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Cornell University was founded in 1865 in Ithaca, New York. It has a small city campus across 14 colleges and schools. Cornell offers numerous academic firsts, including the first journalism, veterinary medicine, and engineering degrees awarded in the US. The university has many notable alumni and is known for traditions like midnight shouting before exams.
Cornel university
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- 2. Was founded Opened April 27,1865 1868 Type Private & Public Selectivity most Location Ithaca, New York, U.S. Campus Small city Colors Colleges and schools Carnelian, White 14 Athletics NCAA Division I Ivy League Nickname Bir Red Bear Emblem of Cornell University Motto: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study."
- 3. Qatar campus Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar is in Education City, near Doha.
- 4. Famous cornellians Ruth Bader Ginsburg E.B. White '21, author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little Toni Morrison M.A. '55, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Ann Coulter '84, media personality Bill Nye the "Science Gul" '77 Hu Shih '14, Chinese ambassador, philosopher, poet
- 5. Cornels firsts The solution to the Poincar辿 Conjecture, one of the most famous problems in mathematics, was first posted on Cornell's arXiv.org.
- 6. Cornels firsts Cornell endowed the nation's first professorships in American history, musicology, and American literature.
- 7. Cornels firsts Cornell established the first four-year schools of hotel administration and industrial and labor relations.
- 8. Cornell awarded the world's first degree in journalism, the nation's first degree in veterinary medicine, and the first doctorates in electrical and industrial engineering. Cornels firsts
- 9. Cornels firsts Cornell was the first U.S. university to offer a major in American studies.
- 10. The first university to teach modern Far Eastern languages, Cornell's IMPAC program now provides intensive study of Mandarin Chinese. Cornels firsts
- 11. FACTS Cornell is the youngest member of the Ivy League. The football team has won the Ivy League championship three times, last in 1990 Cornell and UPenn have the seventh most-played rivalry in college football. When Harvard plays Cornells mens hockey team, some fans throw fish on the ice. Cornell was originally called Ezrabius Corpus University. Ezra wanted it to have an academic sound to it. It wasnt until people started mispronouncing the name that he soon changed it to just Cornell University. Ithaca was originally the city of Moan, NY. Ezra thought Ithaca sounded better. Moan stood for middle of absolutely nowhere. A.D. White was ACTUALLY Ezra Cornells father. The Titanic was built on West Campus. The Dump and Run sale was named after Ezras favorite hobby, dumping in peoples backpacks, zipping them, and running away. Vincent Van Gogh was supposed to teach an art class at Ezras new university, but then pulled out last minute. Ezra cut his ear off because he said he didnt listen to him.
- 12. Cornell consists of nine privately endowed colleges as well as four publicly supported "statutory colleges": the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences College of Human Ecology School of Industrial Labor Relations College of Veterinary Medicine Seven schools provide undergraduate programs and an additional seven provide graduate and professional programs
- 14. Housing Hasbrouck Apartments Apartments in Collegetown Student residence on University Ave
- 19. White Hall
- 20. Lincoln Hall Lincoln Hall is a red stone building built in high Victorian Gothic style. The building is home to the Music Department. It contains state-of-the-art classrooms, practice and rehearsal rooms, a music library, a recording facility, and a range of listening and study areas
- 21. Barnes Hall is home to the primary performance space for Cornell's Music Department. Chamber music concerts, recitals and small ensemble performances all take place in the hall that can seat roughly 280. Barnes Hall
- 22. Traditions Before every prelim, or midterm, many students vent their frustration by screaming their lungs out. Some say shouting before exams is a healthy way to de-stress yourself. Students begin shouting at midnight in various places: hallways, rooms, gorges, you name it.
- 24. Lacrosse Team
Editor's Notes
- Cornell is located in Ithaca, a city in central New York State with a population close to 100,000. The region is known for its natural beauty, with waterfalls and gorges bracketing the campus. When the weather is nice, outdoor activities are popular, including sailing, swimming, skiing, and hiking. There are also state parks are just ten minutes away from campus, New York City and Toronto are less than a five-hour drive away. Ithaca also has commercial centers that students visit, including Collegetown, which features a number of restaurants, shops, and bars. Some upperclassmen choose to live in the districts apartment buildings. Ithacas small businesses give off a small town feel: used bookstores, art house cinemas, craft stores, and vegetarian restaurants contribute to the character of the community.
- Cornellians are noted for their accomplishments in public, professional, and corporate life.[4][248]Taiwan's former PresidentLee Teng-hui,[249]former President ofCubaMario Garc鱈a Menocal,[250]and formerIranianPrime Minister Jamshid Amuzegar ('50)[251]all graduated from Cornell. Hu Shih ('14) was the ambassador to the United States during World War II and later China's representative to the United Nations. He is widely recognized today as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and language reform in his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese.[252]In the United States, numerousCongressmenandCabinet members, includingPaul Wolfowitz('65)[253]andJanet Reno('60),[254]and oneSupreme Courtjustice,Ruth Bader Ginsburg('54),[255]have been Cornellians. After his Cornell education,David Starr Jordan(1872)[256]went on to become the president of Indiana University and subsequently founding president ofStanford Universityafter former Cornell presidentAndrew Dickson Whiteturned down the position.M. Carey Thomas(1877)[257]foundedBryn Mawr Collegeand was its second president.Lieutenant ColonelMatt Urban('41)[258]is the most decorated serviceman in United States history. Arnold Tremere ('68)[259]was appointed as the Canadian International Grains Institute Executive Director
- Cornell consists of nine privately endowed colleges as well as four publicly supported "statutory colleges": the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Human Ecology, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and College of Veterinary Medicine. Seven schools provide undergraduate programs and an additional seven provide graduate and professional programs In 2009, Cornell ranked third among universities in the U.S. in fund-raising, collecting$446.75million in private support . In addition to the central University development staff located in Ithaca and New York City, each college and program has its own staffed fundraising program. In 2006, Cornell launched a $4billion fundraising campaign, which reached $3billion in November2010.