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In 1876, eight years after its founding, Cornell University offered its first summer programs in botany, chemistry, drawing, entomology, geology, and zoology. [2]Cornell University Summer Session, historically known as Summer Courses, the Summer Term, or the Summer School, was formally established in 1892, one of the earliest such programs in the United States.
The 2019 California Energy Code became effective on January 1, 2020. [5] It focuses on such areas such as residential photovoltaic systems, thermal envelope standards and non-residential lighting requirements. Homes built under this code are about 53% more energy efficient than those built to comply with the 2016 Energy Code. [6]
Financier and Cornell trustee Emerson McMillin donated an additional $20,000 (equivalent to $654,000 in 2023) to purchase the requisite five-acre lot, the first expansion of Cornell's footprint north of the Fall Creek gorge, the beginning of the modern day North Campus. [2] The building was opened to students in 1913.
The Department of Planning also offers a winter program on sustainability in Panama, and a summer program on urban development in Brazil. [ 18 ] In 2006, the college opened AAP NYC, a 5,500-square-foot (510 m 2 ) facility near Union Square in New York City , as a work and display space as well as a venue for Cornell events.
The Recreation Residence Program authorizes the public to construct recreational cabins subject to various permit terms. As of 2014, there are over 14,000 Recreational Residences on Forest Service land and the owners of these residences are represented by the National Forest Homeowners group. [ 2 ]
A residential college is a division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals, the college having a degree of autonomy and a federated relationship with the overall university.
NYS AFL-CIO/Cornell Union Leadership Institute, which offers a one-year certificate programs for labor union leaders; R. Brinkley Smithers Institute for Alcohol-Related Workplace Studies; Worker Institute at Cornell [33] Since 1947, the school's faculty publishes a quarterly academic journal named the Industrial and Labor Relations Review. [34]
The HERO Program is an energy efficient financing program in the United States. The name HERO stands for Home Energy Renovation Opportunity. The HERO Program is a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program, which provides financing for energy-efficient, water-efficient and renewable energy products to home and business owners in approved communities within California and Missouri.