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Slope Day's origins can be traced to 1890, when the annual Navy Ball began on the Cornell University campus. The Navy Ball, held in October on the day before a major regatta on Cayuga Lake, was an evening dance with a band for the purpose of raising funds to support the Cornell crew and other athletic programs.
In 1958, the Cornell University Board of Trustees appointed William A. Smith, professor of education, as director of the Division of Summer Session, Extramural Courses and Part-time Study, marking the uniting of these programs under one director. [12] In the 1950s, Cornell offered its first programs for high school students.
Snoop Dogg performing during Slope Day in 2005. Slope Day is an annual day of celebration, held on the last full day of classes (usually the first Friday of May). Though Slope Day has gone through many reincarnations since its inception in 1901, in recent years focus has shifted to live musical performances open to the Cornell community and a select number of guests.
A Cornell University student walks along the campus in Ithaca, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 2021 (AP) ... as many universities across the US entered into some kind of virtual learning alternative as Covid-19 ...
The Messenger Lectures are a series of talks given by scholars and public figures at Cornell University.They were funded in 1924 by a gift from Hiram Messenger of "a fund to provide a course of lectures on the Evolution of Civilization for the special purpose of raising the moral standard of our political, business, and social life", to be "delivered by the ablest non-resident lecturer or ...
Cornell held a virtual graduation event for the Class of 2020 on June 13, 2021, [147] and an in-person event on September 19, 2021. [ 148 ] In June 2021, Cornell announced that the Fall 2021 semester would be fully in-person provided cases remained low; [ 149 ] in December 2021, Cornell moved all classes online at its Ithaca campus in response ...
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 ...
Newman Arena is a 4,473-seat multi-purpose arena at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, located in Bartels Hall, which is adjacent to Lynah Rink. It is home to the Cornell Big Red basketball and volleyball teams. It also holds the home of Cornell wrestling for larger events.