Cornell University

42 26 '55 "N 76 28' 43" W / 42.44851, -76.47862

Cornell University
Currency	"Would I found enfants year institution WHERE CAN find instruction in" any study ", Ezra Cornell, 1865
Location
City	Ithaca , New York
Country	United States
Direction
President	David J. Skorton
Key figures
Teachers	3 241
Undergraduates	13 665
Postgraduates	6 679
Miscellaneous
Mascot	The Big Red (The Big Red)
Website	www.cornell.edu/
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The Cornell University is a university American private belonging to the Ivy League. It is therefore one of the most prestigious universities and famous the world . It is based in the small city of Ithaca in the New York State , north-eastern United States.

History

Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White , it was opened in 1868 with the construction of Morrill Hall was the first building on the main campus in Ithaca.

In 1913 , from 29 August to 20 September , the Cornell Cosmopolitan Club of Cornell University has organized the ^8th and penultimate meeting of the Corda Fratres , International students . The universities of thirty nations were represented. The founder of the Corda Fratres, Giglio-Tos Efisio was the Italian section of the Corda Fratres. Officials of the organization were George W. Nasmyth, new president of the International Federation, Louis P. Lochner, head of the publication "The Cosmopolitan Student" and Secretary of the Central Committee of the Corda Fratres and Carlos L. Locsin, chairman of Cornell Congress Committee in 1913 - 1914. The "cordafratrini" (members of the Corda Fratres) participants were welcomed on 11 September with the greatest encouragement by the U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan. They will be invited to many banquets given in honor of the Euro-American friendship and will receive a message from U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.

Location

It is characterized by significant elevation changes (the university is on a plateau, the city of Ithaca below a steep slope) and temperatures down to -25 C in winter.

Operation

Tower Quill & Dagger, Cornell University

Through a system of RFID , its lending libraries are available 24 hours on 24 students with their badges and without special administrative operation in loans.

Although a university private, the land on which it is built is a government institution guaranteed by the State of New York. She is a member of the Ivy League and a partner of the State University of New York.

It is particularly distinguished for a degree in law , the LL.M. (year postdoctoral welcoming foreign students) where she finished first in 2008 at the University of Pennsylvania , the New York University or Columbia . Many LL.M. students are presented simultaneously to the bar exam in New York.

It hosts the largest hotel management school in the world ( http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/ ). Art museum, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art ( http://www.museum.cornell.edu/ ) was designed by IM Pei. (the renovation of the Louvre in Paris). The patron who funded the building of this museum is Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr., graduated from Cornell in 1922, is the manufacturer of the wax of the same name known worldwide.

Cornell University is also famous in computer graphics for the three-dimensional "Cornell box", a white box with two sides (side) colored (one red and one blue (or green)) in which are placed cubes and openness to summit from which a diffuse light. This box is used to measure the "mixed" natural color to provide a basis for algorithms radiance process of computer graphics to create a greater photorealism (colors affect each other). Achieve its "Cornell box" is now a common exercise for students graphic.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology conducts research on animal biodiversity, especially with regard to birds. In 2005, this laboratory has made about him by announcing the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker , declared extinct since 1996 by the IUCN . This announcement has not been confirmed yet.

In sports , the Big Red of Cornell defend the colors of Cornell University. His ice hockey team, composed mainly of Canadian, is mentioned in the movie "Love Story".

This university has made the front page of the American press (eg. Life Magazine) following the April 19, 1969 occupation of Willard Straight Hall by black students armed. The confrontation with residents of Ithaca has been avoided thanks to the composure of the University President and the Chief of Police. ( http://en.orgWillard_Straight_Hall )

Its department of Romance Studies (French Literature, Spanish, Italian) was particularly strong in the early 70s, receiving intellectual personalities such as Julia Kristeva , Michel Foucault , Michel Serres , Helene Cixous , Gianni Celata , etc. ... Jean-Paul Sartre in 1965 had declined an invitation citing the commitment of the U.S. military in Viet Nam ^, .

Infrastructure

The campus includes more than 260 major buildings on 745 acres (or approximately 3 km ), is composed of:

• 14 colleges and schools in Ithaca,
• Two medical units and business units to New York ( Weill Medical College ) and Doha ( Qatar ).

Alumni and faculty

There is particular or has counted among its faculty several Nobel laureates, including Hans Bethe , Richard Feynman , professors in natural sciences and social sciences globally recognized as a famous teacher Vladimir Nabokov , Frances Perkins or Carl Sagan who notably designed the " plate message "carried by the spacecraft Pioneer 10 ( http://www.solarviews.com/eng/pn10-11.htm ), and also famous alumni as Louis Bromfield , Keith Olbermann , Steve Reich , Ratan Tata or Hubert Reeves. The player of the Colorado Avalanche Ryan O'Byrne was also studied at Cornell University. Elise L'Esperance , world-renowned cancer specialist, was the first woman professor at the university (1920).

References

See also

External Links

• (En) Website
• Electronic library of the university
• Cornell Box

• Portal United States
• Portal university

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