ExxonMobil Foundation presents gift to Cornell
The ExxonMobil Foundation has given Cornell $595,970 through its Educational Matching Gifts Program. (May 2, 2012)

Engineering launches leadership program
The College of Engineering is launching a new undergraduate leadership program with a recent gift of $700,000 from an alumnus. Erica Dawson, Ph.D. '04, will be the program's first director. (April 23, 2012)

$10M gift boosts undergraduate education in Engineering
John A. Swanson '61, M.Eng. '63, has committed $10 million to boost undergraduate education in the College of Engineering - including its experiential learning opportunities. (April 19, 2012)

$11 million gift benefits Program in Real Estate
Cornell's Program in Real Estate is being restructured and renamed, thanks to an $11 million gift from Lisa and Richard Baker '88. The gift will more than triple the program's current endowment. (April 12, 2012)

$1 million bequest to boost agricultural sciences
Marcia Stofman Morton '61 has announced she will leave a $1 million bequest to Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; most of it will benefit agricultural sciences. (Feb. 20, 2012)

Atlantic Philanthropies revealed as tech campus donor
The foundation led by Chuck Feeney '56 made the $350 million gift, the largest in the university's history. It originally was announced Dec. 16 as from an anonymous donor. (Dec. 20, 2011)

Anonymous donor pledges $350M for NYC Tech Campus
Cornell has announced a historic gift in support of its proposal to establish an applied science and technology campus in New York City. It is the largest gift in the university's history. (Dec. 16, 2011)

Dairy program boosted by faculty renewal gift
A gift from Ron '68 and Marcia St. John will support the St. John Family Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellowship to support a faculty position in dairy cattle management in animal science. (Dec. 8, 2011)

ILR's new Braunstein professorship is a family affair
Doug Braunstein '83 has endowed the Braunstein Family Professorship, to be held by Lawrence M. Kahn, ILR professor of economics and labor relations. (Nov. 22, 2011)

Weill Cornell dedicates Belfer Research Building
On Nov. 9, Weill Cornell Medical College dedicated the Belfer Research Building, a state-of-the-art facility that will more than double the medical college's existing research space. (Nov. 9, 2011)

'Cornell Now' expands fundraising goal to $4.75B
The fundraising campaign will build on its successes and support the strategic plan's priorities as the university approaches its sesquicentennial in 2015. (Oct. 22, 2011)

Skorton: 'Cornell is poised to flourish and lead'
Four years before its sesquicentennial, Cornell is poised to expand its reach, enhance its academic prowess and extend its leadership, President David Skorton said in his State of the University Address Oct. 21. (Oct. 21, 2011)

New humanities building to rise on Arts Quad
A new humanities building will soon rise on the Arts Quad, President David Skorton announced Oct. 21 at the Trustee Council Annual Meeting, to recognize the vitality and importance of the humanities at Cornell. (Oct. 21, 2011)

Q&A with Stephen Ashley on the Far Above campaign
Stephen Ashley '62, MBA '64, a university trustee and co-chair of Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell, talks about the campaign. This is the final interview in a series with the campaign co-chairs. (Oct. 19, 2011)

Q&A with Bob Appel on Cornell's fundraising campaign
In the third in a series of interviews with Cornell's campaign co-chairs, Robert Appel '53, trustee emeritus and presidential councillor, talks about the Weill Cornell campaign. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Q&A with Andrew Tisch on the Far Above campaign
In the second in a series of interviews with Cornell's campaign co-chairs, Andrew Tisch '71, member of the board of trustees and co-chair of Loews Corp., talks about philanthropy. (Oct. 6, 2011)

New center will deepen public engagement, learning
Academic leaders have announced the creation of the new Center for Community Engaged Learning and Research and have named Richard Kiely as its director. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Manns endow pre-major advising fund in Arts College
Jack and Meryl '81 Mann recently donated $100,000 to endow a pre-major advising fund in the Office of Admissions and Academic Advising at the College of Arts and Sciences. (Sept. 30, 2011)

Q&A with Jan Rock Zubrow on the Far Above campaign
Jan Rock Zubrow, chair of the Executive Committee of the board of trustees and past co-chair of the campaign, talks about the campaign's successes. (Sept. 29, 2011)

Marriott Foundation gives $3 million for learning center
The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation has committed $3 million for the new Marriott Student Learning Center in the School of Hotel Administration. (Sept. 26, 2011)

Alumni couple endow directorship of Dyson School
Alumni Peter and Stephanie Nolan have endowed the David J. Nolan Directorship of the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell. Professor Loren Tauer will hold the position. (Sept. 26, 2011)

