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Trustees move forward with new humanities building
On Jan. 19, the Buildings and Properties Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees unanimously approved relaunching the design phase of the new humanities building, the first at Cornell in more than 100 years. The building, which will provide 33,250 square feet of new programmable space, will include about 124 modular office-sized spaces that can be used as offices or meeting, conference and seminar rooms.
"Game-changing" NYC Tech Campus goes to Cornell, Technion
Mayor Michael Bloomberg made the announcement at a Dec. 19 press conference at Weill Cornell Medical College. The "game-changing" applied sciences and technology campus, he said, promises to spur economic growth, job creation and high-tech entrepreneurship. If built today, the campus's 150,000-square-foot core academic building would be the largest net-zero energy building in the eastern United States and among the top four largest such buildings in the United States.
Rules for accessible parking to change February 1
A new Accessible Parking Program for staff and faculty, endorsed by the University Assembly, will help Cornell Transportation Services manage increases in demand for central campus accessible parking and offer an equitable basis for providing accessible parking options. The new program uses the municipal handicap placard process to determine eligibility for long-term accessible parking.
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