Cornell公司收到55万加元的礼物,用于创建学校,处理气候、粮食安全和生物多样性问题。 Cornell receives $55M gift to create school addressing climate, food security, and biodiversity.

Stephen B. Ashley,Cornell校友和Rochester房地产执行官,向康奈尔大学农业和生命科学学院捐赠了5 500万美元,建立了Ashley全球发展与环境学院。 Stephen B. Ashley, a Cornell alumnus and Rochester real estate executive, has donated $55 million to Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, establishing the Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment. 这份礼物是CALS历史上最大的礼物,它将全球发展、自然资源和环境等部门合并起来,应对气候变化、粮食安全和生物多样性丧失等全球挑战。 The gift, the largest in CALS history, merges the departments of Global Development and Natural Resources and the Environment to tackle global challenges like climate change, food security, and biodiversity loss. 学校将维持目前的学术方案,规划未来提供教师投入,并招聘至少10名新教师,包括经济学家。 The school will maintain current academic programs, plan future offerings with faculty input, and recruit at least 10 new faculty, including economists. 它加强了与康奈尔·阿特金森可持续发展中心的联系,并推进了大学的土地赠与任务。 It strengthens ties with the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and advances the university’s land-grant mission.