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106-479: The foundation supports a series of Roy H. Park Fellowships at Cornell University 's Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. It is based in Ithaca, New York and is chaired by Park's son, Roy H. Park, Jr. At the end of 2013, the foundation reported having $ 291 million in assets. This article about

212-450: A baccalaureate degree include passing a swimming test, completing two physical education courses, and satisfying a writing requirement. As of 2024, Cornell University has an endowment of $ 10.7 billion, the 14th-largest among all U.S. universities and colleges. In 2018, Cornell ranked third among all U.S. universities behind Harvard University and Stanford University in private fundraising, collecting $ 743 million. In addition to

318-410: A cooperative extension service , which includes 56 offices across the state. These offices provide programs in agriculture and food systems, children, youth and families, community and economic vitality, environment and natural resources, and nutrition and health. The university operates New York's Animal Health Diagnostic Center, which conducts animal disease control and husbandry. Cornell University

424-525: A "transnational university". In 2017, Cornell opened Cornell Tech , a graduate campus and research center on Roosevelt Island in New York City , which won a competition bid initiated by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg , and is designed to spur technology entrepreneurship in New York City. Cornell University's main campus is located in Ithaca, New York , on East Hill, offering views of

530-623: A 2.1 million square foot state-of-the-art tech campus to be built on Roosevelt Island , on the site of the former Coler Specialty Hospital . The following year, in fall 2012, instruction began at a temporary location at space donated by Google , located at 111 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan . In 2014, construction began on the Cornell Tech campus, and the first phase was completed in September 2017. Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects

636-581: A 20-year-old senior in Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, was sworn in as alderman of the city council, representing the fourth Ward. He was the first black male to be elected to the council and was then the youngest African American to be elected to office in the United States. In 2011, Cornell graduate Svante Myrick was elected Mayor of the City of Ithaca, becoming the youngest mayor in

742-418: A 2009 Cornell University graduate, was elected as the youngest mayor of the city of Ithaca. The valley in which Cayuga Lake is located is long and narrow with a north–south orientation. Ithaca is located at the southern end (the "head") of the lake, but the valley continues to the southwest behind the city. Originally a river valley, it was deepened and widened by the action of Pleistocene ice sheets over

848-466: A U.S. graduate school vote on unionization was defeated in a vote. In March 2004, Cornell and Stanford University laid the cornerstone for the building and operation of "Bridging the Rift Center", located on the border between Israel and Jordan , and used for education. In 2005, Jeffrey S. Lehman , a former president of Cornell, described the university and its high international profile as

954-1173: A board member in 2019. His eldest daughter Katy Cornell, class of 2001, is expected to become the next life trustee. On July 1, 2024, Michael Kotlikoff , who served as Cornell's 16th provost, began a two-year term as interim president, succeeding Martha E. Pollack , Cornell's fourteenth president , who announced her retirement in May 2024. Cornell's colleges and schools offer a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, including seven undergraduate colleges and seven schools offering graduate and professional programs. All academic departments at Cornell are affiliated with at least one college. Several inter-school academic departments offer courses in more than one college. Students pursuing graduate degrees in these schools are enrolled in Cornell University Graduate School . The School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions provides additional programs for college and high school students, professionals, and other adults. Cornell's four statutory colleges include

1060-630: A bounty under a different law for recruiting men to enlist in the Continental Army. As part of this process, the Central New York Military Tract , which included northern Tompkins County, was surveyed under the direction of Simeon De Witt , Bloodgood's son-in-law and the Surveyor General of New York. Simeon commissioned his first cousin, Moses De Witt, after whom DeWitt, New York , is named, to survey

1166-453: A day nursery. The village established its first trolley in 1887. Ithaca developed as a small manufacturing and retail center and was incorporated as a city in 1888. The largest industrial company in the area was Morse Chain, elements of which were absorbed into Emerson Power Transmission on South Hill and Borg Warner Automotive in Lansing, New York . Ithaca claims to be the birthplace of

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1272-585: A fire in the Residential Club dormitory that killed eight students and one professor. In the late 1960s, Cornell was among the Ivy League universities that experienced heightened student activism related to cultural issues, civil rights, and opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War . In 1969, armed anti- Vietnam War protesters occupied Willard Straight Hall , an incident that led to

1378-416: A four-year term, and since 1989, the city judge has been elected to a six-year term. At a referendum in 2022, city voters approved a city charter amendment adopting from a council–manager government in place of a mayor–council government . The city's first city manager, Deb Mohlenhoff, took office on 1 January 2024.. Since 1983, the city has been divided into five wards. Each elects two representatives to

1484-462: A full four-year MD program, mirrors the medical school curriculum taught at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City . The college also offers a two-year undergraduate pre-medical program, which has a separate admissions process and was established as an undergraduate program in September 2002 as the first coeducational institute of higher education in Qatar. The college is partially funded by

