After months as a presumed front-runner in an international competition to build a new applied-science campus in New York City, Stanford University unexpectedly dropped its bid on Friday. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
New York City said it is offering $100 million and a chunk of public land to lure a top-tier school to build a new applied-science campus in the city. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Purdue University has dropped its bid to build an applied-science campus in New York City, citing what it calls insufficient financial backing from the city. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Carnegie Mellon University and current Navy Yard tenant Steiner Studios have proposed building a new campus there as well, as part of the Bloomberg administration's contest to attract an applied-science school. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Mr. Bloomberg's administration has made the expansion of the city's tech sector a priority during the mayor's third term, with a push to attract more companies and plans to open a new applied-science school that will foster the talent sought by both start-ups and established companies such as Facebook. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
In December, the Bloomberg administration put out a request to higher education institutions around the world to submit plans to build a top-tier applied-science facility at one of a handful of city-owned sites. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Columbia wants to make the applied-science campus part of a planned expansion of its upper Manhattan campus. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Brian Harkin for The Wall Street Journal Brooklyn Navy Yard The New York City group is also trying to expedite the long approval process for a proposed convention center in Queens and the Bloomberg administration's proposed applied-science school. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Johnson will offer graduate degrees on the new campus, including joint degrees with applied-science programs, said Kent Fuchs, the university's provost. ❋ Melissa Korn (2012)
A new applied-science facility would help bolster New York's reputation as a destination for technological innovation to rival Boston and the Silicon Valley. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Stanford University and City University of New York said they will collaborate on plans to win city funding and public land for an applied-science campus on Roosevelt Island. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
The city has offered Governors Island as a possible site for a new applied-science school. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Stanford University, responding to New York's push to boost its profile in science and engineering, is considering a proposal to open an applied-science school in the city. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Columbia's proposal calls for making the applied-science campus part of a planned expansion of its upper Manhattan campus. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
The Indiana-based university was one of 27 institutions from the U.S. and abroad that have showed early interest in building an applied-science campus in the city. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Earlier this month, the city hosted representatives from some 20 educational institutions for an information session on the city's vision for an applied-science facility. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to announce on Monday that Cornell University won the high-profile competition to build a new applied-science campus in New York City, people familiar with the decision confirmed Sunday. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The Bloomberg administration says the applied-science school would bolster the city's number of qualified engineers, who are sought after by tech companies. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
The school was considering expanding out of Palo Alto, Calif. even before New York announced it was seeking a new applied-science school, said Jim Plummer dean of Stanford's School of Engineering. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
Cornell University is seeking to bolster its bid to construct an engineering and applied-science campus in New York City by teaming up with Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
