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Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White. Since its founding, Cornell has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institution. As of fall 2023, the student body included 16,071 undergraduate and ...
Lynah Rink (pronounced LIE-nuh) is a 4,267-seat hockey arena at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, that opened in 1957.Named after James Lynah, Class of 1905, who was the director of Cornell athletics from 1935 to 1943, it is home to the Big Red men's and women's ice hockey teams. [1]
North Campus of Cornell University in 2006, before the residential expansion. North Campus is a mostly residential section of Cornell University's main campus in Ithaca, New York. It includes the neighborhoods located north of Fall Creek. All freshmen are housed on North Campus as part of Cornell's common first-year experience and residential ...
One of the most recognizable buildings on the Cornell University campus, Jennie McGraw Tower, at the top of Libe Slope on Cornell's main campus [1] Central Campus is the primary academic and administrative section of Cornell University's main campus in Ithaca, New York. It is bounded by Libe Slope to its west, Fall Creek to its north, and ...
Cornell University Chorus women performing at a Christmas Open House, c. 1950 The Cornell University Chorus was founded at Cornell University in 1920 as the Cornell Women's Glee Club . [ 1 ] The chorus is a 60-member treble choir with a repertoire that includes masses, motets, spirituals, classical , folk , 20th-century music , and traditional ...
As the university and town grew, the need for a larger, dedicated stadium on campus became apparent. [ 1 ] Following the death of former Cornell football player and head football coach Henry Schoellkopf in 1912, his close friend, Willard Straight , donated $100,000 (equivalent to $3,157,000 in 2023) to construct the Schoellkopf Memorial Hall in ...
Student interest was overwhelming: the university received over 1000 applications for the roughly 200 spots in the building. [6] Having demonstrated student interest in such a dormatory, in fall 1970, Risley Hall thus became the home of Risley Residential College for the Fine and Performing Arts, Cornell's first "program house." [7]
The Cornell University Glee Club (CUGC), founded in 1868, is the oldest student organization at Cornell University. The CUGC is a thirty-nine member chorus for tenor and bass voices, with repertoire including classical , folk , 20th-century music , and traditional Cornell songs .