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34 Qatar†(2) |undergrad = 13,510 Ithaca(3) and a member of the Ivy League.The student body consists of over 13,000 undergraduate and 6,000 graduate students from all fifty states and one hundred and twenty-two countries.(4) It is often considered as one of the top universities in the world, with consistent top 15 rankings. Cornell counts more than 255,000 living alumni, 28 Rhodes Scholars and 40 Nobel laureates affiliated with the university as faculty or students.(5)(6)(7) Cornell produces more graduates that go on to become doctors than any other university in the country. It also produces the largest number of graduates in the life sciences who continue for Ph.D. degrees,(8) and is ranked fourth in the world in producing the largest number of graduates who go on to pursue Ph.D.s at American institutions.(9) Research is a central element of the university's mission; in 2006 Cornell spent $649 million on research and development.(10) In 2007, Cornell ranked fifth among universities in the U.S. in fund-raising, collecting $406.2 million in private support.(11)The university is organized into seven undergraduate colleges and seven graduate divisions, each defining its own academic programs in near autonomy. Since the mid-20th century, the university has been expanding both its campus resources and influence worldwide. From a new residential college housing system to its 2001 founding of a medical college in Qatar, Cornell claims "to serve society by educating the leaders of tomorrow and extending the frontiers of knowledge."(12) Cornell was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White as a coeducational, non-sectarian institution where admission was offered irrespective of religion or race. Inaugurated shortly after the American Civil War, its founders intended that the new university would teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge — from the classics to the sciences and from the theoretical to the applied. These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's motto, an 1865 Ezra Cornell quotation: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study."(13)HistoryCornell Arts Quad 1919.jpg -
Cornell University was founded on April 27, 1865 by a New York State Senate bill that named the university as the state's land grant institution. Senator Ezra Cornell offered his farm in Ithaca, New York, as a site and $500,000 of his personal fortune as an initial endowment. Fellow senator and experienced educator Andrew Dickson White agreed to be the first president. During the next three years, White oversaw the construction of the initial two buildings and traveled about the globe, attracting students and faculty.(14)The university was inaugurated on October 7, 1868, and 412 men were enrolled the next day.(15) Two years later, Cornell admitted its first women students, making it the first coeducational school among what came to be known as the Ivy League. Scientists Louis Agassiz and James Crafts were among the faculty members.(16) It continues to forge partnerships with major institutions in India, Singapore, and the People's Republic of China.(17)(18)(19) The university, with its high international profile, claims to be "the first transnational university".(20) Residents of New York enrolled in the statutory colleges pay reduced tuition. Furthermore, the New York State Governor, the Speaker of the New York State Assembly, and the President Pro Tem of the New York State Senate all serve as ex-officio members of Cornell's Board of Trustees. The statutory colleges are an integral part of the State University of New York.(21) Despite some similarities, Cornell's contract colleges are not public or state schools — they are private institutions that Cornell operates under statutes, appropriations and contracts with New York State.Cornell is decentralized, with its colleges and schools exercising wide autonomy. Each defines its own academic programs, operates its own admissions and advising programs, and confers its own degrees. The only university-wide requirements for a baccalaureate degree are to pass a swimming test, take two physical education courses, and satisfy a writing requirement. Although students are affiliated with their individual college or school, they may take courses in any of the colleges, provided they have fulfilled the course prerequisites. A handful of inter-school academic departments offer courses in more than one college.Seven schools provide undergraduate programs and an additional seven provide graduate and professional programs. Students pursuing graduate degrees in departments of these schools are enrolled in the Graduate School. The School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions offers programs for college and high school students, professionals, and other adults.(22)Several other universities have used Cornell as their model, including the University of Sydney in Australia and the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom; the latter on the recommendation of one of its financiers, Andrew Carnegie.(23){| style="border:1px solid #ddd; background:#fefefe; padding:3px; margin:0;"|UndergraduateEndowed |
