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View of Ho Plaza with McGraw Tower and trees in the background.

Ho Plaza, with the iconic McGraw Tower as a backdrop, bustles with activity in all seasons.

An aerial view of Libe Slope, with historic campus buildings and Cayuga Lake in the background.

West Campus is gorgeous in the fall, with Cayuga Lake serving as a backdrop.

There's nothing quite like Beebe Lake in autumn, with its sweeping panoramas of fall foliage.

Adjacent to the Tang Welcome Center is one of the many dramatic waterfalls found across campus.

Numerous trails outline the edges of Beebe Lake, a favorite destination on campus for runners, hikers and others who enjoy the outdoors.

Exterior of the Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center. Photo is framed by a few tree branches and blue sky.

The Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center is often the first stop for visitors to Cornell, especially due to its central location on campus.

Visitors to the Martin Y. Tang Center can enjoy historic and current objects in the Tang Center's "Cornelliana" display.

A.D. White House with flower gardens in foreground.

The A. D. White House is an elegant, beautiful landmark all year round. It is surrounded by stunning gardens that bloom throughout the spring, summer and fall.

Overhead shot of the Ag Quad at Cornell in autumn.

The Agriculture Quad — or “Ag Quad” is it is commonly called — is particularly stunning in autumn.

Aerial view of the Arts Quad with fall foliage and Cayuga Lake in background.

High above Cayuga’s waters, an aerial provides a view of the lake and the Arts Quad in the fall on a clear day.

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Exterior of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, as seen in autumn. Behind it is a blue sky with a few clouds.

From atop Libe Slope, the Johnson Museum offers stunning views of campus, Ithaca and Cayuga Lake.

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Two students, both wearing hoodie sweatshirts and purple gloves, work on a lab experiment. The student at left is taking notes while the other student looks down at the notebook.

Two students collaborate on a lab experiment in a biochemistry and molecular biology course.

A student poses for a photo inside a wooden pen alongside two baby sheep with other students gathered around outside the pen.

At the annual CALS Fest on the Ag Quad, a student poses with two baby sheep for a photo.

Over 20 students sitting at tables with their laptops out, talking and studying in the Stocking Hall Gallery.

Students talk at a table in Stocking Hall — a building that houses a variety of CALS offerings including state-of-the-art classrooms, a teaching winery, a food processing and development laboratory and the Cornell Dairy Bar.

On the left, students sit a table writing and typing on their computers. On the right, a long hallway lined with offices.

Students work in the Entrepreneurship at Cornell study area, part of the eHub space in Kennedy Hall that provides conference rooms and other amenities for student startups.

Students walk across one of the Ag Quad’s many pathways on a sunny day.

An aerial view of students sitting at tables in Mann Library studying.

Students at work in Mann Library. The building includes space for meetings and events, numerous special archival collections and a café with food and drinks.

Students decorate pumpkins on the Arts Quad during a fall celebration. McGraw Tower stands in the background.

A bronze statue of Ezra Cornell, taken from below. Cornell's face looks to the left of the frame.

Situated on the west side of the Arts Quad, the Ezra Cornell statue honors the university’s namesake, who championed an institution of higher education open to all.

A multi-pronged exhibit space in the Milstein Hall Dome.

Student architecture designs on display in the Milstein Dome, which also serves as space for AAP lectures and events.

Students (who are out of focus) descend a spiral staircase with stone railings and beautiful inlay artwork on the wall.

The Cornell in Rome program — one of AAP’s signature offerings — provides undergraduates an opportunity to study abroad and immerse themselves in Italian architecture, art, design, language and culture.

An overhead view of Minns Garden, showing an incredible variety of colors and plant varieties.

Minns Garden, located on Tower Road next to the Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory, is one of many destinations where CALS students can study horticulture, biodiversity, sustainable design and other topics.

Two students and a faculty member working at a lab bench.

Two students work in a lab with a School of Integrative Plant Science faculty member.

A class gathers on the unique architecture outside Milstein Hall, home to the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP).

Several dozen students parade a large dragon art project, created from wood, fabric and other materials. It has a red head and very large white teeth.

Each spring, first-year AAP architecture students build a colorful dragon to parade through campus for Dragon Day, one of the university’s oldest traditions.

