Cornell University has announced a $10 million gift from alumnus Adam J. Levinson ('92) and his wife, Brittany, to expand its China and Asia-Pacific Studies (CAPS) Program.

Founded in 2005 as part of the Department of Government in the College of Arts and Sciences, the program offers courses, language training, internships, and experiences for students internationally and in Washington, D.C., including additional opportunities to study U.S.-China relations, policies, and economic engagement. In recognition of the gift, the program will be renamed the Brittany and Adam J. Levinson '92 China and Asia-Pacific Studies Program.  

Levinson graduated with a degree in government and is the founder, managing partner, and CIO of Graticule Asset Management Asia, an alternative investment management firm based in Singapore. He also is the founder of the Detroit Children's Fund, a nonprofit focused on improving education outcomes in Detroit, and the co-founder of Revolution Enterprises, a multistate commercial cannabis company.

"I believe the U.S. has started a new era in relations with China, an era of strategic rivalry, so the CAPS program is more valuable for students than ever," said Levinson, who worked in Hong Kong with Goldman Sachs early in his career. "The relationship with China will be the most important bilateral relationship the U.S. must manage for the next two generations, at least....Just sounding the alarm on China will not be enough. We will miss out on a lot of opportunities if we don't develop a much more creative, compelling, and interesting strategy for managing this relationship."