Many of our faculty, students, and staff received prestigious awards and accolades, launched or grew companies, and published a variety of groundbreaking research that advanced the fields of computer science, information science, and statistics and data science. 

We reached new milestones — including more than 2,000 undergraduate student majors and an outstanding graduating class in May that earned nearly 1,300 degrees. These graduates also had the honor of being the inaugural class to walk into Schoellkopf Field under the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science banner.

As a college, we launched a variety of strategic partnerships as part of the Cornell AI Initiative, including with NewYork-Presbyterian to improve cardiovascular disease outcomes, and the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures, to accelerate natural science and engineering research. We also partnered across Cornell to establish a new minor in data science and to develop and expedite tangible solutions to the climate challenge through the Cornell 2030 Project. 

Most recently, we celebrated the college’s naming and the groundbreaking of an academic building. The new building will bring our three departments into a single state-of-the-art complex and support rising enrollment and the hiring of additional faculty to advance our innovative, cross-disciplinary teaching and research. 

This is truly an exciting time for Cornell Bowers CIS.

Thank you for the many ways you have contributed to our success and in making the college a rewarding place to work and learn. I hope winter break provides ample opportunities for you to rejuvenate and reconnect with family and friends. 
 
With best wishes,