Alumna honors her late husband with professorship
In honor of her husband and fellow ILR School graduate Joe Rich, Beth Florin endowed a professorship in his name to advance their shared love for the field of compensation. (Sept. 19, 2011)

Cornell Annual Fund crosses $30 million mark
In the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011, the Cornell Annual Fund raised $30,086,159, surpassing a long-standing goal of $30 million and setting an all-time record. (July 28, 2011)

Atlantic Philanthropies awards $15 million to Cornell
Cornell has received a $15 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to support financial aid for students in the Cornell Tradition program. (July 14, 2011)

$3.8M gift endows architecture professorship, lectures
A gift from the estate of architect Edgar Tafel, a member of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship, will establish an endowed professorship in architecture and a lecture series in his name. (June 16, 2011)

Andrew Tisch '71 to co-lead Cornell campaign
A devoted alumnus and supporter of the Cornell faculty, Tisch has been named co-chair of Cornell's comprehensive campaign as it continues through the university's sesquicentennial in 2015. (June 10, 2011)

2011 senior class campaign: Big, but outside the box
The senior class fundraising campaign sought to be different from its predecessors by encouraging this year's seniors to think of something to contribute to the university other than just money. (May 28, 2011)

ExxonMobil Foundation gives to Cornell
The ExxonMobil Foundation has presented Cornell with $542,150 through the foundation's Educational Matching Gifts Program. (April 11, 2011)

Emeritus professor gives $2 million for faculty position
Anne and Robert Everett, professor emeritus, have committed $2 million to endow the Robert and Anne Everett Professorship in Dairy Cattle Genetics, the first endowed position in animal science. (Feb. 24, 2011)

Agricultural sciences major benefits from $1M gift
Cornell's agricultural sciences major has received a $1 million gift from Richard C. Call, CALS '52, and his wife, Marie, to establish the Richard C. Call Directorship of Agricultural Sciences. (Dec. 14, 2010)

Donors endow three humanities professorships
Gifts totaling $12 million will establish three endowed senior professorships in the humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, with support from an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation challenge grant. (Dec. 1, 2010)

Faculty panel looks at being human in the digital age
A 'Meeting of the Minds' faculty panel examined how biomedical and digital technology affect human experience. The panel was the centerpiece of 'Cornell on the Charles' event, Nov. 18 in Boston. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Cornell campaign reaches $3 billion mark
Campaign co-chairs Jan Rock Zubrow '77 and Stephen Ashley '62, MBA '64, announced the milestone Nov. 18 at 'Cornell on the Charles,' an event attended by hundreds of Boston-area Cornellians. (Nov. 18, 2010)

Alum commits $11 million to Atacama telescope
Philanthropist and retired businessman Fred Young '64, M.Eng. '66, MBA '66, has committed $11 million to CCAT, a proposed 25-meter aperture telescope in Chile's Atacama desert. (Nov. 12, 2010)

Historic gift will advance sustainability research
David R. Atkinson '60 and his wife, Patricia Atkinson, have committed $80 million to provide a permanent center on campus that will position Cornell to be a global leader in sustainability. (Oct. 28, 2010)

Annual Fund sets all-time donation record in 2009-10
The Cornell Annual Fund raised an all-time record of $27.3 million in fiscal year 2009-10 announced the fund's new director, Joe Lyons '98. (Oct. 28, 2010)

$5 million gift to promote biochar research at CCSF
The gift, from philanthropist Yossie Hollander and his family, will be used to support biomass and biochar research by a multidisciplinary team of scientists led by Johannes Lehmann. (Oct. 13, 2010)

$10 million gift creates canine genomics program
The College of Veterinary Medicine will establish the world's first canine genomics program with the single largest gift it has ever received: $10 million from an anonymous donor. (Sept. 16, 2010)

$25 million gift establishes applied economics school
Cornell President David Skorton announced that $25 million from the family of John Dyson '65 will establish a new school - the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. (June 8, 2010)

Med school breaks ground for new research building
Weill Cornell Medical College broke ground May 26 for its new Medical Research Building, a state-of-the-art facility that will more than double the institution's existing research space. (May 27, 2010)

Student phoners pass $1 million mark for annual fund
For the first time in its 13-year history, Cornell's student-staffed fundraising phonathon raised $1 million (and counting) in a single fiscal year. (April 2, 2010)

1930s woman chemist bequeaths support for library
The late Erna Gramse, MP '33, a longtime librarian and a graduate chemistry student at Cornell during the Great Depression, has bequeathed a gift to Clark Physical Sciences Library. (March 1, 2010)