About a dozen people sitting in chairs, seen from behind, watching someone standing and speaking to them. Behind them is the skyline of Manhattan, including the Chrysler Building.

At the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center, students take classes and gain practical experience in the heart of the architecture industry.

A wide-open studio space with very large sunlight windows and several easels with nearly finished paintings on them. There are more than a dozen portable art cabinets - white but with lots of markings on them.

Light-filled and spacious painting and drawing studios in AAP’s Tjaden Hall offer flexible environments for a wide variety of work and media.

An overhead view of Klarman Hall's atrium, where students can collaborate in small groups, study quietly or enjoy a bite from the Temple of Zeus café.

A student wearing safety goggles performs an experiment in one of the Physical Science Building's labs for applies and engineering physics.

A student performs an experiment in one of the Physical Science Building's labs for applied and engineering physics — one of many such labs used by Arts and Sciences students and researchers.

A research associate and student work together on a biochemistry project in Baker Lab.

Ten dancers with their arms raised in a dance studio.

With four performance spaces plus dance and theater rehearsal studios — not to mention numerous shops for costumes, props and scenery — the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts offers unlimited opportunity for creative expression.

Its members sitting on the floor, a Korean drumming troupe practices in Lincoln Hall, home to the Department of Music.

A Korean drumming troupe practices in Lincoln Hall, home to the College of Arts and Sciences’ music department.

A magnifying glass is held over 35mm slides on a lightbox. Many of the 15 slides feature Queen Latifah, who is wearing a red headdress.

Kroch Library hosts exhibits on a regular basis — such as this one that spotlighted the Cornell Hip Hop Archives’ extensive collection of photographs of black female icons.

Inside the top of McGraw Tower, a chimesmaster performs on the carillon while a group of parents and students look on.

The 21 bells in McGraw Tower are played by chimesmasters who perform daily while classes are in session. (Please note: due to renovations, the tower is closed to visitors through late 2024.)

A dramatic sunset bathes Uris Library (left) and McGraw Tower (right) in streaks of purple and blue light.

Exterior of Bailey Hall in autumn.

Dozens of students walk across a plaza, with Bailey Hall behind them. The photo also has several trees displaying fall foliage in reds, browns, and yellows.

Students leaving Bailey Hall after a class on a gorgeous fall day.

A dance troupe, clad in flowing robes, performs in Bailey Hall.

The Cornell community regularly enjoys performances by top international musicians and acts, such as this staging of a comedic opera about 18th-century Paris.

A faculty member, seen at left, looks toward the right as she teaches a class. In the background are dozens of students attending the lecture, including several on a balcony.

Bailey Hall is often the setting for the university’s most popular courses, such as this Human Bonding class.

Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis plays on the stage at Bailey Hall. Surrounding him, clockwise from left, are musicians playing piano, upright bass, drums, and saxophone.

During his time as an A. D. White Professor-at-Large, famed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis performed with his jazz combo.

A group of eight students performing on stage. They are each wearing Cornell T-shirts of varying colors and designs.

A group of students and young alumni perform as part of Reunion weekend.

Dozens of performers on stage, seen from behind, perform in front of an audience of hundreds in Bailey Hall.

Current and former members of the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club perform to a packed audience during Reunion weekend.

A guest conductor wearing a kente cloth stole conducts an intergenerational chorus during a tribute to civil rights pioneer Dorothy Cotton.

Exterior of Barton Hall, with autumn-colored red ivy climbing one side. A tree in the foreground is also bathed in yellow foliage.

Barton Hall, seen here splashed in autumn colors, is host to the university’s track and field facilities, Division of Public Safety and the Department of Military Science.

Several runners jump over hurdles on the track inside Barton Hall.

A custom-built, eight-lane indoor track helps make Barton Hall one of the premier indoor facilities in the eastern U.S. and is often used by top athletes to achieve NCAA- and USATF-qualifying performances.

Taken from the rear of the venue, the photo shows purple and white lights emanating from the stage at Barton Hall during a recent performance by Dead & Company.

Cornell students, alumni and fans celebrate the return of members of the Grateful Dead, as Dead & Company, to Barton Hall exactly 46 years after one of their most iconic concerts.