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For the August 2005 to May 2006 academic year, Cornell University had 1,594 full-time and part-time academic faculty members affiliated with its main campus.(62) Former Cornell President Hunter R. Rawlings III served as interim president for the 2005–06 academic year. David J. Skorton, former president of the University of Iowa, assumed office on July 8, 2006.International programsCornell offers undergraduate curricula with international focuses, including the Africana Studies, French Studies, German Studies, Jewish Studies, Latino Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Romance Studies, and Russian Literature majors. Cornell was the first university to teach modern Far Eastern languages.(63)The Asian Studies major, South Asia Program, Southeast Asia Program, and the newly launched China and Asia-Pacific Studies (CAPS) major provide opportunities for students and researchers in Asia. Cornell has an agreement with Peking University allowing students in the CAPS major to spend a semester in Beijing.(64) Similarly, the College of Engineering has an agreement to exchange faculty and graduate students with Tsinghua University in Beijing, and the School of Hotel Administration has a joint master's program with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has signed an agreement with Japan's National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,(65) as well as the University of the Philippines, Los Baños,(66) to engage in joint research and exchange graduate students and faculty members. It also cooperates in agricultural research with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.(67)In the Middle East, Cornell's efforts focus on biology and medicine. The Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar trains new doctors to improve health services in the region. The university is also developing the Bridging the Rift Center, a "Library of Life" (or database of all living systems) on the border of Israel and Jordan, in collaboration with those two countries and Stanford University.(68)Cornell has partnered with Queen's University in Canada to offer a joint Executive MBA. The innovative program includes both on-campus and videoconferencing-based, interactive virtual classroom sessions. Graduates of the program earn both a Cornell MBA and a Queen's MBA.(69)Rankings
The university ranked 14th in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report National Universities ranking (between Washington University in St. Louis and Johns Hopkins University), tied for 5th with Stanford University, Columbia University, and Brown University in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report High School Counselor rankings, and 12th globally in an academic ranking of world universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2006.(70)(71)(72) Britain's THES - QS World University Rankings ranked Cornell 14th in the world in 2005(73) and 15th in 2006.(74) Cornell was ranked seventh nationally and first among Ivy League universities in The Washington Monthly's 2007 ranking of universities' contributions to research, community service, and social mobility.(75) In 2006, The Princeton Review reported that Cornell ranked ninth as a "dream college" for high school students and their parents.(76) Newsweek named Cornell the 'Hottest Ivy' in its 2007 listing of America's 25 Hot Schools.(77) Instead of using the traditional school ranking methods, Newsweek offers a snapshot of today's most interesting colleges according to high school counselors, admissions officers, consultants, students, and parents, who noted Cornell for its emphasis on "problem-solving as well as scholarly debate" and "variety on campus" among other things.(78)
The Almanac of Architecture and Design along with Design Intelligence has consistently ranked Cornell's Bachelor of Architecture program as number one in the nation (in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007). In the 2008 survey, the program ranked second and the Master of Architecture program ranked third.(79) In 2008, Design Intelligence also ranked Cornell's undergraduate and graduate landscape architecture programs as 6th and 4th respectively, in the nation.missing image!
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Among business schools in the United States, the Johnson Graduate School of Management was ranked 7th by BusinessWeek in 2004,(80) 9th by Forbes in 2005,(81) 14th by U.S. News in 2008,(82) and 18th by The Wall Street Journal in 2005.(83) Worldwide, the school was ranked 17th by The Economist in 2005 and 36th by the Financial Times in 2006.(84)(85)The Undergraduate Business Program at Cornell University (or Applied Economics and Management program) ranked 4th Nationally in BusinessWeek's Best Undergraduate Business Programs for 2008.(86)U.S. News ranked the Weill Cornell Medical School as the 15th best in the United States in its 2007 edition.(87) The College of Veterinary Medicine was ranked first among national veterinary medicine graduate schools.(88) The Cornell Law School was ranked as the 12th best graduate law program among national universities.(89) In 2005, The National Law Journal reported that Cornell Law had the sixth highest placement rate at the top 50 law firms in the U.S. among law schools with recent graduates.(90)Among graduate engineering programs, Cornell was ranked 9th in the United States by U.S. News in 2008.(91) In 2006, Cornell was ranked 1st in the United States and 4th in the world in producing the most graduates who went on to receive engineering or natural science Ph.D.'s at American universities.(92) In its 2006,(93) 2007,(94) and 2008 (95) ranking of undergraduate engineering programs at universities in the United States, U.S. News placed Cornell 1st in engineering physics. In 1954, Conrad Hilton called the Cornell School of Hotel Administration "the greatest hotel school in the world."(96)According to the latest ranking of National Research Council in 1995, Cornell ranks sixth nationally in the number of graduate programs in the top ten in their fields.(97) Cornell had 19 ranked in the top 10 in terms of overall academic quality. Also National Research Council ranked the quality of faculties as 5th in Arts and Humanities, 6th in Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and 5th in Engineering.Librarymissing image!
