Friday, July 02, 2004
New Name and Enhanced Mission for Cornell's 20-year-old CAT

Ten-year funding commitments from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) to programs at Cornell University, as announced June 30 by Gov. George E. Pataki, will help the university's basic-research and technology-transfer efforts in the life and material sciences to emphasize regional economic development, as well as business and job creation.

The governor also announced a new name and enhanced mission for Cornell's 20-year-old New York State Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) in Biotechnology with a 10-year, $1 million per-year commitment to the redesignated Center for Life Science Enterprise at Cornell University.