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Stanford explores NYC engineering campus

38 points by SnowyEgret 15y ago

asr 15y ago
This is definitely not a done deal--NYC has solicited proposals from many institutions, and it's not certain they will do the project at all. The NYT has a nice overview here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/nyregion/bloombergs-big-push-for-an-applied-sciences-school.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/nyregion/bloombergs-big-pu...
- SnowyEgret 15y ago
  Thanks asr for the NYT overview...yes, they seem to be just in "talks" right now, but the prospect is pretty cool.
- jsherry 15y ago
  Perhaps just as interesting as the article itself are the comments. http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/nyregion/bloombergs-big-push-for-an-applied-sciences-school.html http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/0... It's interesting to hear the varied opinions from residents of NYC, some of who are angry about public dollars going toward a private institution while the public schools in NYC struggle. Also interesting are the varied opinions on competition in NYC: some love it, while some wish the money went towards the incumbents such as Columbia, etc. Personally, I think that the competition could help raise everybody's game in Applied Sciences area in NYC - at least that's the hope.
  - SnowyEgret 15y ago
    Jsherry...I am with you on competition...it definitely raises the standards of all of our endeavors, i.e., with ourselves and the evolution of our ideas, with startups and every business out there under the sun.
pvodsevhcm 15y ago
This is a repost. The headline is appropriate for the stanford daily, but it becomes misleading when it gets copied verbatim to a site with a much wider audience. NYC is soliciting bids, and Stanford is one of the universities that applied. Stanford is not independently looking to build an NYC campus, as the headline implies.
- SnowyEgret 15y ago
  Hi Pvodsevhcm, Thanks for your feedback. This actually wasn't my headline when I first put this link on HN. I guess the moderators changed the headline. I originally posted to HN with the headline: Attn. East Coast Hackers: Stanford May Soon Be Coming To NYC. Or something close to this wording.
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38 points by SnowyEgret 15y ago

asr 15y ago

This is definitely not a done deal--NYC has solicited proposals from many institutions, and it's not certain they will do the project at all. The NYT has a nice overview here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/nyregion/bloombergs-big-push-for-an-applied-sciences-school.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/nyregion/bloombergs-big-pu...

SnowyEgret 15y ago
Thanks asr for the NYT overview...yes, they seem to be just in "talks" right now, but the prospect is pretty cool.
jsherry 15y ago
Perhaps just as interesting as the article itself are the comments. http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/nyregion/bloombergs-big-push-for-an-applied-sciences-school.html http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/0... It's interesting to hear the varied opinions from residents of NYC, some of who are angry about public dollars going toward a private institution while the public schools in NYC struggle. Also interesting are the varied opinions on competition in NYC: some love it, while some wish the money went towards the incumbents such as Columbia, etc. Personally, I think that the competition could help raise everybody's game in Applied Sciences area in NYC - at least that's the hope.
- SnowyEgret 15y ago
  Jsherry...I am with you on competition...it definitely raises the standards of all of our endeavors, i.e., with ourselves and the evolution of our ideas, with startups and every business out there under the sun.

pvodsevhcm 15y ago

This is a repost. The headline is appropriate for the stanford daily, but it becomes misleading when it gets copied verbatim to a site with a much wider audience. NYC is soliciting bids, and Stanford is one of the universities that applied. Stanford is not independently looking to build an NYC campus, as the headline implies.

SnowyEgret 15y ago
Hi Pvodsevhcm, Thanks for your feedback. This actually wasn't my headline when I first put this link on HN. I guess the moderators changed the headline. I originally posted to HN with the headline: Attn. East Coast Hackers: Stanford May Soon Be Coming To NYC. Or something close to this wording.

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