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This is so depressing -- what NYC really needs is Stanford or MIT. Cornell is a wonderful school, but there is nothing to indicate that they know anything about
by michaelpinto 15y ago
This is so depressing -- what NYC really needs is Stanford or MIT. Cornell is a wonderful school, but there is nothing to indicate that they know anything about tech...
- secretasiandan 15y agoIf you're asserting that Cornell has a poor engineering program, I think you need to do a little more research "Among graduate engineering programs, Cornell was ranked 9th in the United States by U.S. News in 2008" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University I don't think NYC needs a Stanford or MIT, they need someone who will treat the NYC campus as a primary focus. For that reason Columbia and Cornell should come first. You might argue that Columbia already has a presence but that doesn't mean they're NOT hurting for space. Furthermore, Cornell already has a NYC presence as well.
- newhouseb 15y agoYeah, for anyone who wasn't know (I only found out recently), Cornell's medical school is in NYC.
- michaelpinto 15y agohow many CEOs or CTOs of silicon valley success stories are cornell grads? how many many startups that get funding are headed by grads from cornell? and since when does US News and World Report know anything about technology? i've been paying my dues in silicon alley since the late 80s and this isn't what i've been waiting for my entire life...
- whatthefish 15y agoFrom Wikipedia: A number of Cornellians have been prominent innovators, starting with Thomas Midgley, Jr. ('11),[287] the inventor of Freon. Jeff Hawkins ('79)[288] invented the Palm Pilot and subsequently founded Palm, Inc. Graduate Jon Rubinstein ('78)[289] is credited with the development of the iPod. William Higinbotham developed Tennis for Two in 1958, one of the earliest computer games and the predecessor to Pong, and Robert Tappan Morris developed the first computer worm on the Internet. The most direct evidence of dark matter was provided by Vera Rubin ('51).[290] Jill Tarter ('66)[291] is the current director of the SETI Institute and Steve Squyres ('81)[292] is the principal investigator on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. Eight Cornellians have served as NASA astronauts. Bill Nye ('77) is best known as "The Science Guy".[293] Really, you should know the Robert Morris one off the top of your head at the very least.
- 3am 15y agoThe CTO of RightScale, Thorsten Von Eicken, taught the undergrad computer architecture course (CS 314) for a couple of semesters.
- Alex3917 15y agoAlso, Cornell is named after a guy who made his money in the communication technologies business. Unlike Yale, Stanford, Duke, and most of the other elite schools in the U.S., which are named after drug dealers.
- kloncks 15y agoDrug dealers!? Please elaborate.
- Duff 15y agoElihu Yale was a Governor of the British East India Company, which made the King rich by peddling drugs to the Chinese, among other thing. Don't know about the rest.
- ctkrohn 15y agoDuke's name comes from a tobacco businessman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan_Duke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan_Duke
- rayiner 15y agoCornell has an excellent engineering school (much better than Columbia or NYU). Not quite as good as Stanford or MIT, but a much stronger ties to NYC.
- csmajorfive 15y agoYou are terribly misinformed. Cornell has a fantastic CS program and in general a very strong engineering school. #5 in CS: http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-gradu... #9 in Engineering: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/...