Cornell University and the New York City Economic Development Corporation hosted a career fair Friday as  part of the city’s ongoing “Tech Talent Draft” initiative, which seeks to give students career advice and exposure to NYC’s tech startup community.

CornellNYC Tech is “on if not ahead” of schedule, the new campus’ vice president, Cathy Dove, told Crain’s New York Business. Dove was profiled by the business newspaper for its September 10 print issue.

The city is currently conducting a review of Roosevelt Island to determine whether there will be adequate transportation to and from the campus.

Cornell has named two more professors to teach at the NYC tech campus in the spring, according to CornellNYC Tech Dean Huttenlocher.

"We’re looking for people with that extra edge," one professor says.

New York City is using funds earmarked for housing the homeless to help fund relocation costs associated with Cornell’s tech campus, according to documents and emails from housing officials obtained by the New York Daily News.

Speaking to a packed Schoellkopf Stadium, Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged the Class of 2012 to keep Cornell’s land grant mission, as well as the willingness to take risks, close to their hearts as they depart from The Hill at the University’s 144th Convocation on Saturday.

Since Stanford University dropped its bid for a tech campus in New York City three days before Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that Cornell won the competition, the university’s administration has largely kept the reasons for the pullout secret. However, a new profile of Stanford in this week's The New Yorker sheds light on the negotiations between the school and the city that ultimately led to its withdrawal.

Although Cornell is now wed to Roosevelt Island through a 30-year contract, the matrimony was far from inevitable, according to emails and documents about the tech campus recently obtained by The Sun.