As a leading university in the nation and the world, Cornell needs technology services that enable our community to meet our ambitious goals. 

The Cornell Experience Modernization Initiative (CEMI) is a multi-year program to unify and improve the systems used on all of Cornell’s campuses to support administrative services like human resources, finance, budget, student services, research, and institutional advancement. 

By focusing on how our faculty, staff, researchers, students, and other community members use our technology, this initiative will reveal how work gets done and how it might be accomplished more easily and accurately. Then, we’ll consider options for a modern toolset that will consolidate currently fragmented systems and data. The end goal is an efficient, more unified digital experience that spans all business functions and Cornell campuses. 

Modernizing the Cornell digital experience extends beyond a technology upgrade. A new, more integrated system, on its own, can deliver better data and more unified processes. But the system is fundamentally just an enabler. Throughout this initiative we hope to deliver new methods for teams to work across units, resulting in a better experience for all students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, patients, and partners. Updating the technology is a need, but improving the experience is the goal.