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Following the announcement, the top leadershipteam was named, including Dan Huttenlocher asfounding dean, Cathy Dove as vice president, and TheTechnion’s Craig Gotsman as leader of the Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute. In addition, former Twitterwas selected to design the first tech campus building;the campus will be housed temporarily at Google’sManhattan headquarters.International CornellInternational Programs on the groundin BangladeshAugust 29, 2011—Cornell collaborations incombat climate change and develop a strong, selfsufficientagricultural sector, according to the country’sprime minister. Sheikh Hasina commended Cornell’ssupport and expressed a desire for long-term, fruitfulengagement in enhancing the sustainable income ofresource-poor farmers in the region, during a meetingwith representatives from the College of Agriculture andLaw students draft new South SudanconstitutionOctober 7, 2011—During the 2011 spring semester,of writing a draft constitution for the Republic of SouthSudan under the tutelage of Muna Ndulo, professorof law and director of Cornell’s Institute for AfricanDevelopment. The Republic of South Sudan becameAfrica’s newest independent state July 9 after citizensvoted overwhelmingly to secede from the north. Ndulo,is a consultant to the National Democratic Institute,which advises the new state on institution building as itemerges from Africa’s longest civil war.Skorton: Cornell must invest ininternational effortsMarch 1, 2012—In response to a white paper writtenformed a university-wide faculty committee chargedwith articulating the future of international studies andengagement at Cornell. In his paper, Skorton recognizesthe long and distinguished history of scholarly work,education, and outreach in international studies andinternational engagement, dating from the very foundingof the university. However, he means to “sound an alarmthat the entire worldwide Cornell family needs to heedin order to maintain and enhance one of the definingrelevant globally at just the time when challenges suchas global climate change, nuclear proliferation, infectiousdiseases, trade regulation, and many others requireNew CARE-Cornell partnership to fightglobal concernsApril 19, 2012—Cornell and the global humanitarianpartnership that will merge Cornell’s cutting-edgecreate solutions for global concerns, including worldhunger and climate change. The partnership is focusedin this strategic partnership is to advance sustainablefood systems, to strengthen the ability of women andtheir families, many of them facing chronic, severefood insecurity, to fight hunger, and to adapt to climatepartnership’s official launch, April 17, at the Center forStrategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.Campaign: Major GiftsAtlantic Philanthropies awards$15 million to CornellJuly 14, 2011—support financial aid for students in the Cornell Traditionprogram. The gift, which will be paid in three annualone of the largest current-use gifts to undergraduatescholarships in Cornell’s history. The grant is intendedto help the university meet its growing commitment tokeep Cornell affordable for students from all financialbackgrounds.Cornell Annual Fund crosses$30 million markJuly 28, 2011—In the fiscal year that ended June 30,37