Law, postdoctoral fellowships to honor Rhodes
New postgraduate fellowships, named for Frank H.T. Rhodes and funded by a $5 million gift from The Atlantic Philanthropies, will further research in the Law School and Cornell Population Program. (Feb. 25, 2010)

Friends celebrate Yervant Terzian's 70th birthday
At a symposium and birthday party Oct. 9-11, Terzian received tributes, reminiscences and, of course, gifts, including the announcement of a $100,000 endowment for a lectureship series named for him. (Oct. 13, 2009)

Trustee endows Bethe House professor-deanship
With a $2 million gift from trustee Robert Harrison '76, the post of house professor-dean of Hans Bethe House has been endowed and named in honor of Cornell's eighth president, Dale R. Corson. (Sept. 9, 2009)

Construction under way on Milstein Hall project
Ground has been broken on the site of Paul Milstein Hall, a facilities expansion for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning that is scheduled to open in August 2011. (Aug. 4, 2009)

Reunion campaigns break records despite grim economy
Seemingly against the odds in a tough economic year, this year's Cornell reunion classes and graduating senior class broke records in making gifts to support the university. (June 25, 2009)

Martin Tang '70 challenges young alumni to give
To encourage young alumni to give back to their alma mater, Cornell trustee Martin Tang '70 has established the M.A.R.T.I.N. Challenge, in which new gifts to the Annual Fund will be matched by one from Tang. (May 14, 2009)

Panel ponders higher ed's role in shaping public policy
About 500 alumni joined President David Skorton and a host of professors in Washington, D.C., April 3, for a campaign event, 'A Meeting of the Minds: Shaping Policy in Changing Times.' (April 8, 2009)

Weills boost campaign with $170 million cash gift
Joan and Sanford Weill and the Weill Family Foundation have accelerated a previous pledge to the university with a $170 million cash payment. Their donation will aid the $4 billion campaign. (April 8, 2009)

Annual giving remains on pace, but new commitments fall
Charles Phlegar, vice president for alumni affairs and development, talks about how the economic downturn is affecting fundraising and the capital campaign. (Jan. 29, 2009)

Tata trust gives $50 million endowment to Cornell
The gift consists of $25 million to establish the Tata-Cornell Initiative in Agriculture and Nutrition, and $25 million for the Tata Scholarship Fund for Students from India. (Oct. 17, 2008)

Visionary donors make Weill Hall a reality
The visionary building has become a reality through the vision of its leading donors. (Oct. 10, 2008)

Terrace on North Campus named for Altschuler
The terrace at Appel Commons, overlooking Rawlings Green on North Campus, was dedicated in honor of Cornell Professor Glenn Altschuler, Sept. 24. (Sept. 29, 2008)

Andrew and Ann Tisch give $35M for professorships
A gift of $35 million from Andrew and Ann Tisch will establish the Tisch University Professorships to honor current faculty and recruit the most talented young scholars from around the country. (Sept. 26, 2008)

An interview with Andrew and Ann Tisch
Inspired by great teaching, Andrew '71 and Ann Tisch have created a $35 million endowment to help Cornell retain and attract world-class faculty members. (Sept. 26, 2008)

Gift will help in 'ferocious' competition for top faculty
Faculty hires are up, and the Tisch University Professorships gift will give Cornell an edge in retaining and recruiting top faculty. (Sept. 26, 2008)

New endowment will support Arts and Sciences
The recently endowed Charles T. Stewart '40 Fund for the College of Arts and Sciences will support the college in perpetuity. The fund was established in honor of Stewart, who passed away in January. (Sept. 2, 2008)

Class of 2008 gift rings in a record breaker in participation
The senior class garnered donations from a record-breaking 53 percent of the class, with a total of $66,402 raised. The check was presented during Senior Convocation, May 24. (May 24, 2008)

Trustee Martin Tang '70 creates challenge for international scholarships
Martin Tang '70 has made a gift to create the Martin Y. Tang International Scholarship Challenge. The goal is to create 12 scholarship endowments of $1 million each. (May 22, 2008)

Alumnus donates $1.5 million to support West Campus programming
Larry Salameno '66, J.D. '69, was inspired to give to the Far Above campaign because he was 'intrigued by the fact that Cornell is working to create a community' in the West Campus House System. (May 1, 2008)

'Guess who's coming to dinner? My professor!'
Faculty-student relationships are at the heart of the West Campus House System, where residents frequently interact with house fellows, and Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell makes it possible. (April 11, 2008)