1590-431: A gas-fired combined heat and power facility, an on-campus hydroelectric plant, and a lake source cooling system. In 2007, Cornell established a Center for a Sustainable Future The same year, following a multiyear, cross-campus discussion about energy and sustainability, Cornell's Atkinson Center for Sustainability was established, funded by an $ 80 million gift from alumnus David R. Atkinson ('60) and his wife Patricia,

1696-543: A graduate student group, At What Cost?, was formed at Cornell to oppose a graduate student unionization drive run by CASE/UAW, an affiliate of the United Auto Workers . The vote to unionize, held in October 2002, was rejected, and At What Cost? was considered instrumental in the unusually large 90% turnout for the vote and in the 2-to-1 defeat of the unionization proposal, the first instance in history in which

1802-444: A philanthropic or charitable organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cornell University Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York , United States. The university was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White . Since its founding, Cornell has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institution. As of fall 2023,

1908-482: A restructuring of the university's governance and forced the resignation of then Cornell president James Alfred Perkins . Since the 20th century, rankings of universities and colleges, Cornell University and its academic programs have routinely ranked among the best in the world. In 1995, the National Research Council ranked Cornell's Ph.D. programs as sixth-best in the nation. It also ranked

2014-452: A slope later known as Gun Hill, where the nearby waterfall supplied the main source of energy for the plant. The company became an icon in the hunting and shooting world, and its shotguns were known for their fine decorative work. Wooden gunstocks with knots or other imperfections were donated to the high school woodworking shop to be made into lamps. John Philip Sousa and trick-shooter Annie Oakley favored Ithaca Gun Company guns. In 1937,

2120-569: Is a nonprofit organization with a decentralized structure in which its 16 colleges, including 12 privately endowed colleges and four publicly supported statutory colleges, exercise significant autonomy to define and manage their respective academic programs, admissions, advising, and confer degrees. Cornell also operates eCornell , which provides online professional development and certificate programs and participates in New York's land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant programs. Cornell University

2226-568: Is affiliated with neighboring Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , one of the nation's leading cancer centers, Rockefeller University , and the Hospital for Special Surgery . Many faculty members have joint appointments at these institutions. Weill Cornell, Rockefeller, and Memorial Sloan–Kettering offer the Tri-Institutional MD–PhD Program , which is available to selected entering Cornell medical students. From 1942 to 1979,

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2332-511: Is bordered by two gorges , Fall Creek Gorge and Cascadilla Gorge. The gorges are popular swimming spots during warmer months, but their use is discouraged by the university and city code due to potential safety hazards. Adjacent to the main campus, Cornell owns the 2,800-acre (1,100 ha) Cornell Botanic Gardens , which features various plants, trees, and ponds. Cornell University has implemented several green initiatives , designed to promote sustainability and reduce environmental impact, including

2438-466: Is characterized by an irregular layout and a mix of architectural styles, which have developed over time and are attributed to the university's ever-changing master plans for the campus. The more ornate buildings generally predate World War II . Since then, more recent buildings on the campus are characterized by modernist architectural styles. Several Cornell University buildings have been named National Historic Landmarks , and ten have been listed on

2544-442: Is now one of the nation's longest continuously published student newspapers in the nation. From the 19th to early 20th centuries, Cornell had several literary societies that were founded to encourage writing, reading, and oration skills. The U.S. Bureau of Education described three of them as a "purely literary society" following the "traditions of the old literary societies of Eastern universities. In 1967, Cornell experienced

2650-552: Is the most recent lake in a long series of lakes which developed as the ice retreated northward. The lake drains to the north, and was formed behind a dam of glacial debris called a moraine . Rock in the region is predominantly Devonian shale and sandstone . North of Ithaca, it is relatively fossil rich. The world-renowned fossils found in this area can be examined at the Museum of the Earth . Glacial erratics can also be found in

2756-607: Is typically characterized by freezing temperatures, cloudy skies and light-to-moderate snows, with some heavier falls; the largest snowfall in one day was 26.0 in (66 cm) on February 14, 1914. But the season is also variable; there can be short mild periods with some rain, but also outbreaks of frigid air with night temperatures down to −10 °F (−23 °C) or lower. Summers usually bring sunshine, along with moderate heat and humidity, but also frequent afternoon thunderstorms. Nights are pleasant and sometimes cool. Occasionally, there can be heatwaves, with temperatures rising into

2862-541: The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania -based Lehigh Valley Railroad built its main, double-track freight line from Van Etten Junction to Geneva and on to Buffalo, New York , it bypassed Ithaca and Auburn to the west, running via Burdett and eastern Schuyler County on easier grades, just as the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad had done a decade earlier, in 1882, with its own, new Binghamton-Buffalo mainline extension to

2968-777: The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences , College of Human Ecology , School of Industrial and Labor Relations , and College of Veterinary Medicine . In the 2010–2011 fiscal year, these four colleges received $ 131.9 million in State University of New York (SUNY) appropriations to support teaching, research, and service missions, making them accountable to SUNY trustees and state agencies. New York residents enrolled in these colleges qualify for discounted tuition; however, their academic activities are considered by New York state to be private and non-state entities. Cornell's nine privately endowed, non-statutory colleges include