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The Cornell University Library is the eleventh largest academic library in the United States, ranked by number of volumes held.(98) Organized into twenty divisions, in 2005 it held 7.5 million printed volumes in open stacks, 8.2 million microfilms and microfiches, and a total of 440,000 maps, motion pictures, DVDs, sound recordings, and computer files in its collections, in addition to extensive digital resources and the University Archives.(99) It was the first among all U.S. colleges and universities to allow undergraduates to borrow books from its libraries.(100)The library plays an active role in furthering online archiving of scientific and historical documents. arXiv, an e-print archive created at Los Alamos National Laboratory by Paul Ginsparg, is operated and primarily funded by Cornell as part of the library's services. The archive has changed the way many physicists and mathematicians communicate, making the e-print a viable and popular means of announcing new research.PressThe Cornell University Press, established in 1869 but inactive from 1884 to 1930, was the first university publishing enterprise in the United States.(101) It was established in the College of the Mechanic Arts (as mechanical engineering was called in the 19th century) because engineers knew more than literature professors did about running steam-powered printing presses. From its inception, the press has offered work-study financial aid: students with previous training in the printing trades were paid for typesetting and running the presses that printed textbooks, pamphlets, a weekly student journal, and official university publications.Today, the press is one of the country's largest university presses.(102) The press's acquisitions, editorial, production, and marketing departments have been located in Sage House since 1993, and the financial department is on Cascadilla Street in downtown Ithaca.(103) The University Charter provided for free instruction to one student chosen from each Assembly district in the state.(104) Even after the decree, all Ivy League schools continue to award aid on financial need without offering any athletic scholarships.In 2007-2008, Cornell has budgeted $116.8 million of its own resources on undergraduate financial aid, 94 percent of which will be spent on grant aid. Sixty-four percent of all Cornell students receive some financial aid.(105)On January 31, 2008, Cornell announced a new financial aid initiative to be phased in over the next two years. In the first year, 2008-09, Cornell will eliminate need-based loans for undergraduate students from families with incomes under $60,000, and cap them annually at $3,000 for students from families with incomes between $60,000 and $120,000. The following year, 2009-10, the program will take full effect by eliminating need-based loans for students from families with incomes up to $75,000, and capping annual loans at $3,000 for students from families with income between $75,000 and $120,000. The initiative will cost an additional $14 million per year when fully implemented.(106)Student lifeActivitiesmissing image!
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For the 2006–07 academic year, Cornell had 901 registered student organizations. These clubs and organizations run the gamut from kayaking to full-armor jousting, from varsity and club sports and a cappella groups to improvisational theatre, from political clubs and publications to chess and video game clubs.(107) They are subsidized financially by academic departments and/or the Student Assembly and the Graduate & Professional Student Assembly, two student-run organizations with a collective budget of $3.0 million per year.(108)(109) The assemblies also finance other student life programs including a concert commission and an on-campus movie theater. Cornell International Affairs Society hosts the Cornell Model United Nations Conference for high school students every spring. Student organizations also include a myriad of musical groups that play everything from classical, jazz, to ethnic styles in addition to the Big Red Marching Band, which performs regularly at football games and other campus events.(110) Organized in 1868, the oldest student organization is the Cornell University Glee Club. Cornell is home to two secret senior honor societies called Sphinx Head and Quill and Dagger that have maintained a presence on campus for well over 115 years.Cornell hosts the second largest fraternity and sorority system in North America, with 66 chapters involving 28% of male and 22% of female undergraduates.(111)(112) Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter organization established for African Americans, was founded at Cornell in 1906. During the 2004–05 academic year, the Greek system committed 21,668 community service and advocacy hours and raised $176,547 in philanthropic efforts.Press and radio
- The Cornell Daily Sun is the oldest continuously independent college daily newspaper in the United States, having published since September 1880. In 1912, it became the first collegiate member of the Associated Press. The Sun currently publishes print and online editions five days a week while classes are in session and publishes content online during all school breaks. The Sun is distributed on Cornell's campus, around Ithaca and can be subscribed to outside of Ithaca.(113)
- The Cornell Chronicle, published by the Division of University Communications with a print edition distributed Fridays during the academic year and an online edition updated daily, is the university's newspaper of record, containing news and features about university programs, research, students, faculty and the administration, and a calendar of events.
