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Cornell operates on a 4–1–4 academic calendar with the fall term beginning in late August and ending in early December, a three-week winter session in January, and the spring term beginning in late January and ending in early May. [125] Cornell is a land-, space-, and sea-grant university, and until 2014 was a sun-grant university as well ...
Unlike most other traditional dormitories on campus, Risley is a residential college, meaning that the house members, "Risleyites", are encouraged to eat together at the in-house dining hall, can live as house members for all four or five years they spend enrolled at Cornell, and participate in educational activities, such as guest lectures ...
900 Stewart Avenue is a building in Ithaca, New York, noted for its Egyptian Revival architecture, its dramatic placement partway down a cliff, and being the residence of astronomer Carl Sagan.
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.
The Cornell Arts Quadrangle as seen from McGraw Tower A view of the Arts Quad on a sunny spring day. Goldwin Smith Hall viewed across the Arts Quad Old Stone Row on the Arts Quadrangle with (left to right) McGraw and Morrill Halls, and Uris Library) Klarman Hall Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Milstein Hall
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.
Fuertes Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the North Campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.The observatory was designed by L.P. Burnham, Cornell Professor of Architecture [1] and completed in fall of 1917.
Cornell University lost the case in 1910 and on appeal in 1912. Cornell eventually established a research forest south of Ithaca, the Arnot Woods. When New York State later funded the construction of a Forestry building for the Agriculture school, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell named it Fernow Hall.