Cornell Presentation
Transcript: Top twenty universities in the world Sixth among Ivy League universities -The Washington Monthly' Ninth as a "dream college“ -The Princeton Review 13th globally in an academic ranking of world universities -Shanghai Jiao Tong University 38th nationally -The Washington Monthly's First university to teach modern Far Eastern languages World's first degree in journalism and veterinary medicine First four-year schools of hotel administration and industrial and labor relations First U.S. university to offer a major in American studies 11th largest academic library (The Cornell University Library) -6th best by the Princeton Review Nation's first professorships in American history, musicology, and American literature. First doctorates in electrical engineering and industrial engineering Facts & Figures Study Abroad Hotel Administration (1922) View of Finger Lakes, Lake Cayuga, Fall Creek Gorge and Cascadilla Gorge Cornell Plantations David Starr Jordan (CALS, '69) Founder of Standford School Law (1887) Veterinary Medicine* (1894) School Size 20,939 53% Men, 47% Women Undergraduate Students 13,935 Graduate Students 7,004 Full-time Students 99% Percent Out-of-state 66% CALS Exchange Program Cornell in Rome Engineering Exchange Programs EDUCO ILR/UCD Dublin Program Master in European Business Research Abroad 245,027 living alumni 31 Marshall Scholars 28 Rhodes Scholars 41 Nobel laureates *Contract colleges: receive direct funding from New York State Student body make up Popular Areas of Study Christopher Reeve (BFA '74) Superman actor Undergraduate 2012-2013 Tuition and student activities fee: $43,413 Housing: $8,112 Dining: $5,566 Books and supplies: $820 Personal and misc. expenses: $1,680 TOTAL: $59,591 Slope Day - "College of Architecture Day" or Dragon Day Traying down Libe Slope Gorgeing Alma mater is "Far Above Cayuga's Waters“ Fight song is "Give My Regards to Davy" Student Life Campus Size: Large (745 acres) Campus Setting: Located in a regional city City/Town Size: Small City, less than 100,000 pop The Big Red Barn Chimes Concerts Cornell Ice Hockey 500 student organizations Outreach at Cornell "Into the Streets" Cornell University Glee Club secret honor societies: Sphinx Head and Quill and Dagger Ruth Bader Ginsburg (B.A. '54) Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Found as New York's land grant institution Built on Ezra Cornell’s (senator) farm (209.5 acres) Inaugurated on October 7, 1868 First American university Andrew Dickson White was the first president. 412 men were enrolled Arts and Sciences (1865) Business (1946) Medical Sciences (1952) Industrial and Labor Relations* (1945) Medicine (1898) Seven undergraduate schools Seven graduate schools Two satellite medical campuses in New York City and Education City, Qatar --first American medical school outside of the United States Engineering Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services Agriculture Biological and Biomedical Sciences Social Sciences History Cornell University Graduate Studies (1909) Mascot “I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study” -Ezra Cornell Cesar Garcia Campus Endowed colleges: privately funded E. B. White (B.A. '21) Author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little Architecture, Art, and Planning (1871) “America’s most enlightened Town.” -The Utne Reader Tuition and Fees Alumni Bill Nye (B.S. '77) "The Science Guy“ Rankings/ Disticitions Agriculture and Life Sciences* (1874) "Touchdown," the unofficial mascot, was a live bear who was brought onto the field during football games. Human Ecology* (1925) Wilson Greatbatch (B.E.E '50) Inventer of the pacemaker Cornelliana Motto Engineering (1870)