{
  "id": 14665890,
  "title": "Chuck Feeney’s $350m gift helped build Cornell Tech campus in New York",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/chuck-feeneys-350m-gift-helped-build-cornell-tech-campus-in-new-york",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-15T09:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/duty-free-billionaire-chuck-feeney-gave-cornell-350-million-in-2011-to-help-create-a-new-york-tech-campus-six-years-later-its-first-permanent-phase-opened-across-12-acres-of-roosevelt-island/articleshow/134961727.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In 2011, Chuck Feeney, a notable billionaire, pledged an impressive $350 million to create Cornell Tech in New York City. This generous gesture was pivotal in clinching a contest for a new technology campus. Launched in phases starting in 2017, this initiative integrates academic research with industry collaboration. Feeney believed in living philanthropy, contributing nearly $1 billion to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}