10-year-old gifts have blossomed into state-of-the-art facilities
Like planting acres of seedlings, a comprehensive campaign like Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell is an act of faith that what gets started will grow stronger with time. (March 11, 2008)

Veterinary College receives largest-ever gift of over $7 million
The wife of a Cornell alumnus has donated $7.125 million to Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine to help endow two veterinary programs and expand imaging facilities. (Feb. 20, 2008)

Tanner '52 supports West Campus house fellows
Harold Tanner '52 supports programming for students on West Campus, naming the house fellow program for Hunter Rawlings, who spearheaded the residential initiative. (Feb. 14, 2008)

$2 billion campaign milestone announced at Manhattan celebration for Cornellians
The campaign milestone was announced by President David Skorton at the "Big Red in the Big Apple" event, which was a celebration of the university's 'unparalleled capabilities' to solve some of the planet's most pressing problems through research, teaching and outreach. (Jan. 26, 2008)

Faculty panel united by 'the good fight' at Big Apple discussion
Seven of Cornell's brightest scholars tackled topics ranging from global politics and crises in health, food and economics, to Cornell's international and intellectual missions at "A Meeting of the Minds" panel discussion, which was part of the "Big Red in the Big Apple" celebration. (Jan. 26, 2008)

Alumni, students, staff pitch in to show that Cornell Cares
More than 300 Cornell volunteers helped at soup kitchens, community centers, homeless shelters and other projects, led in many instances by current students, as part of the 'Big Red in the Big Apple' celebration. (Jan. 28, 2008)

How the campaign helps students, one at a time
Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell aims to raise $640 million for students. An endowment from Cornell parents Barry and Jill Lafer has made an impact on two undergraduates this year. (Jan. 15, 2008)

After long road to Ph.D., Kelvin Grant gives back with library scholarship
Grant has pledged $5,000 a year for 10 years so that Mann Library can hire minority students to work at its main desk. (Nov. 29, 2007)

$8 million in gifts will create Cornell Law School business law institute
Cornell Law School alumni have contributed a total of $8 million, including $5 million from alumnus Jack G. Clarke, to found a business law institute to be housed within Myron Taylor Hall on campus. (Nov. 2, 2007)

$1 billion milestone in Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell
The Ithaca campus now has a billion reasons to pause and enjoy the early successes of the Far Above ... campaign, having sailed passed that fund-raising milestone just recently with a flurry of gifts to the humanities and social sciences. (Nov. 2, 2007)

Record humanities gifts put campus campaign over $1 billion
Cornell has received 14 major new gifts totaling $71.5 million that include the largest donations in the university's history to the arts and humanities. (Oct. 19, 2007)

Gifts for social sciences will help get and keep 'the best people'
Two distinguished Cornell departments, two major gifts -- one big boost for the social sciences at Cornell. (Oct. 19, 2007)

Publisher Kenneth Kahn '69 endows deanship for ILR School
Kenneth F. Kahn's $5 million gift to endow the deanship of the Cornell ILR (industrial and labor relations) School is the largest from a donor in the school's history. (Oct. 19, 2007)

Drukiers' $5 million gift endows AAP deanship
A commitment to establish a $5 million endowment for the deanship of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning has been made by Cornell trustee Ira Drukier '66, M.Eng. '67, and his wife, Gale. (Oct. 19, 2007)

How three gifts have 'transformed' the Johnson Museum
Three gifts will help to 'transform the ability of the museum to fulfill our mission of education and research,' says Frank Robinson, director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. (Oct. 19, 2007)

Two gifts will advance energy and sustainability research
Two of the major gifts to Cornell announced this week will help support sustainability and energy research on campus through the new Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future. (Oct. 19, 2007)

Alumna's final wish is granted: 'Give my love to Cornell'
Class of '37 alumna Beatrice Moore Stump bequeaths $6.5 million to the College of Arts and Sciences for undergraduate scholarship aid and unrestricted endowment. (Oct. 19, 2007)

Meet three Cornellians who tell their stories for the campaign
It pays to remember that Cornell is composed of thousands of individuals, all of them pursuing a dream. Three of them tell their stories on the Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell Web site. (Sept. 20, 2007)

Cornell University announces $450 million in campaign gifts
At a June 13 press conference in New York City, Cornell announced $450 million in campaign gifts for the medical college, and life sciences and intercampus research. Joan and Sanford Weill's $300 million is largest gift in Cornell history. (June 13, 2007)

Meinig family gives $25 million to support life sciences research
On May 25, Cornell President David Skorton announced the $25 million gift, which will establish the Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigatorships in the Life Sciences. (May 26, 2007)