3074-1004: The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences , the College of Human Ecology , the Industrial and Labor Relations School , and the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy. Among Cornell's graduate schools, only the Veterinary Medicine College is supported by New York state . The main campus of Cornell University in Ithaca spans 745 acres (301 ha). As of October 2024, 64  Nobel laureates , 4 Turing Award winners, and 1 Fields Medalist have been affiliated with Cornell. Cornell counts more than 250,000 living alumni, which include 34  Marshall Scholars , 33  Rhodes Scholars , 29  Truman Scholars , 63  Olympic Medalists , 10 current Fortune 500 CEOs , and 35 billionaires. Cornell University

3180-519: The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning opened an 11,000 square foot, Gensler -designed facility at 26 Broadway in Manhattan's Financial District. The General Electric Building at 570 Lexington Avenue serves as the New York City location for over a dozen additional Cornell University programs, including the New York City headquarters of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and

3286-476: The College of Arts and Sciences , College of Architecture, Art, and Planning , College of Engineering , and College of Hotel Administration , each of which operate independently of state funding and oversight, which grants them greater autonomy in determining their academic programs, admissions, and advising. They also do not offer discounted tuition for New York residents. As of 2023, among Cornell's 15,182 undergraduate students, 4,602 (30.3%) are affiliated with

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3392-525: The Ithaca Commons or Stewart Park , frequently centers around themes promoting "a political statement into a cultural and festive event” The Ithaca Gun Company tested their shotguns behind the plant on Lake Street; the shot fell into the Fall Creek gorge at the base of Ithaca Falls . Lead accumulated in the soil in and around the factory and gorge. A major lead clean-up effort sponsored by

3498-478: The Ithaca Kitty became one of the first mass-produced stuffed animal toys in the United States. In 1900, Cornell University anatomy professor G. S. Moler made an early movie using frame-by-frame technology. For The Skeleton Dance, he took single-frame photos of a human skeleton in varying positions, giving the illusion of a dancing skeleton. During the early 20th century, Ithaca was an important center in

3604-570: The Maine – New Hampshire coast, which is operated in conjunction with the University of New Hampshire and focuses on undergraduate education and research. Until 2011, Cornell operated Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico , which was the site of the world's largest single-dish radio telescope . The university maintains several facilities dedicated to conservation and ecology , including

3710-690: The National Register of Historic Places : Andrew Dickson White House , Bailey Hall , Caldwell Hall , the Computing and Communications Center , Morrill Hall , Rice Hall , Fernow Hall , Wing Hall , Llenroc , and Deke House . Three other listed historic buildings, the original Roberts Hall, East Robert Hall, and Stone Hall, were demolished in the 1980s to make way for new campus buildings and development. The majority of Cornell University's academic and administrative facilities are located on its main campus in Ithaca. The architectural styles on

3816-1039: The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York , which operates three substations, the Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory in Portland , the Hudson Valley Laboratory in Highland , and the Long Island Horticultural Research Laboratory in Riverhead on Long Island . The Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca conducts research on biological diversity in birds. Additional research facilities include

3922-775: The Oneida people and became the sixth nation of the Haudenosaunee, with chiefs stating the migration was complete in 1722. During the American Revolutionary War , four of the then six Iroquois nations helped the British attempt to crush the revolution, although bands made decisions on fighting in a highly decentralized way. Conflict with the rebel colonists was fierce throughout the Mohawk Valley and Western New York . In retaliation for conflicts to

4028-775: The Susquehanna River to the south to expand the trade network. With the Long Depression of 1837, the Ithaca and Owego Railroad was re-organized as the Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad . It was re-engineered with switchbacks downhill into Ithaca in the late 1840s. In the late 20th century, a short section of its abandoned right-of-way in the City and Town of Ithaca was used for the South Hill Recreation Way . However, easier early railroad routes were constructed that bypassed Ithaca, such as that of

4134-552: The ice cream sundae , created in 1892 when fountain shop owner Chester Platt "served his local priest vanilla ice cream covered in cherry syrup with a dark candied cherry on top. The priest suggested the dessert be named after the day, Sunday, although the spelling was later changed out of fear some would find it offensive." The local Unitarian church, where the priest, Rev. John Scott, preached, has an annual "Sundae Sunday" every September in commemoration. Ithaca's claim has long been disputed by Two Rivers, Wisconsin . Also in 1892,

4240-406: The silent film industry. These films often featured the local natural scenery. Many of these films were the work of Leopold Wharton and his brother Theodore ; The Wharton Studio was on the site of what is now Stewart Park . In 1903, a typhoid epidemic resulting from poor sanitation infrastructure devastated the city. Not having access to unpolluted water was one suspicion to the cause of

