December 2011
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Stanford University withdraws its bid for a NYC... →
Stanford University has withdrawn its application to the city of New York to construct an applied sciences and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island.
November 2011
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Teaching Scientists To Become Entrepreneurs, One... →
“Stanford lecturer and former serial entrepreneur Steve Blank, who teaches the class along with Mohr Davidow General Partner Jon Feiber and True Ventures founder John Burke, said he thinks it could permanently change how companies get started, because it forces students to find and talk to prospective customers immediately as a way to shape their products.”
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The Evolution of the NY Tech Scene and Need for...
Andy Dunn is co-founder and CEO of Bonobos, now the largest apparel brand in the United States ever launched over the web.
The start-up scene in New York has transformed dramatically since I arrived in 2007 to co-found Bonobos. At my one bedroom apartment at 17th and Irving where I lived with 400 pairs of pants, I felt alone. Potential...
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Roosevelt Island Resident: Why Roosevelt Island...
Alex Fletcher is a Roosevelt Island resident and chemistry teacher.
The first time I laid eyes on Roosevelt Island I knew it was the only place in New York City that I would want to live. Where else in the city can you have a view of the Manhattan Skyline and river access and still be only minutes from midtown? The peaceful nature and tight knit community make Roosevelt Island feel like a...
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StanfordNYC is one of seven proposals for a new... →
“Universities are always a major magnet for talent – and the world’s most dynamic companies always gravitate to places where they can find the best and the brightest,” Bloomberg said. “Along with everything we are doing to diversify and strengthen our economy, a new applied sciences campus has the potential to be a real economic game changer that will create jobs...
October 2011
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StanfordNYC: Developing the Sustainable City of...
Jeff Koseff (pictured above at Machu Picchu) is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.
What will the city of the future look like?
What materials, technologies and processes will enable a city’s infrastructure systems to sustain its inhabitants and the environment? The...
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Mayor Bloomberg’s Bold Vision to Spark Innovation...
The success of China’s Haidian District highlights the fact that countries around the world are investing in entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Selig Sacks is a Senior Partner at Pryor Cashman, LLP and Co-Chair of its China Practice. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School and is also very involved in promoting the arts in NYC and a passionate New York Rangers fan.
This past March, I had...
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The Ripple Effect of Applied Sciences NYC
Tucker Reed is the Director of Special Projects, Two Trees Management Company.
As both a New Yorker and as an economic development professional, I couldn’t be more thrilled by 1) the Bloomberg administration’s competition for a new world-class applied science campus, and 2) the incredible enthusiasm it has generated. For once, it’s a major economic development initiative that everyone seems to...
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Googler: NYC Needs Stanford and Stanford Needs NYC
Serge Kassardjian (picture above in NYC) works at Google as a Strategic Partner Development in Mobile Commerce.
New York City is in a unique situation right now. It’s changing.
Several industries are core to New York: media, financial services, advertising, fashion, sports and social driven business (i.e. restaurants, nightlife), to name a few. Technology is influencing all these...
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New York City Continues Its History of Bold...
Sanjay Mody, Stanford Law School ’02, is a Former Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, 2007-2011.
On graduating from Stanford Law School almost a decade ago I was attracted to New York City by what has attracted countless others – its size and scale, its unmatched energy, its outsized personalities. Several years...
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David Kelley of Ideo raises level of design →
“I’m trying to make an impact on the world,” Kelley said. “After students have gone through our course, or companies have worked with us at Ideo, we hear people say they are more creative - at everything they do. I don’t care whether it’s wrapping Christmas presents or hosting dinner parties. It’s all parts of their lives. We are all about unleashing imagination.” - David Kelley, Professor and...
Up & Right: Applied Sciences NYC →
tomloverro:
Back in August, the NY Times ran an awesome discussion piece regarding Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to have an engineering and applied sciences university powerhouse open a campus in New York City—most likely going to either Stanford or Cornell. Some fantastic tech influencers weighed in including Craig Mod of Flipboard, Caterina Fake of Flickr & Hunch, Fred Wilson of USV, David...
Joint Stanford-CUNY program is first product of... →
“At one time, Stanford@CUNY would have looked like a typographical error. Today, it looks like the future.” - New York Daily News
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Tina Seelig (Stanford Technology Ventures Program)...
Tina Seelig, PhD (pictured in red jacket, above, teaching a Stanford course on creativity) is the Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, the entrepreneurship center at Stanford University’s School of Engineering.
Our team at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) is privileged to play a role in educating the next generation of entrepreneurs and...
President Hennessy and Professor Bernd Girod... →
“Quite frankly, Silicon Valley has done terrific, but if the country is going to maintain its leadership in this area it needs more than Silicon Valley.”
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Stanford + The City University of New York + The... →
In response to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s call to strengthen the city’s economy by creating a world-class applied science and engineering school, Stanford President John L. Hennessy, The City University of New York Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and City College President Lisa S. Coico today announced the creation of the Stanford-CUNY Collaboration at City College, or Stanford@CCNY.
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Noah Weiss (foursquare) on Stanford + NYC
Noah Weiss (pictured above, in the Stanford shirt with his NYC kickball team) is Product Manager at Foursquare. He lives and works in New York City. Noah graduated from Stanford with a B.A. in Science, Technology, and Society.
Everyone agrees more startups could help push NYC’s economy beyond its traditional strengths: finance, media, and advertising. An influx of new engineers would help the...
President Hennessy discusses the vision for... →
Why choose to do this in New York City? And why now?
“I’m convinced that this country’s leadership position in science and technology...”
– Stanford President John Hennessy