Fabuleux: le Technion et l'Université Cornell établissent un centre de recherche à New York

"Cornell University and our extraordinary partner, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, are deeply gratified to have the opportunity to realize Mayor Bloomberg's vision for New York City: to prepare tomorrow's expanding talent pool of tech leaders and entrepreneurs to work with the city's key industries in growing tomorrow's innovation ecosystem. Starting today, we are going to put our plan to work, tapping into our extensive connections throughout the city and build a truly 21st Century campus to fuel the creation of new businesses and new industries throughout the city for decades to come." (David J. Skorton, recteur de l'Université Cornell. Fondée en 1865, elle fait partie du groupe des huit prestigieuses universités de l'Ivy League. Cornell compte dans ses rangs 41 lauréats du prix Nobel qui lui sont affiliés (étudiants ou professeurs.)

Guysen: Le maire de New York, Michael Bloomberg, a annoncé lundi lors d'une conférence de presse festive à New York, que l'université Cornell et le Technion de Haïfa ont remporté un appel d'offres pou la construction d'un centre de recherche sur l'île de Roosevelt, près de Manhattan. 

Visiblement ému, le maire de New York, a salué notamment ''la force internationale'' apportée par le Technion à sa ville. C'est au Technion que ''l'Etat d'Israël doit d'être le pays des start-ups, avec 120 entreprises cotées au Nasdaq, dont la moitié a été fondée où est dirigée par des diplômés du Technion. Il s'agit d'une institution avec 3 prix Nobel et de nombreux autres résultats'', a-t-il ajouté. 

Globes (extraits): "The campus will have two million square-feet of applied science and engineering buildings on Roosevelt Island in the East River. The Tech Campus is a milestone in New York City's Applied Sciences NYC initiative, which seeks to increase New York's capacity for applied sciences and dramatically transform its economy. New York City will provide $100 million for the site's site infrastructure, construction, and related costs. Construction of the first phase of campus is scheduled to begin in 2015.
The campus will be organized around three interdisciplinary hubs: Connective Media, Healthier Life, and the Built Environment. Cornell will immediately offer Master and Doctoral degrees in areas such as Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Information Science and Engineering. In addition, after receiving the required accreditation, the campus will also offer innovative Technion-Cornell dual Master of Applied Sciences degrees.

The NYCTech Campus will host entrepreneurs-in-residence, organize business competitions, provide legal support for startups, reach out to existing companies to form research partnerships and sponsor research, and establish a pre-seed financing program to support promising research. In addition, the campus will structure its tech transfer office, which will be on-site, to facilitate startup formation and technology licensing. The NYCTech Campus will also establish a $150 million revolving financing fund that will be solely devoted to start-up businesses in new York City."