4346-640: The 90 °F (32 °C) to 95 °F (35 °C) range, but they tend to be brief. The average date of the first freeze is October 5, and the average date of the last freeze is May 15, giving Ithaca a growing season of 141 days. The average date of the first and last snowfalls are November 12 and April 7, respectively. The hardiness zone is between 5b and 6a. Extreme temperatures range from −25 °F (−32 °C) as recently as February 2, 1961, up to 103 °F (39 °C) on July 9, 1936. The valley flatland has slightly cooler weather in winter, and occasionally Ithaca residents experience simultaneous snow on

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4452-1132: The Animal Science Teaching and Research Center, the Duck Research Laboratory, the Cornell Biological Field Station, the Freeville Organic Research Farm, the Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm, and biodiversity laboratories in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and the Peruvian Amazonia in Peru . Cornell offers various study abroad and scholarship programs, which allow students to gain experience and earn credit towards their degrees. The "Capital Semester" program offers students

4558-986: The Atkinson Center. Cornell's medical campus in New York City , also called Weill Cornell, is on the Upper East Side of Manhattan . It is home to two Cornell divisions, Weill Cornell Medicine , the university's medical school, and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences . Since 1927, Weill Cornell has been affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital , one of the nation's largest hospitals. While Cornell's medical school maintains its own faculty and academic divisions, it shares administrative and teaching hospital functions with Columbia University Medical Center . In addition to NewYork-Presbyterian, Cornell's teaching hospitals include Payne Whitney Clinic in Manhattan and its Westchester Division in White Plains, New York . Weill Cornell Medical College

4664-586: The College of Arts and Sciences, which is the largest college by enrollment, followed by 3,203 (21.1%) in Engineering, and 3,101 (20.4%) in Agriculture and Life Sciences. The smallest of the seven undergraduate colleges is Architecture, Art, and Planning, with 503 (3.3%) students. Academic requirements for graduation are developed and managed by the respective colleges, and university-wide requirements for

4770-627: The Cornell Cooperative Extension. Students om the School of Industrial and Labor Relations' Extension and Outreach Program make workplace expertise available to organizations, union members, policymakers, and working adults. The College of Engineering's Operations Research Manhattan, located in the city's Financial District , brings together business optimization research and decision support services used in financial applications and public health logistics planning. In 2015,

4876-676: The Democratic Presidential Primary, the only county that he won in New York State. Obama won Tompkins County (including Ithaca) by a wide margin of 41% over his opponent John McCain in the November 2008 election. Ithaca is a sister city of: Ithaca is a major educational center in Central New York . The two major post-secondary educational institutions located in Ithaca were each founded in

4982-490: The Greek island home of Ulysses in the spirit of the multitude of settlement names in the region derived from classical literature , such as Aurelius , Ovid , and especially of Ulysses, New York , the town that contained Ithaca at the time. Around 1791, De Witt surveyed what is now the downtown area into lots and sold them at modest prices. That same year John Yaple built a grist mill on Cascadilla Creek. The first frame house

5088-432: The Ithaca area is northern temperate broadleaf forest . It is dominated by deciduous trees , including maple, sycamore, black walnut, birch, and oak; coniferous trees include white pine, Norway spruce, and eastern hemlock. The city of Ithaca has a rich diversity of tree plantings, with over 190 species, including cherry, southern magnolia, and ginkgo. In addition to visual beauty, this species diversification helps reduce

5194-610: The New York City branch of the Cornell Cooperative Extension. In September 2004, Cornell opened the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar in Education City , near Doha , which is the first U.S. medical school established outside of the United States. The college, which is a joint initiative with the Qatar government , is part of Cornell's efforts to increase its international influence. The college,

5300-587: The New York State Open Meetings Law. The university charter (specifically, paragraph 1.b of section 5703 of the Education Law) provides that one member of the board, the life trustee, is the eldest living lineal descendant of Ezra Cornell. As of 2024, the current and longest-serving life trustee is Ezra Cornell, class of 1971, the great-great-great grandson of the original Ezra Cornell. He celebrated 50 years of service as

5406-614: The Qatar government through the Qatar Foundation , a Qatar state-led non-profit organization, which contributed $ 750 million for its construction. The medical center is housed in a large two-story structure designed by Arata Isozaki , a Japanese architect. In 2004, the Qatar Foundation, announced the construction of a 350-bed Specialty Teaching Hospital near the medical college in Education City, which

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5512-836: The Rhine Valley wine district of Germany. As such, the region is home to many wineries. Ithaca is the principal city of the Ithaca-Cortland Combined Statistical Area, which includes the Ithaca Metropolitan Statistical Area ( Tompkins County ) and the Cortland Micropolitan Statistical Area ( Cortland County ), which had a combined population of 145,100 at the 2000 census . As of the census of 2000, there were 29,287 people, 10,287 households, and 2,962 families residing in

5618-531: The Senate , Speaker of the Assembly , and president of the university serve in ex officio voting capacities. The board is responsible for electing a President to serve as the university's chief executive and educational officer. From 2014 to 2022, Robert Harrison served as chairman of the board. He was succeeded by Kraig Kayser. The Board of Trustees holds four regular meetings annually, which are subject to

