Technology can sometimes be thought of as incompatible with the humanities. However, in the end of the day, the technology is used to enhance human lives which requires knowledge about how humans may interact with it. There is very little higher education that is focused on teaching technology, business and other humanities. Cornell’s new venture, Corenll Tech is going to fill this gap in higher education.

I had the opportunity of attending a Rose Cafe Series with Dr. Adam Shwartz who came to talk about the Jacobs Institute at Cornell Tech. They have different concentrations to accommodate people with diverse interests who all want to incorporate technology in their field. The fascinating idea is to bring together people who have a different background who think that their field can benefit through technology. For example one of the programs is to connect health with technology. I could see many applications and benefits to our lives through the programs offered at Cornell Tech. It is a great new chapter for Cornell. It is very experimental in terms of a higher education program. They are striving to make it more applications based than theory. The students also get to discuss their projects with local startups and well established companies to understand how the work they are doing at Cornell Tech can be applied in the field. Our future is going to be based all on technology and it is exciting that Cornell is taking the first steps to creating professionals who understand the role of technology in different fields.