- The Cornell Review is an conservative tabloid newspaper published by students every two weeks. The Review incorporated in 1986 as The Ithaca Review, Inc. While the ideological makeup of its staff shifts over the years, the paper has maintained strident criticism of Cornell's perceived left-wing politics and political correctness. The Review has received national attention for its articles including one that discussed a proposal to sell vibrators at Gannett Health Center on campus.(114)
- WVBR is an independent commercial FM radio station owned and operated by Cornell students, but not affiliated with or controlled by the university. During the week, it plays mostly rock music, and switches to specialty shows and community programming on the weekend. It also provides coverage of both Cornell and national sports.
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University housing is broadly divided into three sections: North Campus, West Campus, and Collegetown. Since a 1997 residential initiative, West Campus houses transfer and returning students, whereas North Campus is almost entirely populated by freshmen.(115)The only options for living on North Campus for upperclassmen are the program houses: Risley Residential College, Just About Music, the Ecology House, Holland International Living Center, the Multicultural Living Learning Unit, the Latino Living Center, (Cornell North Campus#Akwe:kon|Akwe:kon), and Ujamaa. Of these, only Ujamaa, Akwe:kon, and the Latino Living Center remain controversial, due to their dedicated racial or ethnic themes.In an attempt to create a sense of community and an atmosphere of education outside the classroom and continue Andrew Dickson White's vision, the university has undertaken the $250 million residential college project on West Campus.(116) The Class Halls will be demolished and rebuilt as five residential colleges named after notable deceased Cornell professors. The first, Alice Cook House, was opened to students in 2004, followed by Carl Becker House in 2005. The third house, Hans Bethe House, opened in January 2007. The idea of building a house system can be attributed in part to the success of Risley Residential College, the oldest continually operating residential college at Cornell. Like Risley, the new houses will have their own dining halls, student governments, in-house lectures, house trips, and crests. The completion of the five-house residential college campus occurred in August 2008.(117)Athletics
Cornell has 36 varsity sports teams that are known as the Big Red. An NCAA Division I-AA institution, Cornell is a member of the Ivy League and ECAC Hockey League and competes in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), the largest athletic conference in North America.(118) (Note that the ECAC Hockey League is no longer affiliated with the ECAC.) The men's ice hockey team is the most historically successful of the varsity teams and is the university's most intently followed sport. Generally, although Cornell's varsity athletic teams typically earn their "share" of Ivy League titles, they do not perform well in the ECAC conference or the NCAA overall, and fail to compete consistently for national championships in most sports.(119) Because of the Ivy League athletic agreement, the university is not permitted to offer athletic scholarships for athletic recruiting.(120)Cornell University's football team had at least a share of the national championship four times before 1940[WEB
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The Men's Ice Hockey Team at Lynah Rink
Cornell maintains athletic rivalries with other collegiate institutions. The men's ice hockey team has a historic rivalry with Boston University, but since BU left what became the ECAC Hockey League to join Hockey East, rivalry with Harvard University has become predominant. Following tradition, when Harvard plays the men's ice hockey team at Cornell's Lynah Rink, some Big Red fans throw fish on the ice.(122)Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania are long-time rivals in football. With more than 114 games played since their first meeting in 1893, this is the seventh most-played rivalry in college football.(123) Cornell's football series against both the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College are tied for second longest uninterrupted college football match-ups in history, both dating back to 1919.(124) In polo, the men's and women's teams maintain rivalries with the University of Virginia and the University of Connecticut.In addition to the school's varsity athletics, club sports teams have been organized as student organizations under the auspices of the Dean of Students. Cornell's intramural program includes 30 sports. Beside such familiar sports such as flag football, squash, or water polo, such unusual offerings as "inner tube water polo" and formerly "broomstick polo" have been offered, as well as a sports trivia competition.(125) Cornell students also often participate in the International Rutabaga Curling Championship, held annually at the Ithaca Farmers' Market. Cornell also has a rich history of martial arts on campus particularly Sport Taekwondo.(126) Since 1987, Cornell Sport Taekwondo has competed in the Ivy-Northeast Collegiate Taekwondo League (INCTL). In 2007 after a 4 year slump, Cornell Sport Taekwondo defeated MIT Sport Taekwondo to take the INCTL Cup.Cornellianamissing image!