5724-563: The Syracuse, Binghamton & New York, built in 1854. In the decade following the American Civil War , railroads were built from Ithaca to Auburn , Geneva , Cayuga , Cortland , Elmira , and Athens, Pennsylvania , mainly with financing from Ezra Cornell . These were all branch-lines, since the city, located on a steep hill by the lake, prevented it from being directly connected to a major transportation artery. In 1892, when

5830-408: The Townhouse Community. The architectural styles of North Campus are more modern, reflecting the growth of the university and need for expanded student housing during the 20th century. The West Campus House System showcases a blend of architectural styles, including Gothic -style buildings and residential halls collectively known as "the Gothics." In Collegetown, located near the campus in Ithaca,

5936-502: The United States Superfund took place from 2002 to 2004, managed through the Environmental Protection Agency . The old Ithaca Gun building has been dismantled. It was scheduled to be replaced by the development of an apartment complex on the cleaned land. The former Morse Chain company factory on South Hill, now owned by Emerson Power Transmission, was the site of extensive groundwater and soil contamination from its industrial operations. Emerson Power Transmission has been working with

6042-512: The Weill Cornell Medical campus also housed the Cornell School of Nursing . On December 19, 2011, Cornell and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa won a competition for rights to claim free city land and $ 100 million in subsidies to build an engineering campus in New York City. The competition, established by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg , was designed to increase entrepreneurship and job growth in New York City's technology sector. The winning bid consisted of

6148-750: The academic quality of 18 individual Cornell Ph.D. programs among the top ten in the nation, which included astrophysics (ninth-best), chemistry (sixth-best), civil engineering (sixth-best), comparative literature (sixth-best), computer science (fifth-best), ecology (fourth-best), electrical engineering (seventh-best), English (seventh-best), French (eighth-best), geosciences (tenth-best), German (third-best), linguistics (ninth-best), materials science (third-best), mechanical engineering (seventh-best), philosophy (ninth-best), physics (sixth-best), Spanish (eighth-best), and statistics / biostatistics (fourth-best). The council ranked Cornell's College of Arts and Humanities faculty as fifth-best in

6254-422: The architectural styles are diverse, reflecting the area's mixed-use nature. The Schwartz Performing Arts Center and two upper-level residence halls are surrounded by a variety of apartment buildings, eateries, and businesses. Cornell University's main campus in Ithaca is located in the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York and features views of the city , Cayuga Lake , and surrounding valleys. The campus

6360-504: The area around the south end of Cayuga Lake. Both Simeon and Moses were first cousins of DeWitt Clinton through his mother, Mary De Witt, who married James Clinton, brother of Governor George Clinton . The Commissioners of Lands of New York State (chairman Gov. George Clinton) met in 1790. The Military Tract township in which Ithaca is located was named the Town of Ulysses . A few years later De Witt moved to Ithaca, then called variously "The Flats," "The City," or "Sodom"; he renamed it for

6466-450: The area with two Lenape guides, to explore what they considered wilderness. The following year Jacob Yaple, Isaac Dumond, and Peter Hinepaw returned with their families and constructed log cabins. That same year Abraham Bloodgood of Albany obtained a patent from the state for 1,400 acres, which included all of the present downtown west of Tioga Street. In 1790, the federal government and state began an official program to grant land in

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6572-424: The area, known as the Central New York Military Tract , as payment for service to Continental Army soldiers of the Revolutionary War, when the newly established federal government was cash poor. Most local land titles trace back to these Revolutionary war grants. However, the Bloodgood tract was not part of the state bounties to veterans. It was originally granted to a member of the state militia, Martinus Zielie, as

6678-449: The area. Ithaca was founded on flat land just south of the lake — land that formed in fairly recent geological times when silt filled the southern end of the lake. The city ultimately spread to the adjacent hillsides, which rise several hundred feet above the central flats: East Hill, West Hill, and South Hill. The Cornell campus is loosely bounded to the north and south by Fall and Cascadilla Creeks, respectively. The natural vegetation of

6784-425: The area: the Town of Ithaca and the City of Ithaca . The Town of Ithaca is one of the nine towns comprising Tompkins County. The City of Ithaca is surrounded by, but legally independent of, the Town. The City of Ithaca has a council-manager government . The charter of the City of Ithaca provides for a full-time mayor and city judge, each independent and elected at-large . Since 1995, the mayor has been elected to

6890-404: The average family size was 2.81. In the city, the population was spread out, with 9.2% under the age of 18, 53.8% from 18 to 24, 20.1% from 25 to 44, 10.6% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.2 males. The median income for a household in the city

6996-488: The campus range from ornate Collegiate Gothic , Victorian , and Neoclassical buildings to more spare international and modernist structures. Frederick Law Olmsted , designer of Central Park , proposed a "grand terrace" overlooking Cayuga Lake in one of the earliest plans for the development of the campus. North Campus features primarily residential buildings, including ten residence halls designed to accommodate first and second-year students, and transfer students in

