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What is Cornell?
Cornell "is truly a special place, with distinctive traditions and historic roots, a vigorous and productive record of current accomplishment and commitment, and a future that should be very bright. All who live, work and study there are fortunate indeed." --Accreditation Report of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
"Today, Cornell is recognized as one of the handful of truly superb, comprehensive research universities in the world. All of us are here because we want to be part of an institution that extends the frontiers of human knowledge and that prepares students to contribute to the betterment of our world. With faculty, students, graduates, and staff who provide global leadership in every domain of our society, Cornell University is a distinguished private university with a broad public mission." --President Jeffrey S. Lehman '77
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In 1865, Ezra Cornell founded his university as "an institution where any person can find instruction in any study." Nonsectarian and coeducational, Cornell University was considered so unusual for its time that many educators assumed it would fail to attract a student body. Yet from its beginning, Cornell has attracted both male and female students, and people from many races and nations. It had one of the first women's residence halls in the Northeast, was one of the first to admit students of color, and in 1906 was the founding institution for Alpha Phi Alpha, the first African-American undergraduate fraternity. Since those early years, the university has continued to build on its legacy of innovation and diversity, and has been a place where both those with traditional values and those who value the unconventional find themselves equally at home.
Cornell's distinguished faculty and dedicated staff genuinely contribute to the development of the next generation of leaders for America and the world. Its researchers make exciting discoveries in a multitude of academic disciplines and professional pursuits, from the practical and applied through the classical and theoretical. Cornell's faculty includes Nobelists and Pulitzer-prize winners, and its research foundation holds title to more than 760 foreign and U.S. patents. Cornell students come from all over the United States and the world and are among the brightest and most talented to be found.
The same energy and enthusiasm can be found in Cornell's staff members, who are often leaders in their fields with professional connections and technical expertise sought both in their local communities and beyond the upstate New York area. University alumni-affairs, development, and public affairs staff members have worked to make Cornell one of the premier institutional advancement programs in the country, its dining facilities win national awards, and a number of staff are on the national boards of their professional organizations.
A member of the Ivy League, Cornell has seven undergraduate and seven graduate schools and colleges, and has a mission to serve New York State as a land-grant institution, providing significant outreach throughout the state.
It's an exciting place to be!
Cornell is a learning community that seeks to serve society by educating the leaders of tomorrow and extending the frontiers of knowledge.
A Progressive Employer
Cornell University is an innovative, progressive, and flexible employer, reflected in its Core Human Resource Values:
Core Human Resource Values
1. Cornell highly values its faculty and staff, and strives to treat them with fairness, respect and dignity at all times.
2. Cornell provides outstanding education and services by recruiting and developing high-quality faculty and staff.
3. Cornell's faculty and staff are valued for their knowledge, skills, talents, service orientation, flexibility, and commitment, and the creativity they bring to the university.
Cornell is committed to creating an environment where employees can find balance between work and family. An innovative policy on flexibility, combined with a robust information-technology infrastructure, makes telecommuting a viable alternative to the traditional workplace. Among Cornell and the local communities, support services abound for day care; elder care; physical, mental, and spiritual wellness; and other services and activities. Our lively and cosmopolitan community offers living, recreation, cultural, health-care, and educational options to suit a variety of lifestyles and financial circumstances.
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More than 8,550 faculty and staff members work on Cornell's Ithaca campus, teaching and supporting more than 19,600 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. We have electricians and engineers, artists and architects, business managers and bus drivers, printers and psychologists, chefs and coaches, admissions assistants and anthropologists. The university is also home to veterinarians, ornithologists, alumni-affairs and development officers, librarians, information technologists, accountants, research and administrative assistants, custodial and dining staff, heavy machine mechanics, theologians, and many other occupations. Those who succeed at Cornell tend to enjoy being in a diverse community, work well in teams, communicate effectively, are adaptable and motivated, pursue their own self-development, and have a solid commitment to service and stewardship.
Cornell provides a myriad of collaborative and networking opportunities for faculty and staff members across colleges and administrative units. The university has many resources available, including 19 libraries (with 7.1 million volumes), national resource and research centers, outreach and public service units, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, quality athletic facilities and numerous opportunities to participate in wellness activities, and much, much more.