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Cornelliana is a term for Cornell's traditions, legends, and lore. Cornellian traditions include Slope Day, a celebration held on the last day of classes, and Dragon Day, which includes the burning of a dragon built by architecture students. Dragon Day is one of the school's oldest traditions and has been celebrated annually since 1901, typically on or near St. Patrick's Day. The dragon is built secretly by the architecture students, and taunting messages are left for the engineering students for the week before Dragon Day. On Dragon Day, the dragon is paraded across the Arts Quad and then set afire.(127)
According to legend, if a virgin crosses the Arts Quad at midnight, the statues of Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White will walk off their pedestals, meet in the center of the Quad, and shake hands, congratulating themselves on the chastity of the University. There is also another myth that if a couple crosses the suspension bridge on North Campus, and the young woman doesn't accept a kiss from her partner, the bridge will fall. If the kiss is accepted, the couple is assured a long future together.The university is also host to various student pranks. For example, on at least three different occasions the university has awoken to find something odd atop the 173-foot (52.7 m) tall McGraw clock tower — once a 60-pound (27 kg) pumpkin, once a banner reading "Who is John Galt?", and another time a disco ball. Because there is no access to the spire atop the tower, how the items were put in place remains a mystery.(128) The colors of the lights on McGraw tower change to orange for Halloween and green for St. Patrick's Day.The school colors are carnelian (a shade of red) and white, a play on "Cornellian" and Andrew Dickson White. A bear is commonly used as the unofficial mascot, which dates back to the introduction of the mascot "Touchdown" in 1915, a live bear who was brought onto the field during football games.(129) The university's alma mater is "Far Above Cayuga's Waters" and its fight song is "Give My Regards to Davy". People associated with the university are called "Cornellians". "Cornellian" is also used as an adjective and as the name of the university's yearbook.ResearchFor the 2004–05 fiscal year, the university spent $561.3 million on research.(130) In 2004–05, Cornell received 200 invention disclosures, filed 203 U.S. patent applications, completed 77 commercial license agreements, and distributed royalties of more than $4.1 million to Cornell units and inventors.(131) In the 21st century, Cornell had a hand in the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. Cornell's Steve Squyres, Principal Investigator for the Athena Science Payload, led the selection of the landing zones and requested data collection features for the Spirit and Opportunity rovers.(132) Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineers took those requests and designed the rovers to meet them. The rovers, both of which have operated long past their original life expectancies, are responsible for the discoveries that were awarded 2004 Breakthrough of the Year honors by Science.(133) Control of the Mars rovers has shifted between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech and Cornell's Space Sciences Building.(134)The Automotive Crash Injury Research project was begun in 1952 by John O. Moore at the Cornell Aeronautical Research Laboratories, which spun off in 1972 as Calspan Corporation.(135) It pioneered the use of crash testing, originally using corpses rather than dummies. The project discovered that improved door locks, energy-absorbing steering wheels, padded dashboards, and seat belts could prevent an extraordinary percentage of injuries.(136)(137)Cornell scientists have researched the fundamental particles of nature for more than 70 years. Cornell physicists, such as Hans Bethe, contributed not only to the foundations of nuclear physics but also participated in the Manhattan Project. In the 1930s, Cornell built the second cyclotron in the United States. In the 1950s, Cornell physicists became the first to study synchrotron radiation. During the 1990s, the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, located beneath Alumni Field, was the world's highest-luminosity electron-positron collider.(138)(139) Cornell's accelerator and high-energy physics groups are involved in the design of the proposed International Linear Collider and plan to participate in its construction and operation. The International Linear Collider, to be completed in the late 2010s, will complement the Large Hadron Collider and shed light on questions such as the identity of dark matter and the existence of extra dimensions.Alumni{{refimprovesect|date=October 2008}}
