Department of Computer Science formed, established Ph.D. program; Juris Hartmanis appointed chair.
1960
1965
Department of Computer Science is formed
1966
First Ph.D. in CS awarded.
1970
1974
Program of Computer Graphics, started under Don Greenberg, receives NSF funding, first of its kind.
Scientific American’s May issue features a computer-generated cover image of renowned architect I.M. Pei’s Johnson Art Museum before it was built.
1978
Computer Science introduces bachelor’s degrees with partner colleges.
1979
John Hopcroft publishes “Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation” with colleague Jeffrey Ullman.
1980
1983
Computer Science M.Eng. program started.
1984
330 institutions use Cornell Synthesizer Generator to teach programming.
"The Cornell Box," made history as the first radiosity image, with computations measured in tens of minutes.
1985
Cornell Theory Center founded, one of only four NSF supercomputer centers.
1986
John E. Hopcroft received Turing Award for achievements in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.
1990
1991
arXiv founded, an open-access archive of scientific articles.
1993
Juris Hartmanis receives Turing Award for paper which established the foundations for the field of computational complexity theory.
1996
Department of Biometry established.
1999
Faculty of Computing and Information Science established.
2000
2001
Department of Statistical Sciences (DSS) established.
Department of Biometry dissolved and replaced with the Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology (BSCB).
2002
Information Science Ph.D. program and interdisciplinary minor established.
2005
Department of Statistical Sciences joins Faculty of CIS.
2005
Information Science major established; graduating the first five students.
2010
2010
Department of Information Science established.
2011
Cornell wins the NYC Tech campus bid.
2012
Cornell Tech begins operations out of several floors in Google’s building.
Dan Huttenlocher appointed as founding dean and vice provost; Deborah Estrin announced as first academic hire.
2014
Gates Hall becomes new home for Faculty of CIS.
2017
Cornell Tech campus opens on Roosevelt Island.
2017
Women represent 50 percent of Information Science majors.
2019
Faculty of CIS celebrates 20 years.
2019
Department of Statistics and Data Science established.
2020
2020
Transformative gift from Ann S. Bowers ’59 renames Faculty of CIS to the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science.
Kavita Bala appointed inaugural Dean of college.
2021
More than 1,000 degrees granted.
2021
Inaugural Associate Deans for Education, Research, and Strategic Projects appointed.
2021
AI becomes a Radical Collaboration.
2022
Groundbreaking of new building; college naming celebration.
2022
2,000 undergraduate majors.
Cornell Bowers received formal recognition for the first time during Cornell Commencement ceremony.
2023
Inaugural Associate Dean for Academic Affairs appointed.
Tenure process moved to Cornell Bowers.
2024
Cornell Bowers co-signs undergraduate diplomas with student’s admitting college.
2025
New Computing and Information Science building opens.
Cornell Bowers complex established.
