Матиева Лайлостудентка 3 кура физико-

математического факультета БрГУ им. А.С.ПушкинаБрест 2013

Was founded

Opened

April 27,18651868

Type Private & Public

Selectivity most

Location Ithaca, New York, U.S.

Campus Small city

Colors

Colleges and

schools

Carnelian, White

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AthleticsNCAA Division I Ivy

League

Nickname Bir Red Bear

Emblem of Cornell University

Motto:

"I would found an institution where any person can

find instruction in any study."

Qatar campus

Weill Cornell Medical

College in Qatar is

in Education City,

near Doha.

Famous cornelliansRuth Bader

Ginsburg

E.B. White '21, author of

Charlotte's Web and

Stuart Little

Toni Morrison M.A. '55,

Nobel Prize in Literature laureate

Ann Coulter '84, media personality

Bill Nye the

"Science

Gul" '77

Hu Shih '14, Chinese ambassador, philosopher, poet

Cornel’s firsts

The solution to the Poincaré

Conjecture, one of the most famous

problems in mathematics, was first posted on Cornell's arXiv.org.

Cornel’s firsts

Cornell endowed the nation's first

professorships in American history, musicology, and American literature.

Cornel’s firsts

Cornell established the first four-year

schools of hotel administration and industrial and labor relations.

Cornell awarded the world's first degree in

journalism, the nation's first degree in

veterinary medicine, and the first

doctorates in electrical and industrial engineering.

Cornel’s

firsts

Cornel’s firsts

Cornell was the first U.S. university to offer a major in American studies.

The first university to teach modern Far

Eastern languages, Cornell's IMPAC

program now provides intensive study of Mandarin Chinese.

Cornel’s

firsts

FACTSCornell is the youngest member of the Ivy League.

The football team has won the Ivy League championship three times, last in 1990

Cornell and UPenn have the seventh most-played rivalry in college football.

When Harvard plays Cornell’s men’s hockey team, some fans throw fish on the ice.

Cornell was originally called Ezrabius Corpus University. Ezra wanted it to have an academic sound to it. It wasn’t until people started mispronouncing the name that he soon changed it to just Cornell University.

Ithaca was originally the city of Moan, NY. Ezra thought Ithaca sounded better. Moan stood for middle of absolutely nowhere.

A.D. White was ACTUALLY Ezra Cornell’s father.

The Titanic was built on West Campus.

The Dump and Run sale was named after Ezra’s favorite hobby, dumping in people’s backpacks, zipping them, and running away.

Vincent Van Gogh was supposed to teach an art class at Ezra’s newuniversity, but then pulled out last minute. Ezra cut his ear off becausehe said he didn’t ‘listen’ to him.

Cornell consists of nine privately endowed colleges as well

as four publicly supported "statutory colleges":

the New York State College of Agriculture and

Life Sciences

College of Human Ecology

School of Industrial

Labor Relations

College of Veterinary Medicine Seven schools provide

undergraduate programs and an additional seven provide

graduate and professional programs

Dining

Big Red Barn

Housing

Hasbrouck Apartments

Apartments in

Collegetown

Student residence

on University Ave

Olive Tjaden Hall

White Hall

Lincoln Hall

Lincoln Hall is a red stone building built in high Victorian Gothic style. The

building is home to the Music Department. It contains state-of-the-art

classrooms, practice and rehearsal rooms, a music library, a recording

facility, and a range of listening and study areas

Barnes Hall is home to the primary performance space for Cornell's Music

Department. Chamber music concerts, recitals and small ensemble

performances all take place in the hall that can seat roughly 280.

Barnes Hall

Traditions

Before every prelim, or midterm, many students vent their frustration by screaming their lungs out. Some say shouting before exams is a healthy way to de-stress yourself. Students begin shouting at midnight in various places: hallways, rooms, gorges, you name it.

Sports

Cornell’s hockey Team

Lacrosse Team

Cornell’s men’s basketball