7102-502: The city and Cayuga Lake . The campus has expanded to approximately 745 acres (301 ha) since its founding, now including multiple academic buildings, laboratories, administrative facilities, athletic centers, auditoriums, museums, and residential areas. In 2011, Travel + Leisure recognized Cornell's campus in Ithaca as one of the most beautiful in the United States, praising its unique blend of architectural styles, historic landmarks, and picturesque surroundings. The Ithaca campus

7208-511: The city council, known as the Common Council, for staggered four-year terms. In March 2015, the Common Council unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing freedom from domestic violence as a fundamental human right . In September 2023, the Common Council unanimously passed an extensive local ordinance to "protect, defend and shield transgender individuals". Since students won the right to vote where they attend colleges, some have become more active in local politics. In 2004, Gayraud Townsend,

7314-408: The city's history. In December, 2005, the City and Town governments began discussing opportunities for increased government consolidation, including the possibility of joining the two into a single entity. This topic had been previously discussed in 1963 and 1969. Cayuga Heights , a village adjacent to the city on its northeast, voted against annexation into the city of Ithaca in 1954. Politically,

7420-454: The city. The population density was 5,360.9 people per square mile (2,069.9 people/km ). There were 10,736 housing units at an average density of 1,965.2 per square mile (758.8/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 73.97% White , 13.65% Asian , 6.71% Black or African American , 0.39% Native American , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 1.86% from other races , and 3.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.31% of

7526-429: The company began producing the Ithaca 37 , based on a 1915 patent by noted firearms designer John Browning . Its 12-gauge shotguns were the standard used for decades by the New York City Police Department and Los Angeles Police Department . In 1885, Ithaca Children's Home was established on West Seneca Street. The orphanage had two programs at the time: a residential home for both orphaned and destitute children, and

7632-534: The east and resentment at the way in which the Iroquois made war, the 1779 Sullivan Expedition was conducted against the Iroquois in the west of the state, destroying more than 40 villages and stored winter crops and forcing their retreat from the area. It destroyed the Tutelo village of Coregonal, located near what is now the junction of state routes 13 and 13A just south of Ithaca. Most Iroquois were forced from

7738-428: The hills and rain in the valley. The phenomenon of mixed precipitation (rain, wind, and snow), common in the late fall and early spring, is known tongue-in-cheek as ithacatation to many of the local residents. Due to the microclimates created by the impact of the lakes, the region surrounding Ithaca ( Finger Lakes American Viticultural Area ) experiences a short but adequate growing season for winemaking similar to

7844-534: The impact of arboreal epidemics, such as that caused by the emerald ash borer . According to the Köppen climate classification method, Ithaca experiences a warm-summer humid continental climate , also known as a hemiboreal climate ( Dfb ). Summers are warm but brief, and it is cool-to-cold the rest of the year, with long, snowy winters; an average of 67 in (170 cm) of snow falls per year. In addition, frost may occur any time of year except mid-summer. Winter

7950-478: The largest gift ever received by Cornell from an individual at the time. A subsequent $ 30 million commitment in 2021 will name a new multidisciplinary building on campus. As of 2020, the university, which has committed to achieving net carbon neutrality by 2035 is powered by six solar farms, which provide 28 megawatts of power. Cornell is developing an enhanced geothermal system, known as Earth Source Heating, designed to meet campus heating needs. In 2023, Cornell

8056-487: The last several hundred thousand years. These ice sheets gouged the land crosswise to preexisting streams, producing hanging valleys . Once the last ice sheets receded — around twenty or thirty thousand years ago — these streams cut deep into the steep hillsides, forming the many distinctive gorges, rapids, and waterfalls seen in the region; examples include Fall and Cascadilla Creeks in Ithaca, and nearby Buttermilk Falls , Enfield Gorge , and Taughannock Falls . Cayuga Lake

8162-492: The late 19th century. In 1865, Ezra Cornell founded Cornell University , which overlooks the town from East Hill. It was opened as a coeducational institution. Women first enrolled in 1870. Ezra Cornell also established a public library for the city. Ithaca College was founded as the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in 1892. Ithaca College was originally located in the downtown area but relocated to South Hill in

8268-603: The main line via Burdett, and operated on this route until the Lehigh Valley Railroad discontinued this last passenger service on February 4, 1961. In the late 19th century, more industry developed in Ithaca. In 1883, William Henry Baker and his partners founded the Ithaca Gun Company , which manufactured shotguns. The original factory was located in the Fall Creek neighborhood of the city, on

8374-552: The majority of the city's voters (many of them students) have supported liberalism and the Democratic Party . A November 2004 study by ePodunk lists it as New York's most liberal city. This contrasts with the more conservative leanings of the generally rural Upstate New York region; the city's voters are also more liberal than those in the rest of Tompkins County . In 2008, Barack Obama , running against New York State's US Senator Hillary Clinton, won Tompkins County in