A Cornell women’s basketball player jumps up toward the net, basketball in hand.

Cornell women’s basketball takes on Colgate in Newman Arena at Bartels Hall.

A Cornell women’s hockey player in white, center, is flanked by two opponents dressed in red and black colors.

The Cornell women's hockey team takes on rival Princeton in the iconic Lynah Rink.

The Cornell University Pep Band performs at the start of a men's ice hockey game in Lynah Rink.

Students take a swim test in an Olympic-sized pool. Each lane is separated by red-and-white lane markers, and the words “Cornell Swimming” is seen on the far wall.

This 25-yard, 6-lane pool in Helen Newman Hall on North Campus is one of three pools on campus available for community use.

A student scales the Lindseth climbing wall. They’re hanging onto a wide, red-colored portion of the climbing wall, which is studded with dozens of handholds.

A student scales the Lindseth climbing wall, which offers 8,000 square feet of bouldering, top rope and sport lead rock climbing in Bartels Hall.

A line of Cornell football players advances toward a football placed on a small red stand during a game.

Play gets underway at Schoellkopf Field as the Big Red football team kicks off.

Cornell University president Martha E. Pollack, seen from behind dressed in academic regalia, addresses a crowd of thousands at Schoellkopf Field. Behind her are several more individuals, also wearing regalia.

President Pollack addresses graduates and their families gathered at Schoellkopf Field for Cornell’s annual Commencement ceremonies.

A fireworks and laser light show illuminate the sky above Schoellkopf Field during the homecoming celebration.

Cornell Police K-9 Luna and her handler pose outside Cornell Police headquarters at Barton Hall.

Air Force ROTC members practice drills in Barton Hall.

Exterior of the Cornell Store as seen from Ho Plaza.

Café Jennie at the Cornell Store buzzes with activity as students refuel, connect with one another and hit the books.

The Cornell Store offers all of the Big Red merchandise and supplies every Cornellian needs.

Exterior of Duffield Hall, shown from a low angle looking up toward the sky.

The exterior of Duffield Hall, one of the central homes of Cornell Engineering. The building, which is connected to Upson Hall, includes a large atrium where faculty and students can interact in a relaxed, attractive environment and enjoy light refreshments from an indoor café.

Three Cornell Engineering students hang out at a table in the atrium of Duffield Hall, with large glass windows in the background.

Cornell Engineering students relax in Duffield Hall atrium just near Mattin’s Café, where the campus community can enjoy a broad selection of snacks, coffee and other grab-’n-go items.

Two students walk past Duffield Hall at Cornell University. To the left are silver metal outdoor tables, with a tall heat lamp at each. To the right are some of the building’s support pillars.

Two students walk past Duffield Hall, which houses one of the country's most sophisticated research and teaching facilities for nanoscale science and engineering.

A half-dozen students look at a large poster on the floor, printed with various terms related to the parts of a race car. Many of the terms are connected together by pieces of string.

Members of the Cornell Racing Student Project Team — one of more than 30 such project teams at Cornell Engineering — lay out wire harnesses for their all-electric Formula SAE car.

Six students sit at a long table. In front of them are laptops and other tech, as well as pieces of cardboard and other tools. In the background are several high-end 3-D printers.

The Cornell Rapid Prototyping Lab — run by undergraduate students in partnership with the Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility — offers a wide variety of 3-D printers and laser cutters to the campus community.

Two students, studying, facing each other at a table in a large, airy atrium.

Students study in Duffield Hall during the first week of the spring semester.

Three students kneel on the ground as they work on a prototype of a small, unmanned aerial unit.

Students work on a project for CUAir, an interdisciplinary student team that designs, builds and tests search-and-rescue unmanned aerial systems.

A male student wearing a maroon hoodie sweatshirt works on a project at a workbench.

An engineering student works on a project in Upson Hall’s Experiential Learning Lab during “Jan Fab,” a two-week period on campus during winter break when students from Student Project Teams drill, mill, bore, smooth and otherwise prepare for upcoming regional and national contests.

Five students sit at a table, upon which are several laptops, small pieces of electronic equipment, and other items as they work on a project.

The Digital Ag Hackathon, open to all Cornell students, challenges them to collaborate on technology-based solutions that could revolutionize agriculture and food systems.

