Bergen County, NJ native David Duffield has pledged a record $100 million to his namesake building at Cornell University.

The gift will help expand the Ivy League school’s engineering college, adding research space for quantum computing and artificial intelligence.

Once completed, the expanded Duffield Hall will be 300,000 square feet and the gateway to the tech-centric southern edge of Cornell’s Ithaca campus.

Harvard University has announced a hiring freeze, citing fiscal uncertainty in the wake of changing federal policies under President Donald Trump. The step comes after the administration decided to slash $400 million worth of grants to Columbia University for purported failures to contain antisemitism.

Over 100 people rallied on Cornell’s campus last week to protest frozen funds, firings and federal changes to scientific research.

After thousands of Department of Agriculture employees were fired last month, some early-career scientists have lost advisers. Ph.D. students at Cornell university say they worry about the future of their research.

Cornell, which spent $452 million on NIH-funded research last year, has joined a lawsuit to block the proposed cuts. Meanwhile, Republican-led tax proposals could cost the university hundreds of millions annually. Leaders remain hopeful the university will navigate these financial challenges without major disruption.

Cornell University researchers used a new technology to design a vaccine that they say provides full protection against both flu and the COVID-19 viruses.

All job positions at Cornell University will be reviewed, including currently posted positions, fixed-term employment contract positions and term and temporary appointments. The process positions the university to review its job positions and advance only ...

A person working full time needs to make over $51,000 a year, or $24.85 an hour, to live in Tompkins County, according to a new study from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Cornell University has instituted a four-month hiring freeze during a time of “significant financial uncertainty,” citing potential cuts to research funding and anticipated shifts in tax legislation u

Cornell University has announced that, effective immediately, it will implement a hiring freeze across all divisions.