Cornell has launched an ambitious series of initiatives to enhance faculty hiring and pave the way to new discovery. The focus areas of the initiatives target strategic, collaborative discipline areas that point the way toward the discoveries and solutions of tomorrow: nanoscale science and molecular engineering; genome biology; data science; sustainability; the social sciences; infection biology; and the humanities and arts. Over the next couple of years, Cornell will be aligning its strategic fundraising initiatives around this investment in academics and will recruit the faculty that will ensure Cornell's future excellence, inspiring our students and creating new knowledge that will influence the world.