A faculty member, standing, guides a student on a biomedical engineering project.

With 14 majors, Cornell Engineering offers an interdisciplinary environment that prepares students for graduate school and for careers in industry, government, non-traditional engineering and other sectors.

Two ILR students listen attentively during a class.

Several students work at a lab bench crowded with microscopes, helix models and other equipment.

Biomedical engineering students often use the design lab for prototyping and testing electronics, polymers, metals, chemicals, software and other materials. Its 1,300 square feet of workspace also features 3-D printers, oscilloscopes, soldering stations and other tools.

Bill and Melinda Gates Hall houses majors offered in Cornell Engineering, Arts and Sciences and Cornell CALS, demonstrating the power of cross-campus collaboration.

Students and faculty working, studying and talking as seen from the opposite side of the Gates Hall atrium.

A student, right, wearing a red Cornell sweatshirt, watches a robot arm that is holding a fork with a piece of banana.

A student in the EmPRISE Lab watches as an assistive robot prototype picks up a piece of fruit with a fork.

Two students, standing at center, smile and give each other high-fives while others, seated, clap and look on.

A group of students celebrates their win in a SoNIC workshop competition, during which they designed a prototype device for the visually impaired.

A professor, standing at left center, leads a class while two rows of students look on.

A computer science professor leads a workshop on “Designing Technology for Social Impact.”

A man with a beard and long hair sits in the back seat of a car. In front of him is a bright screen and a keyboard on which he is typing.

A student demonstrates data-collection techniques as part of a project aimed at improving the functionality of autonomous vehicles.

Three students work on laptops at a table. On the table is a small sign that reads “Bubblegum Bandit.”

Computer science students in Bowers CIS collaborate on “Bubblegum Bandit,” their entry in a game design competition.

A mathematician works with formulas on a clear vertical surface.

A Cornell Bowers CIS student works on formulas in an office in Gates Hall.

The exterior of Barnes Hall, a red brick building situated on Ho Plaza surrounded by trees.

Barnes Hall is home not only to Cornell Career Services, but also to two Steinway grand pianos that are part of the Department of Music’s collection of 18th- and 19th century pianos.

A student from the SC Johnson School of Business engages in a one-on-one coaching session with an executive in Barnes Hall as part of the Marketing Executive Coaching Program.

A student talks with a representative from a hospitality employer at aCornell Nolan School career fair.

In addition to career fairs held by individual schools and college at Cornell — such as this event hosted by Cornell’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration — the Career Services office in Barnes Hall also sponsors similar events throughout the year.

Five individuals are seen talking to each other, standing under a red 10x10-foot tent with a red top.

Orientation leaders talk with new students on Ho Plaza during Move-In Days.

The mission of Cornell Health – located on Ho Plaza next to Willard Straight Hall – is to support campus health and foster student readiness to learn and participate fully in the Cornell experience.

A medical provider at Cornell Health evaluates a patient.

Members of Cornell Nazaqat, an Indian classical dance team, perform a dance called kathak on Ho Plaza outside Willard Straight Hall.

Members of Book Wagon, a student-run program to promote reading literature for leisure, gather in Willard Straight Hall.

The exterior of King-Shaw Hall as seen from the front entrance.

King-Shaw Hall, part of Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), is a state-of-the-art conference center with a 36-seat amphitheater, four floors of meeting space and an outdoor space for special events.

A professor points at a projector screen that shows a table of text, some of which is superimposed over her.

A professor of labor relations, law and history teaches a class at the ILR School.

Ives Hall, a Collegiate Gothic-style building, as seen on a sunny day. Ivy grows on the building’s sides, with other lush vegetation surrounding it.

A central hub for the ILR School, Ives Hall includes the Catherwood Library, Kheel Center archival collections, lecture halls and workspaces.

A professor in a lecture hall, hands outstretched, speaks to a student.

A professor of economics and international and comparative labor interacts with a student during class in Ives Hall.

Two women stand in a classroom in India. In front of them are about three dozen schoolchildren, all sitting on the floor and most wearing blue shirts. Behind the women is a chalkboard covered in writing.

Thanks to ILR's partnership with the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a group of ILR students travel to southern India each summer to work on initiatives that benefit indigenous and rural communities.

