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A rendering of Cornell and Technion's plan for the new tech campus on Roosevelt Island. The project is a cornerstone of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's mayoral legacy. Image courtesy of Cornell University.
A MetroFocus Special: Tech Campus NYC
John Farley  |  December 22, 2011 12:22 PM | 3 Comments
Get the story behind the new applied science campus on Roosevelt Island, with interviews of the project's major players by Rafael Pi Roman and Jane Pauley.VIDEO
A rendering of Cornell's plans for a campus on Roosevelt Island. It isn't official yet, but sources with inside knowledge of the tech campus competition have indicated Mayor Michael Bloomberg will announce Cornell as the winner on Monday. Image courtesy of Cornell University.
Cornell Wins Tech Campus Competition
John Farley  |  December 19, 2011 11:02 AM | Updated: December 20, 2011 10:00AM | 3 Comments
The mayor announced that Cornell University was the winner of Applied Sciences NYC, a competition to build a massive new tech and engineering school in NYC. VIDEO
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The Tech Campus Cometh: How the Applicants for NYC’s Applied Sciences School Stack Up
John Farley and Bridget Leahy  |  October 28, 2011 4:00 AM | Updated: October 31, 2011 3:45 PM | 3 Comments

On Oct. 31, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city received seven proposals to build Applied Sciences, a new innovative tech campus. Here’s a comparison of the top contenders.

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