Graduates of Cornell are known as "Cornellians". As of August 2008, the university counted 255,449 living Cornellians.(140) Information about Cornell graduates, most of which is submitted by the graduates themselves, is available in the Cornell Alumni Magazine. The magazine is currently published 6 times a year.Cornellians are noted for their accomplishments in public, professional, and corporate life.(141) Taiwan's former President Lee Teng-hui, former President of Cuba Mario García Menocal, and former Iranian Prime Minister Jamshid Amuzegar all graduated from Cornell. In the United States, numerous Congressmen and Cabinet members, including Paul Wolfowitz and Janet Reno, and one Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, have been Cornellians. After his Cornell education, David Starr Jordan went on to become the president of Indiana University and subsequently founding president of Stanford University after former Cornell president Andrew Dickson White turned down the position. M. Carey Thomas founded Bryn Mawr College and was its second president. Lieutenant Colonel Matt Urban is the most decorated serviceman in United States history.Cornellian-founded and/or headed businesses include Alamo Rent-A-Car by Michael Egan, Burger King by David Edgerton, Carrier by Willis Carrier, Citigroup by Sanford Weill, Coors Brewing Company by Adolph Coors, Gannett by Frank Gannett, Grumman Aerospace Corporation by Leroy Grumman, Hotels.com by David Litman and Bob Diener, Palm by Jeff Hawkins, PeopleSoft by David Duffield, Priceline.com by Jay Walker, Qualcomm by Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs, Staples by Myra Hart, and Tata Group headed by Ratan Tata. Reginald Fils-Aime is President and CEO of Nintendo of America and Dan Hesse is the CEO of Sprint Nextel.In medicine, Dr. C. Everett Koop was the Surgeon General under Ronald Reagan, Dr. Robert Atkins developed the Atkins Diet, Dr. Henry Heimlich developed the Heimlich maneuver, and Wilson Greatbatch invented the first successful pacemaker. Dr. James Maas, both an alumnus and current faculty member, coined the term "power nap". Cornellians also include medical personalities Dr. Benjamin Spock and Joyce Brothers, as well as the Nobel laureate maize geneticist Barbara McClintock.A number of Cornellians have been prominent innovators, starting with Thomas Midgley, Jr., the inventor of Freon. Jeff Hawkins invented the Palm Pilot and subsequently founded Palm, Inc. Graduate Jon Rubinstein is credited with the development of the iPod. William Higinbotham developed Tennis for Two in 1958, one of the earliest computer games and the predecessor to Pong, and Robert Tappan Morris developed the first computer worm on the Internet. The most direct evidence of dark matter was provided by Vera Rubin. Jill Tarter is the current director of the SETI Institute and Steve Squyres is the principal investigator on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. Eight Cornellians have served as NASA astronauts. Bill Nye is best known as "The Science Guy".Both female American Nobel Laureates in Literature studied at Cornell. Nobel Prize in Literature winner Toni Morrison wrote Song of Solomon and won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel, Beloved. The Nobel Prize in Literature was also awarded to Pearl S. Buck, author of The Good Earth. E. B. White, author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, co-wrote the influential writing guide The Elements of Style with fellow Cornellian William Strunk Jr. Other Cornellian writers include Laura Z. Hobson, Thomas Pynchon, William Irwin Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut and Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada. Cornellian journalists include Margaret Bourke-White, Ann Coulter, Allison Danzig, Dick Schaap, Keith Olbermann, Kate Snow, and radio personality/former congressional candidate, Dave Ross.missing image!
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Christopher Reeve is best known for his role as Superman, while comedian Frank Morgan is best known to younger generations as The Wizard of Oz. Howard Hawks is widely regarded as one of the most prominent directors of the classic Hollywood era, directing His Girl Friday and The Big Sleep among many other films. Stand-up comedian Bill Maher, host of the HBO series Real Time with Bill Maher is said to have been Politically Incorrect even as an undergraduate at Cornell. Jimmy Smits, best known for his roles on L.A. Law, The West Wing, and in the Star Wars films (Episode II: Attack of the Clones) and (Episode III: Revenge of the Sith) earned his MFA from Cornell. Charlie Bucket was played by future Cornellian Peter Ostrum, and alumnus Robert Smigel is the puppeteer behind Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. Cornellians have won Academy Awards and been enshrined on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Mack David wrote "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" from the 1950 film Cinderella. Robert Alexander Anderson (composer) wrote the Christmas song "Mele Kalikimaka". Greg Graffin of the band Bad Religion, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary, singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, pop star Huey Lewis, and modern composers Steve Reich, Christopher Rouse, and Steven Stucky, all attended Cornell. Ronald D. Moore created the Battlestar Galactica remake that debuted in 2004. Carla Gallo played Lizzie in Undeclared. Hip-hop artist Roxanne Shanté of Juice Crew obtained her PhD