The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/partnership/)
Ithaca College is severing its nine-year long partnership with Cornell in Washington — beginning in spring 2020, IC students will no longer be able to participate in CIW. IC withdrew from the partnership, citing concerns over program costs.
In a naming ceremony, embellished with a ribbon cutting ritual, Cornell and 3M celebrated their partnership by christening the existing Food Safety and Quality Lab in Stocking Hall in early April.
Thursday’s news that Cornell quietly took millions in research contracts from Chinese telecom firm Huawei is alarming enough. But the University’s refusal to provide details about said contracts makes for an utter transparency failure. Cornell must acknowledge the perils of working with a firm wedded to China’s autocracy — and reveal the nature of its Huawei ties. Public data from the Department of Education shows that Cornell took $5.3 million from Huawei in 2017 via two research contracts. That’s troubling.
The Chinese company is currently embattled with several Western governments that have accused it of spying on behalf of the Chinese government.
Tech giant Amazon will soon become neighbors with Cornell Tech in New York City. Politicians, faculty, alumni and school officials all have a different take on how this is going to turn out.