8480-616: The nation, its Mathematics and Physical Sciences faculty as sixth-best, and its College of Engineering as fifth-best. In 2000, Cornell began expanding its international programs. In 2004, the university opened Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar in Education City in Al Rayyan , Qatar . The university also developed partnerships with academic institutions in India , the People's Republic of China , and Singapore . In August 2002,

8586-603: The northeast in the Mohawk Valley. Although Ithaca has a history of Ku Klux Klan activity, including a cross-burning in 1923 and 1924, "the peak years of Klan activity in Ithaca were 1923-1925" and it represented only a fraction of the population. Ithaca is known for its political activism regarding civil rights and environmental issues. “Martin Luther King Jr. came to speak twice in Ithaca, in 1960 and 1961”. The annual Ithaca Festival, which often takes place on

8692-1006: The opportunity to intern in the New York State Legislature in Albany , the state capital. The Cornell in Washington program enables students to spend a semester in Washington, D.C. , participating in research or internships. The Cornell in Rome program allows students to study architecture, urban studies, and the arts in Rome , Italy. The university is also a member of the Laidlaw Scholars program, which provides funding to undergraduates to conduct internationally focused research and foster leadership skills. As New York state's land-grant university , Cornell operates

8798-421: The outbreak because "[r]efuse and the contents of the early sewer system dumped directly into the inlet". One out of ten citizens fell ill or died. Local residents lost fifty-one people to the illness that year, but there was "an average of thirty-nine cases each year" for the consecutive ten years following. The Star Theatre on East Seneca Street was built in 1911 and became the most popular vaudeville venue in

8904-406: The population. There were 10,287 households, out of which 14.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 19.0% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 71.2% were non-families. 43.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and

9010-602: The region. Wharton movies were also filmed and shown there. After the film industry centralized in Hollywood, production in Ithaca effectively ceased. Few of the silent films made in Ithaca have been preserved. After World War II , the Langmuir Research Labs of General Electric developed as a major employer; the defense industry continued to expand. GE's headquarters were in Schenectady, New York, to

9116-530: The south and west, via Owego, Waverly, Bath, and Dansville. Two of three daily New York City -Buffalo roundtrip passenger trains served Ithaca on the older, original Lehigh Valley Ithaca Branch between Van Etten Junction and Geneva, until discontinuance of the Black Diamond daylight train, on May 11, 1959. On May 25, 1959, the overnight "Maple Leaf" train was shifted back to the Ithaca Branch from

9222-654: The southern shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York , Ithaca is the largest community in the Ithaca metropolitan statistical area . It is named after the Greek island of Ithaca . As of 2020, the city's population was 32,108. A college town , Ithaca is home to Cornell University , an Ivy League university, and Ithaca College . Nearby is Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3), located in Dryden . Native Americans lived in this area for thousands of years. When reached by Europeans, this area

9328-491: The state after the Revolutionary War, but some remnants remained. The state sold off the former Iroquois lands to stimulate development and settlement by non-indigenous Americans; lands were also granted as payment to veterans of the war. Within the current boundaries of Ithaca, Native Americans maintained a temporary hunting camp at the base of Cascadilla Gorge. In 1788, eleven men from Kingston, New York , came to

9434-487: The state and South Hill residents to determine the extent and danger of the contamination and aid in cleanup. In 2004, Gayraud Townsend, a 20-year-old senior in Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, was sworn in as alderman of the city council: the first black male to be elected to the council and the youngest African American to be elected to office in the United States. He served his full term and has mentored other student politicians. In 2011, Svante Myrick ,

9540-426: The student body included 16,071 undergraduate and 10,207 graduate students from all 50 U.S. states and 130 countries. The university is organized into eight undergraduate colleges and seven graduate divisions on its main Ithaca campus. Each college and academic division has near autonomy in defining its respective admission standards and academic curriculum . In addition to its primary campus in Ithaca,

9646-634: The tribe's hunting lands at the south end of Cayuga Lake, and in Pony (originally Sapony) Hollow of present-day Newfield, New York . Remnants of these tribes had been forced from Virginia and North Carolina by tribal conflicts and European colonial settlement. Similarly, the Tuscarora people , an Iroquoian-speaking tribe from the Carolinas, migrated after defeat in the Yamasee War ; they settled with

9752-436: The university administers three satellite campuses, including two in New York City , the medical school and Cornell Tech , and one in Education City in Al Rayyan , Qatar . Cornell is one of three private land-grant universities in the United States. Among the university's eight undergraduate colleges, four are state-supported statutory or contract colleges through the State University of New York system, including

9858-477: The university became one of the first universities in the nation to include alumni-elected representatives on its board of trustees. Cornell University is home to Cornell University Press , founded in 1869. Cornell was first home to the Cornell Era , a weekly campus publication founded in 1868. In 1880, it was replaced with the founding of The Cornell Daily Sun , an independent student-run newspaper, which

