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nearly three years early, according to the projectmanager.a finance streamlining initiative include a sharingof best practices, improved compliance, seamlessbackup when a team member is on vacation, andmore consistency in how transactions are processed,said directors of Cornell’s financial transaction andbusiness service centers.New FacilitiesArchitecture students “take possession”of MilsteinAugust 29, 2011—and fifth-year architecture students walked from SageChapel and entered Milstein Hall for the first time toclaim their desks in studio classes. The new 257-seat“The auditorium is the last space to be completed, but itthe complex geometries and spatial qualities of thisMuseum’s new wing expandsstorage, programmingOctober 5, 2011—The Herbert F. Johnson Museumof Art will celebrate the opening of its new wingthe museum, is constructed of glass and concrete,and its landscaping includes a new Japanese gardenrepresenting the subject of a 17th-century scroll inthe museum’s collection. With three stories aboveand below ground, the wing is based in part on I.M.underground extension to the north that was never built.The wing includes staff offices and new exhibition andprogram spaces and will double the previous storagecapacity for collections. The wing was designed by theCollege of Human Ecology unveilsnew buildingOctober 11, 2011—with high-tech laboratories and classrooms, studiosfor drawing, design, and fabrication, and a spaciousgallery—is likely a conversation piece for many. Thewith a ribbon cutting, was designed by the architecturefirm Gruzen Samton to enable collaborations. “There’sa commingling of research units and faculty expertisebuilding is intentionally designed to foster these types ofCornell in NYCNYC chooses Cornell-Technion to buildtech campusDecember 19, 2011—The news was met with cheersfrom live-streamed supporters on two continents. Aftermonths of negotiations, cheerleading, and pleading theircase, Cornell and partner the Technion-Israel Instituteof Technology were announced the winner of a bidto build a groundbreaking new campus in New Yorktechnology campus. The project, he said, promisesto spur economic growth, job creation, and high-techentrepreneurship. The announcement followed just daysinvoked Cornell’s history as New York State’s landgrantuniversity. With the promise of an 11-acre parcelgrowth.about the university’s innovative, interdisciplinaryTechnion; the plans to be a sustainable campus with anet-zero energy core; and the support from students,alumni, and the board of trustees.34Annual Report 2011–2012