NY Mayor Gives Applied Sciences Campus Proposal Update

Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference on Oct. 31 to give an update on the Applied Sciences campus proposals.
NY Mayor Gives Applied Sciences Campus Proposal Update
Zachary Stieber
10/31/2011
Updated:
10/1/2015

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The partnership headed by New York University proposes a proposes retrofitting this building for a new six-story lab space. The partner institutions are University of Toronto, University of Warwick (United Kingdom), The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, City University of New York, and Carnegie Mellon. (New York University)

Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference on Oct. 31 to give an update on the Applied Sciences campus proposals.

“They’re all more serious than we thought,” said Bloomberg. “Everyone will require study, there’s none you can throw out.”

Seven proposals were submitted, from 17 institutions; many of the proposals featured partnerships between schools.

Surprise additions to the playing field included India’s Amity University, and a partnership between New York Genome Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Rockefeller University, and State University of New York Stony Brook.

Cornell University teamed with Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and Stanford University submitted a joint proposal with City College of New York.

Columbia University was a solo submission, while New York University partnered with University of Toronto, University of Warwick (United Kingdom), The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, City University of New York, and Carnegie Mellon.

Carnegie Mellon is also part of another submission with Steiner Studios.

“The one thing that’s for sure is, after we saw the seven, there is no frontrunner,” said Bloomberg.

The City will evaluate the proposals, and, with an advisory committee composed of civic, business, and academic leaders, is expected to make a decision in January.

The new campus will receive $100 million in funding from the city and tax-free land. Possible locations include Brooklyn’s Navy Yard, Roosevelt Island, and Governor’s Island.