Our revolutionary history

From the beginning, we recognized that the Information Age was transforming society and saw the potential to guide and amplify that change.

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1990

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).

2005

Department of Statistical Sciences joins Faculty of CIS.

2010

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.

2022

2,000 undergraduate majors.

Cornell Bowers received formal recognition for the first time during Cornell Commencement ceremony.

2024

Cornell Bowers co-signs undergraduate diplomas with student’s admitting college. 

2025

New Computing and Information Science building opens.

Cornell Bowers complex established.

A color photo showing the new building for Cornell Bowers from Gates Hall
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