Four college students, each wearing a lanyard and name tag, look down at a table at a set of small Post-It Notes.

Through the innovative Student Campus Mediation Program — managed by the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution at the ILR School — students gain firsthand experience arbitrating cases involving Cornell students who have committed minor campus policy violations.

Eight college students sit around a circular table, with binders in front of them. In the background are two easels with writing, as well as a projection screen showing a PowerPoint slide titled, “Basic Steps Within an Informal Mediation.”

From arbitration scrimmages to the Conflict Resolution Club, the Scheinman Institute develops the next generation of arbitrators through a powerful combination of education, real-world skills, innovative learning experiences and professional networking.

Two individuals, one in a wheelchair and the other seated, speak with another person sitting at a table across from them. On the table is a laptop, a computer monitor and several small boxes of equipment. In the background are several more long tables with similar discussions occurring.

One of the 15 centers housed in ILR is the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, which conducts research and provides continuing education and technical assistance regarding disability in the workplace.

In the foreground at left, a panelist wearing glasses and holding a pen listens to someone speaking off-camera. Above is a banner that reads “Union Days” and to the right are two other panelists, also listening.

Each year on the Ithaca campus, ILR’s Worker Institute hosts Union Days, a two-day event where ILR students can hear today's groundbreaking labor leaders speak about their work — and make new professional connections in the process.

Statues line the left side of a museum hallway; to the right are large glass-pane windows with a wide view of Cayuga Lake.

On the museum’s fifth floor, visitors will find galleries of Asian art along with panoramic views of Cayuga Lake.

Two college students stand at either side of a table. A red banner in between them reads “The Advocacy Project from Cornell University.” On top of the table, four posters are displayed, and smaller handouts are placed on the table.

Following a trip to a nonprofit think tank in Buffalo, ILR students presented their findings at the Community-Based Advocacy Symposium, an on-campus event during which over 60 students connected on finding new ways to improve their communities.

A student at Cornell’s Commencement ceremony wears sunglasses with red frames and the phrase “ILR” printed on each lens.

An ILR senior celebrates her school pride during a recent Commencement ceremony.

A shot of the exterior of Cornell’s midtown Manhattan hub, located in the old General Electric building. Its Art Deco-styled architecture is in the foreground, with other city buildings lining the street behind it.

Cornell’s Midtown Manhattan hub at 570 Lexington Avenue offers 40,000 square feet of space for activities including conferences, seminars, workshops, classes and receptions.

Two students are seen walking up a pathway on a fall day. In the distance are McGraw Tower and two other academic buildings.

Students walk up Libe Slope toward McGraw Tower and the Arts Quad on a fall day.

Two performers at Slope Day. Photo is taken from behind them on the stage, looking out toward an audience of thousands of Cornell students. Trees and McGraw Tower are in the background.

Students gather on the slope for the annual end-of-semester Slope Day concert and festivities.

Two students are sitting on a bench, seen from behind, watching the sun set on the distant horizon.

Students, sitting on a bench near Libe Slope, watch the sunset over Cayuga Lake.

Students walking up an uphill path. In the background are snow-covered trees.

Students walk up a Libe Slope pathway on a crisp winter day.

About a dozen students sit and lie in circle while studying. In the background are trees in full autumn foliage.

Libe Slope is also a frequent gathering spot for studying, both in groups and on one’s own.

A gallery at the museum, which contains a variety of artwork including framed photographs, artifacts in a display case, and mixed-media art.

This gallery of modern and contemporary art is one of many in the museum, where admission for everyone is always free.

Two visitors to the Johnson Museum, sitting on a bench in the middle of a gallery, read more about the exhibit. Behind them are about two dozen small paintings mounted on a wall.

Two visitors in a Johnson Museum salon-style gallery read more about the 19th-century artworks on view.

A Cornell Dining staff member hands a bowl to a customer. Between three are three large containers of buffet-style food.

All Cornell Dining staff receive regular training on allergen labeling, special dietary needs, avoiding cross-contamination and other important topics to help keep the community healthy and safe.

A student puts a pizza on a wooden board into a large oven in a dining hall kitchen.

