Facilities Services

Architect Thom Mayne and Morphosis chosen to design first NYC tech campus academic building

The building -- which Cornell plans to open in fall 2017 -- will serve as the flagship academic structure for the new CornellNYC Tech campus. The 150,000-square-foot academic building, which will be home to the Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute, will have teaching and faculty office space, and also will likely have space to facilitate interactions and to enhance the opportunities of chance encounters between people to exchange ideas.

Facilities Services recommits to a workplace culture of Diversity and Inclusion

On April 9, with the stroke of a pen, 20 strokes, to be exact,the new members of the Facilities Services Diversity Advisory Group signed the division's Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion statement at a meeting on April 9, taking on the diversity leadership role that the 14 former members had held since 2009.

Cornell is making the gorges safer

Cornell has committed more than $1.56 million to date to make Cornell's gorges safer, with another $800,000 pending approval. Funding included a 1,200-pound custom-made gate, which was installed at the lower entrance to the Cascadilla Gorge trail in fall 2011. The gate allows Cornell Plantations staff to close the trail each winter when conditions are unsafe.