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[Historic $100 million investment to expand Engineering’s Duffield Hall](/stories/2025/03/historic-100-million-investment-expand-engineerings-duffield-hall)

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The commitment, the largest in Cornell Engineering’s history, from David A. Duffield ’62, MBA ’64, will significantly expand the college’s existing Duffield Hall, creating a new state-of-the-art home for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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Staff News

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[Inclusive Excellence Podcast: insights from the other hill](/stories/2025/03/inclusive-excellence-podcast-insights-other-hill)

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[Inclusive Excellence Podcast: Rethinking campus wellbeing](/stories/2025/02/inclusive-excellence-podcast-rethinking-campus-wellbeing)

[How to Beat the Winter Blues and More: A Q&A With Cornell Tech’s New Therapist Sarah Rubenstein-Gillis](/stories/2025/02/how-beat-winter-blues-and-more-qa-cornell-techs-new-therapist-sarah-rubenstein)

[Science and Technology Studies manager wins George Peter Award](/stories/2025/02/science-and-technology-studies-manager-wins-george-peter-award)

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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[First Level 3 EV fast-charging station opens on campus](/stories/2025/03/first-level-3-ev-fast-charging-station-opens-campus)

[Changes in bats’ diets increase spread of viruses, spillover risk](/stories/2025/03/changes-bats-diets-increase-spread-viruses-spillover-risk)

[Large-scale investment in research needed to maintain U.S. agriculture](/stories/2025/03/large-scale-investment-research-needed-maintain-us-agriculture)

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