Meinig Family Cornell National Scholars work in the Morrison Dining kitchen during a cook-off event attended by the university’s top leadership.

The exterior of Martha Van Rensselaer Hall in springtime, with flowering trees in the foreground.

The Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, a beautiful Georgian Revival-style building that houses many units of the College of Human Ecology and the Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy.

Three people, seen from behind in silhouette, look at images of brain scans on monitors in front of them. In the background is an MRI machine.

Located in Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, the Cornell MRI Facility — a collaboration between Cornell Human Ecology and Weill Cornell Medicine — supports cross-disciplinary research in fields spanning from neuroscience to linguistics to biomedical engineering.

A fashion exhibit in the Jill Stuart Gallery. There are several mannequins, two of which are positioned on top of small, circular pedestals that are intricately decorated.

Fashion design students and faculty display original works and curate exhibits in the Jill Stuart Gallery.

Apparel sketches adorn the walls of the fashion design studios in the Human Ecology Building. The sketch shows a row of female subjects, each wearing a different outfit.

Apparel sketches adorn the walls of the fashion design studios in the Human Ecology Building. Each year, the student-run Cornell Fashion Collective presents a show featuring looks created and modeled by Cornell students.

Closeup of a table full of various cardboard cutouts and other art-project materials. At left you can see a hand holding a blue pencil.

Students and faculty access laser cutters, 3-D printers and other cutting-edge equipment in the Digital Design and Fabrication Studio.

Two individuals walking near the PolyForm, whose exterior colored-glass walls reach about seven feet high and reflect onto nearby pavement.

Reflecting Human Ecology’s principles of human-centered, inclusive design is the PolyForm, an eye-catching display whose colors and reflections change depending on the time, weather and the viewer’s orientation. The work was created by Jenny E. Sabin, chair of the Department of Design Tech at Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.

Three students walk in a hallway, talking. On the wall to the left is a Cornell University seal and raised lettering that reads “Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy.”

Core areas of focus for the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy include data science and technology policy; environmental and sustainability policy; global security; health policy; the politics and economics of development; race, racism and public policy; and social policy and inequality.

A professor talks with a group of students, who are seated at two long lecture tables. Behind him is a projector screen; the headline “Public Policy” is visible.

A crucial part of the Brooks School undergraduate experience is directly engaging with faculty members to learn about their areas of expertise and research.

Two graduate students in the Sloan Master of Health Administration program collaborate on an orientation activity.

A large group of college students stands in front of a brown brick building in Washington, D.C.

Located in the historic Dupont Circle district, Cornell in Washington welcomes undergraduates from virtually every major to live, learn and intern in the nation’s capital.

Two women in the foreground look at each other. The U.S. Supreme Court is in the background, slightly out of focus.

Undergraduate and master’s-level students alike gain real-world policy experience with internships and professional opportunities in Washington, D.C.

The Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center's history of Cornell artifacts. There is a vertical panel, about 6 feet tall, that says EZRA. Next to it is a mannequin wearing a Cornell hockey jersey.

Visitors to the Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center can enjoy historic and current objects in the center's "Cornelliana" display.

Eight Cornell students are locked arm in arm. Each is wearing a white sweater with a red letter C on the front. Behind them are stadium stands filled with people.

In the spirit of Ezra Cornell’s founding goal of “. . . any person . . . any study,” students lock arms for the traditional singing of the alma mater at Cornell Homecoming.

In the Esports Gaming Lounge, four students sit and stand near a console on the left, while a sole gamer uses a different console in the foreground, at right.

The Esports Gaming Lounge, in the Robert Purcell Community Center on North Campus, has 16 high-spec gaming PCs and TVs. Best of all, it’s free to use for all Cornell students, of all gaming experience levels!

Adjacent to the Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center is Triphammer Falls, one of the many dramatic waterfalls found across campus.

Numerous trails outline the edges of Beebe Lake, a favorite destination on campus for runners, hikers and others who enjoy the outdoors.

Students walk past the entrance to Morrison Dining, brightly lit in the background.

Morrison Dining is one of three new “all-you-care-to-eat” dining facilities available to residents living on North Campus.

A typical residence hall room in Toni Morrison Hall.

Students hang out in a courtyard adjacent to Toni Morrison Hall.

Sage Chapel seen during springtime, with flowering trees in the foreground.