in psychology, which was funded by her record company.The Empire State Building and Grauman's Chinese Theatre were designed by Cornell architects Richmond Shreve and Raymond M. Kennedy, respectively. Edmund Bacon is best known for reshaping Philadelphia in the mid 20th century. Contemporary architects Richard Meier and Peter Eisenman are also Cornellians.In athletics, Cornellians have won Olympic gold medals, been inducted into sports halls of fame, include the current commissioner of the National Hockey League, led numerous teams as general managers and coaches including Glenn "Pop" Warner, and Bruce Arena, former head coach of the United States men's national soccer team. Kevin Boothe played offensive guard for Cornell and the Super Bowl XLII champion New York Giants. Ken Dryden was a six-time Stanley Cup winning hockey goalie. Cornell Alumni Bryan Colangelo is now the President and General Manager of the Toronto Raptors of the NBA.{{-}}Notes
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[WEB,weblink Archives, Cornell University, Cornell University, 2006-04-06, ]
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Cornell expanded significantly in the 20th century, with its student population growing to its current count of about 20,000 students. The faculty expanded as well; by the century's end, the university had more than 3,400 faculty members. Along with its population growth, Cornell increased its breadth of course offerings. Today, the university has wide-ranging programs and offers more than 4,000 courses.{{Fact|date=April 2008}}In the 2000s, Cornell has been expanding its international programs. In 2001, the university founded the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, the first American medical school outside of the United States.[WEB,weblink Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar - About Us, Cornell University, 2006-06-18, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell president joins Indian prime minister to open new chapter in science education, Cornell News Service, 2006-01-01, ]
[WEB,weblink Hotel School, Singapore university establish joint master's program, Cornell News Service, 2006-01-01, ]
[WEB,weblink Rawlings heads to China to sign partnership agreement and deliver keynote address at economic summit in Beijing, Cornell News Service, 2006-01-01, ]
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Goldwin Smith Hall and the A.D. White
statueCornell is a non-profit institution, receiving most of its funding through tuition, research grants, state appropriations, and alumni contributions. Three of its undergraduate schools/colleges and the graduate-level College of Veterinary Medicine are called "statutory colleges" or "contract colleges". These colleges receive significant partial, ongoing funding from the state of New York to support their teaching, research, and service missions. For 2007-08, these colleges will receive 7.7 million in SUNY appropriations.[State Budget]
[NYS Education Law §§ 350(3), 352(3) and 357]
[WEB,weblink School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, Cornell University, 2006-06-02, ]
[The Carnegie Committee, Cornell Alumni News, II(10), November 29, 1899, p. 6]
[WEB,weblink Cornell University - The Ithaca Campus, Cornell University, 2006-04-06, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell University Map, Cornell University, 2006-06-05, ]
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[WEB,weblink Explore Cornell - Natural Beauty - Campus Gardens, Cornell University, 2006-04-06, ]
[WEB,weblink Weill Medical College of Cornell University - About Us, Cornell University, 2006-07-04, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell Urban Scholars Program, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink ILR: Extension & Outreach Program, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Operations Research Manhattan, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink New York City, Cornell University, 2006-11-03, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Cornell News Service, 2006-05-23, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell, Qatar and Hamas, The Cornell Daily Sun, 2006-06-18, ]
[WEB,weblink Colleges, Schools, and Faculties, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
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Cornell's West Campus
Cornell University owns and operates many facilities around the world.[WEB,weblink International Gateway, Cornell University, 2006-06-25, ]
[WEB,weblink Aricebo Observatory, National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Animal Science Teaching Center in Dryden, Cornell News Service, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Duck Research Laboratory, International Duck Research Cooperative, Inc., 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Arnot Teaching and Research Forest, Cornell University Library, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell Biological Field Station, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Biodiversity lab in Punta Cana expands into a new consortium, Cornell News Service, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell Undergraduate Research Program on Biodiversity, Cornell University, 2006-06-30, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell in Washington, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell in Rome, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Human Ecology Urban Semester Program, Cornell University, 2006-05-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Princeton’s admit rate falls after apps hit record high, Yale Daily News, 2007-04-05, ]
