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Cornell University, which has been publicly seeking the chance to build a new applied sciences campus in New York City since July, announced Tuesday that it would join forces with the Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, in its final proposal. The city is seeking proposals for a new campus to help improve its technology industry, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the winning university could receive one of three plots of land and up to $100 million in infrastructure improvements paid for by the city. The partnership gives the Cornell some international prominence and a longer track record of successful spin-off inventions and companies.
Last week Stanford University, which has also been public about its interest in the competition, announced that it was teaming up with the City University of New York. Columbia University, New York University, Carnegie Mellon University, and others have also expressed interest, though not as vocally as Stanford and Cornell. The universities have until Oct. 28 to file their proposals.
