAD, ARE THERE
ANY PLANS TO INTEGRATE THE
UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY IN
ITHACA WITH THE CORNELL TECH
PROGRAM HERE IN NEW YORK?
>> NO CORNELL IS A GRADUATE ONLY
SET OF PROGRAMS, IT'S MASTERS
AND Ph.D..
THAT SAID THERE ARE PLANS FOR A
VISITING OPPORTUNITY FOR
STUDENTS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
TO COME DOWN AND HAVE SHORT
STAYS HERE, PERHAPS IN THE
SUMMER, PERHAPS IN
INTERSESSIONS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE DEGREE
PROGRAMS.
WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE
UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE IS THE
BREADTH OF INTELLECTUAL EXPOSURE
THAT YOU GET AT A CAMPUS LIKE
CORNELL AND CORNELL TECH IS NOT
SUITED FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WISH YOU GOD SPEED.
IT'S VERY EXCITING.
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