It truly is a world of opportunity!
Generous Benefits
Cornell provides excellent benefits to its faculty and staff.
A Vibrant Community
Cornell University is located in the heart of the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of New York State. The 745-acre campus overlooks what the Utne Reader dubbed the "most enlightened" city of Ithaca, nd is surrounded by an unspoiled, easily accessible environment of startling natural beauty. Ithaca was also voted the "best healthy city in the Northeast" in the September/October 2003 issue of Organic Style Magazine, by Rodale Press, who also gave it high ranking for culture and style.
If you need a big-city fix, Manhattan is an easy 45-minute flight from our convenient airport (with handy connections to anywhere), and, at 220 miles away, is within four hours of travelling by car on scenic highways. Syracuse, Binghamton, and Rochester are all within 90 miles of Ithaca, and Toronto isn't much further than New York City.
Tired of long commutes? Almost any sort of living is available within a 15-minute drive of campus - rural, suburban, historic downtown, and many more options. Cornell faculty and staff members enrich their local communities through involvement in a full range of activities, such as participation on school and community boards, volunteering with one of the many non-profit agencies, and social and political activism. Ideas and talents flourish with the diversity of experience and backgrounds (ethnic, national, religious) to be found here.
"Foodies" will find themselves in paradise, with an enormous variety of top-quality restaurant experiences, from vegetarian to aged Angus beef, with multiple ethnic varieties. Cornell's own Statler Hotel offers premier dining and lodging facilities. You can shop at the local Farmer's Market (also a major social gathering spot in season), the cooperative whole-foods market, or find virtually any kind of ethnic food at one of the several outstanding grocery stores in the areas.
There are six first-rate public school districts in Tompkins County, one regional vocational school (BOCES), one parochial school, and three private schools, including a Montessori school. The Community School of Music and Arts provides private and group vocal, instrumental, and art instruction. Fifteen licensed child-care centers in the county, as well as 24 nursery schools and many after-school programs, provide a variety of care for infants, toddlers, and school-age children.
Have an interest in culture? Ithaca is home to four theatre companies, which have featured productions to appeal to both classical and avant-garde audiences, as well as having a commitment to children's productions, educational outreach, and theatre groups for young people. Ithaca also has a Multicultural Resource Center that features book readings and social events, including a Latino dinner and dance. If that's not enough, there are almost daily performances of music and dance, from classical to Gamelan to jazz, from ballroom to tango to ballet. The visual arts are well represented by several local galleries, and readers will be astonishingly well-served by the area bookstores and active poetry and fiction groups.
Sports lovers-both participants and observers-will be well-rewarded with nationally-ranked college teams, softball, soccer, dart, and bowling leagues, active running clubs, and exceptional athletic and sport facilities that are found throughout the area. There are Kiwanis-sponsored sports leagues, Ithaca Youth Hockey (one of the finest youth hockey programs in the country), and many more opportunities for children and youth to be physically active and involved.
Come see for yourself!
Year-Round Natural Beauty
"Ithaca is Gorges" proclaims our local bumper sticker, and that's true at any time of the year. If you appreciate the change of seasons, you'll really love the area. In winter, you can downhill or cross-country ski, take a sleigh ride, or just curl up fireside. Our springs are bursting with color while nearby lakes and streams offer some of the best fishing in New York State. Summers are glorious with hiking, mountain biking, camping, boating and other activities. Autumn in upstate New York is spectacular with hillsides painted in reds, golds and oranges while more than sixty Finger Lakes wineries harvest the years' vintage. The local geology has created incomparable scenic beauty. Our outstanding area state parks take full advantage of the creeks and cascades, gorges and waterfalls, and pools and ponds that the glaciers helped create. Cornell Plantations, the university's arboretum and botanical garden, centers on 200 park-like acres adjacent to the central campus, and includes 3,600 acres in the surrounding region, all open to the public.
All photos by Cornell University Photography (Robert Barker, Frank DiMeo, Charles Harrington, Nicola Kountoupes)
Cornell University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action educator and employer.
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