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CORNELL

BASIC INFORMATION:

BRIEF HISTORY:

  • Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York

  • Ezra Cornell gave Cornell’s founding motto in 1965 which was “I would find an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.”

  • The number of students is approximately 22,000.

  • The student-faculty ratio is 9:1.

  • The university was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White.

  • Using his $500,000 endowment, Ezra Cornell founded the university initially. 

  • In 1883, it was one of the first university campuses to utilize electricity developed from a water-powered dynamo to light its campus.

UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND MINORS:

  • Eight undergraduate colleges and schools offer more than 4,000 courses across 100 academic departments. These include Engineering, Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science amongst others.

  • Weill Cornell Medicine is among the nation's top-ranked medical and graduate schools, striving for excellence in its education of the world's future healthcare leaders.

 

ALUMNI:

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  • 51 Nobel Prize laureates

  • 31 Rhodes Scholars

  • 34 Field Marshall Winners

  • 38 MacArthur Fellows

  • 31 Rhodes Scholars

  • 100+ Alumni: Presidents of other universities and colleges.

SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:

  • Bill Nye (American Television Presenter)

  • Anthony Fauci (Former Chief Medical Advisor to the President of United States)

  • Ratan Naval Tata (Former chairperson of the Tata Group)

  • Freeman Dyson (Theoretical physicist and mathematician)

  • Jane Lynch (American actress and comedian)

CAMPUS INFO:

  • 3 main campuses – Ithaca, New York, and Qatar (Weill Cornell Medical College).

  • Several Cornell University buildings have been named National Historical Landmarks. 

  • Several green initiatives, designed to promote sustainability and reduce environmental impact, including a gas-fired combined heat and power facility,

  • The Ithaca campus is located on East Hill overlooking Cayuga Lake.

  • Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar in Education City near Doha is the first U.S. medical school established outside of the United States. 

REQUIREMENTS:

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