[ WEB,weblink C.U. Admissions Rate Drops by 4.2 Percent, Cornell Daily Sun, 2007-04-10, ]
[WEB,weblink Class of 2009 Profile, PDF, Cornell University, 2006-05-10, ]
[WEB,weblink Freshman Admission Statistics by College, Fall 2008, Division of Planning and Budget, Cornell University, PDF, 2009-01-04, ]
[WEB,weblink Graduate School Admissions Statistics, Cornell University, PDF, 2006-06-05, ]
[WEB,weblink Professional School Admissions Statistics, Cornell University, PDF, 2006-06-05, ]
[WEB,weblink Law School Admissions Statistics, Cornell University, PDF, 2006-06-05, ]
[WEB,weblink Veterinary Medicine Admissions Statistics, Cornell University, PDF, 2006-06-05, ]
[WEB,weblink Graduate School: Cornell University, Weill, Medicine, U.S. News and World Report, 2006-07-09, ]
[WEB,weblink President Lehman to step down, Cornell University, 2006-06-11, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell Abroad - University & Program Choices, Cornell University, 2006-01-01, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell China major sealed in Beijing as Rawlings signs agreement with Peking University, Cornell News Service, 2006-01-01, ]
[WEB,weblink Japanese officials sign agreement, Cornell News Service, 2006-05-23, ]
[WEB,weblink Susan Henry continues Asia tour; signs agreement with Los Baños, Cornell News Service, 2006-10-19, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell and India sign new agreement for agricultural development, Cornell News Service, 2006-01-01, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell and Stanford to work with Israel and Jordan on Bridging the Rift research center to include world's first databank for all living systems, Cornell News Service, 2006-01-01, ]
[WEB,weblink Johnson School - Boardroom Executive MBA, Cornell University, 2006-08-12, ]
[WEB,weblink USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2009: National Universities: Top Schools, U.S. News and World Report, 2008-08-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Best Colleges: High School Counselor Rankings of National Universities, U.S. News and World Report, 2008-08-22, ]
[WEB,weblink Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Academic Ranking of World Universities 2007, 2007-10-21, ]
[WEB,weblink The Times Higher World University Rankings, The Times Higher Education Supplement, 2006-05-23, ]
[weblink — A 2006 ranking from THES - QS of the world’s research universities.]
[WEB,weblink National Rankings, The Washington Monthly, 2007-08-25, ]
[WEB,weblink Princeton Review ranks Cornell ninth as 'dream college' for high schoolers and parents, Cornell News Service, 2006-07-11, ]
[WEB,weblink America's 25 Hot Schools, Newsweek, 2007-08-28, ]
[WEB,weblink Cornell named 'Hottest Ivy' by Newsweek, Cornell Chronicle, 2007-08-28, ]
[WEB,weblink Architecture program ranked number 1, Cornell University, 2006-06-01, ]
[WEB,weblink Business Week (MBA/USA), businessweek.com: Business Schools profiles and rankings, BusinessWeek, 2006-05-06, ]
[WEB,weblink Forbes.com - Best Business Schools, Forbes, 2006-05-23, ]
[WEB,weblink America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Top Business Schools, U.S. News and World Report, 2008-05-04, ]
[WEB,weblink National MBA Rankings, The Wall Street Journal, 2006-07-21, ]
[WEB,weblink MBA Rankings, The Economist, 2006-07-21, ]
[WEB,weblink Global MBA rankings 2006, Financial Times, 2006-08-12, ]
[WEB,weblink businessweek.com - Best Undergrad Business Schools, Business Week, 2006-02-28, ]
[WEB,weblink America's Best Graduate Schools 2007: Top Medical Schools, U.S. News and World Report, 2006-07-11, ]
[WEB,weblink America's Best Graduate Schools 2007: Veterinary Medicine, U.S. News and World Report, 2006-05-06, ]
[WEB,weblink America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Top Law Schools, U.S. News and World Report, 2008-05-04, ]
[WEB,weblink Top 50 firms hire most from big names, The National Law Journal, 2006-05-23, ]
[WEB,weblink Engineering: Best Graduate Schools (2008), U.S. News and World Report, 2008-05-04, ]
[WEB,weblink Graduates of Chinese Universities Take the Lead in Earning American Ph.D.'s, Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008-07-24, ]
[WEB,weblink Undergraduate engineering specialties: Engineering Science/Engineering Physics (2006), U.S. News and World Report, 2006-07-10, ]
[WEB,weblink Undergraduate engineering specialties: Engineering Science/Engineering Physics (2007), U.S. News and World Report, 2006-08-19, ]
[WEB,weblink Undergraduate engineering specialties: Engineering Science/Engineering Physics (2008), U.S. News and World Report, 2008-11-24, ]
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