9964-414: The university development program in Ithaca and New York City, each college and program has its own staffed fundraising programs. Cornell University has a robust fundraising program , and it has been the recipient of several sizable private donations, which have enabled the university to expand its reach, create new programs, and drive advancements in education and research. In 1998, Weill Cornell Medicine

10070-520: The university. White agreed to be Cornell University's first president. White spent the first three years at Cornell University overseeing construction of the university's first two buildings, and he traveled to recruit promising students and faculty . On October 7, 1868, Cornell University was inaugurated, and 412 male students were enrolled the following day. Cornell developed as a technologically innovative institution, applying its academic research to its own campus and to outreach efforts. In 1883, it

10176-589: Was $ 21,441, and the median income for a family was $ 42,304. Males had a median income of $ 29,562 versus $ 27,828 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 13,408. About 13.2% of individuals and 4.2% of families were below the poverty line . The term "Greater Ithaca" encompasses both the City and Town of Ithaca, as well as several smaller settled places within or adjacent to the Town: Municipalities Census-designated places There are two governmental entities in

10282-789: Was chartered by an act of the New York State Legislature (Chapter 585 of the Laws of 1865) which was later codified into Article 115 (sections 5701 through 5716) of the Education Law of the Consolidated Laws of New York . Cornell University is governed by a 64-member board of trustees, which includes both privately and publicly appointed trustees appointed by the Governor of New York , alumni-elected trustees, faculty-elected trustees, student-elected trustees, and non-academic staff-elected trustees. The Governor, Temporary President of

10388-536: Was controlled by the Cayuga tribe of Indians, one of the Five Civilized Tribes or Iroquois League. Jesuit missionaries from New France in present-day Quebec had a mission to convert the Cayuga as early as 1657. Saponi and Tutelo peoples, Siouan-speaking tribes, later occupied lands at the south end of Cayuga Lake . Dependent tributaries of the Cayuga, they had been permitted to settle on

10494-628: Was erected in 1800 by Abram Markle. In 1804, the village had a postmaster and, in 1805, a tavern. Ithaca became a transshipping point for salt from curing beds near Salina, New York , to buyers south and east. This prompted construction in 1810 of the Owego Turnpike. When the War of 1812 cut off access to gypsum in Nova Scotia , which was used for fertilizer, Ithaca became the center of trade in Cayuga gypsum. The Cayuga Steamboat Company

10600-548: Was founded on April 27, 1865, by Ezra Cornell , an entrepreneur and New York State Senator , and Andrew Dickson White , an educator and also a New York State Senator, after the New York State legislature authorized the university as the state's land grant institution. Ezra Cornell offered his farm in Ithaca, New York as a preliminary site for the university, and granted $ 500,000 of his personal fortune as an initial endowment (equivalent to $ 12,373,000 in 2023) to

10706-485: Was one of the first university campuses to utilize electricity developed from a water-powered dynamo to light its campus. Since 1894, Cornell has included colleges that are state-funded and fulfill state statutory requirements; it has also administered research and extension activities that have been jointly funded by New York state and U.S. federal government matching funds. Beginning with its first classes, Cornell University has had active and engaged alumni. In 1872,

10812-510: Was organized in 1819 and, in 1820, launched the first steamboat on Cayuga Lake, the Enterprise. In 1821, the village was incorporated at the same time the Town of Ithaca was organized and separated from the parent Town of Ulysses. In 1834, the Ithaca and Owego Railroad's first horse drawn train began service, connecting traffic on the east–west Erie Canal , which was completed in 1825, with

10918-488: Was renamed in recognition of 1955 Cornell alumnus Sanford I. Weill , former chairman and CEO of Citibank , and his wife, following their $ 100 million donation to the university. As of 2013, the Weills have provided over $ 600 million in total donations to the university. Ithaca, New York Ithaca ( / ˈ ɪ θ ə k ə / ) is a city in and the county seat of Tompkins County, New York , United States. Situated on

11024-556: Was selected to design Cornell Tech's first building. In addition to the tech campus and medical center, Cornell maintains local offices in New York City for some of its service programs. The Cornell Urban Scholars Program encourages students to pursue public service careers, arranging assignments with organizations working with New York City's poorest children, families, and communities. The College of Human Ecology and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences enable students to reach out to local communities by gardening and building with

11130-506: Was the first university in the nation to commit to Kyoto Protocol emission reductions. The same year, a concert held at Barton Hall by Dead & Company raised $ 3.1 million for MusiCares and the Cornell 2030 Project, two organizations which have contributed to the establishment of the Climate Solutions Fund and aims to catalyze large-scale, impactful climate research across the university, which will be administered by

11236-443: Was to be completed in a few years. Cornell University owns and operates a variety of off-campus research facilities and offers study abroad and scholarship programs. These facilities and programs contribute to the university's research endeavors and provide students with unique learning opportunities. Cornell's off-campus research facilities include Shoals Marine Laboratory, a seasonal marine field station on Appledore Island off

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