Why annual fund is one of Cornell's 'most essential resources'
The Cornell Annual Fund supports every person, in every study, every year, says trustee Robert Katz '69, and allows the university to make strategic investments and take advantage of opportunities that emerge. (May 24, 2007)

'Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell' is not just for Cornell
As CU's outreach programs flourish, it is clear that Cornell is becoming the land-grant university to the world. (May 2, 2007)

A beloved professor to be remembered with Clinton Rossiter Professorship
Thanks to the effort of three notable Cornell alumni, the College of Arts and Sciences is planning to establish the Clinton Rossiter Professorship in American Institutions in the Department of Government. (March 13, 2007)

Mary Berens appointed Cornell campaign senior officer
Mary F. Berens, director of alumni affairs, has been named senior campaign officer for Cornell's ambitious $4 billion fund-raising campaign. Her appointment to this newly created position is effective Sept. 1. (March 7, 2007)

Dyson Scholars endowment to boost Undergraduate Business Program
A new scholarship program funded with a $5 million gift from the Dyson Foundation will soon benefit top students in the Undergraduate Business Program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. (Feb. 1, 2007)

Our campaign blueprint for 21st-century Cornell
Ithaca campaign co-chairs Jan Rock Zubrow '77 and Stephen B. Ashley '62, MBA '64, write about their views of the campaign. (Jan. 24, 2007)

Susan Holt named chief development officer at Weill Cornell
Susan Holt has been named to the newly created position of chief development officer at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is responsible for creating a new Office of Institutional Advancement. (Dec. 22, 2006)

$15 million gift establishes Appel Alzheimer's institute at WCMC
A $15 million donation from Helen and Robert Appel will establish the Appel Institute for Alzheimer's Research at Weill Cornell Medical College. The institute will seek to better understand the debilitating disease, develop treatments and eventually find a cure. (Dec. 19, 2006)

Alumnus Miguel Ferrer hosts dinner for Rhodes in San Juan
Miguel Antonio Ferrer '59 hosted a Cornell Club of Puerto Rico reception Nov. 19, which kicked off a $1 million fund-raising effort for Puerto Rican student scholarships. (Dec. 11, 2006)

Many faces of a successful $4 billion partnership
This is the first of a regular column following the progress of The Campaign for Cornell, the five-year, $4 billion universitywide fund-raising effort announced in October. (Dec. 6, 2006)

$15 million gift will support entrepreneurship at Hotel School
The gift, from Leland 'Lee' Pillsbury '69 and his wife, Mary, will support the Hotel School's Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship. It is the school's largest single gift in its history. (Nov. 14, 2006)

Irwin and Joan Jacobs endow $30 million in scholarships to engineering college
Alumni Irwin '54, BEE '56, and Joan '54 Jacobs have established a $30 million scholarship and fellowship endowment for Cornell's College of Engineering. It is the largest gift pledged to date specifically for scholarships in Cornell's recently announced $4 billion campaign. (Nov. 2, 2006)

President Skorton toasts Ithaca campaign kickoff
Hundreds of Cornellians gathered Oct. 27 in Barton Hall to celebrate the kick off of the university's $4 billion campaign. (Oct. 30, 2006)

Cornell University announces $4 billion campaign
Emphasizing links between the Ithaca and New York City campuses, alumni joined trustees, administrators and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the Weill Cornell Medical College Oct. 26 to launch the 'public phase' of the university's $4 billion campaign. (Oct. 26, 2006)

President Skorton answers questions on the campaign
Cornell President David Skorton sat down with Cornell Chronicle editors to talk about the the five-year campaign's public phase, launched this week in New York City. (Oct. 26, 2006)

From boosting financial aid to building facilities, campaign is aimed at far-reaching investments
The goals for Cornell's $4 billion campaign can be summed up in three words: students, faculty and facilities. (Oct. 26, 2006)

Campaign includes a focus on intercampus collaboration
Now more than ever, researchers are bridging the distance between Ithaca and New York City to collaborate on big-picture projects -- the kinds that require the combined expertise of theoreticians, experimentalists and clinicians. (Oct. 26, 2006)

Lessons learned from the previous campaign
Campaigns are not just about raising a lot of money -- they are about raising a lot of money for specific academic priorities. That is a major lesson learned from Cornell's last record-setting $1.5 billion campaign, 1990-95. (Oct. 26, 2006)

Selling 'transformational ideas': An interview with Charlie Phlegar
As Cornell prepares to unveil its five-year campaign goal, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Charlie Phlegar sat down with the Cornell Chronicle editors to answer questions about the upcoming launch of the campaign's public phase. (Oct. 18, 2006)