Tag: Johnson
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President Rawlings announces landmark gift
Jan. 28, 2017 Dear Cornell Community, Today the Cornell University Board of Trustees approved a historic, transformative $150 million gift from Trustee Emeritus Fisk Johnson and SC Johnson to endow and name the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. This investment, the largest single gift ever made to the Ithaca campus and the second largest…
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Progress report on planning efforts
Feb. 4, 2010 Dear Cornellians, As we settle in for a productive semester, I write to share some general news and to provide a brief progress report on our several efforts to lay a secure financial foundation for our university. Cornell is once again in record demand among prospective students. We have now received over…
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Skorton, Fuchs announce reorganization of central university administration
Oct. 20, 2009 President David Skorton and Provost Kent Fuchs today announced a reorganization of the central university administration, aimed at establishing a more integrated leadership team, and streamlining university management. In all, the plan involves elimination of several positions in the central administration with a projected savings of over $2 million per year. Skorton…
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Reminder: Expression of personal and institutional opinion
Oct. 27, 2008 Dear member of the Cornell community, Recently, we distributed an email to the Cornell community, requesting that you exercise caution when using university resources, including e-mail, to express personal partisan or political opinions. If read literally and out of context, portions of the memo would prohibit common uses of university resources (e.g.,…