[_delirium]

Hmm, this submission and some other comments around the web call the article "Stanford & Cornell Fight to Win Bid for Engineering Campus in Manhattan", but it's now been changed to not mention Manhattan. From what I can tell, none of the proposed sites are in Manhattan.

[jrmurad]

I lived on Roosevelt Island for a year. It may not be geographically Manhattan but I it (and other East River islands) is in the jurisdiction of that borough.

[nitashatiku]

Roosevelt island is in the borough of Manhattan and counted as Manhattan in the census. It's sort of independent but definitely associated with Manhattan proper.