For nearly a century and a half, Sage Chapel has hosted services, events, speakers and numerous other events for the Cornell community.

Sage Chapel as seen from overhead on a spring day, with trees displaying pink blossoms.

Sage Chapel, as seen from overhead on a beautiful spring day.

Two students pass by the chapel on a winter day. A layer of snow covers the ground and the tree in front of the building.

Students pass by the chapel, which is an inspiring, gorgeous sight in any season.

Choir singers perform in Sage Chapel, with multiple stained-glass windows behind them.

The Cornell Chorus performs at the Choral Showcase in Sage Chapel.

Volunteers in Sage Chapel ladle soup out from a metal container to a man holding out a bowl.

Each winter, the Office of Spirituality and Meaning-Making hosts a lunchtime series called “Soup and Hope,” where the Cornell community gathers to hear inspiring stories from guest speakers.

The Aeolian-Skinner organ in Sage Chapel, with a stained glass window in the background.

The Aeolian-Skinner organ was built for Sage Chapel in 1940, and regularly accompanies Cornell’s choral ensembles in concert in addition to numerous solo recitals each year.

Based on the English parish church, Sage Chapel features asymmetrical massing and entrances and a high, hammer-beam roof.

A moderator, left, holds a discussion in Sage Chapel with a guest speaker, right. Between them is a small table with a vase of roses, and behind them is a religious fresco.

In addition to religious and spiritual activities, the chapel also regularly hosts guest speakers, such as when the Department of Sociology hosted a talk with criminal justice activist Yusef Salaam.

Sage Hall, home to the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

A faculty member reaching out her hands while teaching a class. A handful of students are seen in the background, sitting in a long row.

A faculty member teaches a finance class in Sage Hall.

A student presents as part of a panel discussion at the Dyson School.

A student chef prepares several plates for a meal in Establishment at Statler, a hands-on learning environment.

Establishment at Statler — considered a classroom first, and restaurant second — is a hands-on learning environment where students can synthesize food-service concepts, business principles and hospitality management theories.

Five students wearing white aprons race across a plaza while holding server trays of soup. Onlookers cheer on and take photos. McGraw Tower is in the background against a blue sky.

As part of the Nolan Hotel School’s 100th anniversary celebration, Hotelies revived the tradition of the Parisian waiter’s race: a “server derby” in which they try to avoid spilling trays of soup while running across Ho Plaza.

The photo, taken from the front of a lecture hall, shows more than a hundred students gathering for a class.

Nolan Hotel School students gather in a Statler Hall lecture room on the first day of class.

A wide-angle shot of the glass-and-steel exterior of the Breazzano Family Center for Business Education.

In the Breazzano Family Center for Business Education — located in the heart of Ithaca’s Collegetown neighborhood — students have access to high-tech videoconferencing facilities and 19 breakout rooms, plus classrooms and office space.

Students collaborate in the Breazzano Family Center for Business Education.

Students gather around a large wooden table inside the A. D. White House.

As both an important historic structure and a center for collaboration, the A. D. White House often hosts discussions and seminars throughout the year.

A woman gives a lecture inside the A. D. White House.

The A. D. White House serves as the primary home for the Society of Humanities, an interdisciplinary organization that connects visiting fellows, students and faculty each year.

Exterior of the Big Red Barn, a social meeting spot for graduate and professional students.

A social meeting spot for graduate and professional students, the Big Red Barn offers a cozy breakfast and lunch cafe, outdoor picnic tables and even an indoor fireplace.

Exterior of Caldwell Hall at Cornell University.

Caldwell Hall, on the north end of the Agriculture Quad, serves as the main home for the Cornell University Graduate School as well as the Office of Global Learning.

Students gather around a professor in the rainforest of Belize. Behind them are large, leafy green plants.

Based in Caldwell Hall, the Office of Global Learning supports international students visiting Cornell and study abroad opportunities, such as this trip for horticulture students to learn about native plants of Belize.

A row of students with laptops, in a classroom.

Cornell graduate students pursue research and scholarship in nearly 100 fields, the broadest range of programs in the Ivy League.

A professor and graduate student use a remote control instrument to operate a drone in a research vineyard.

A Cornell AgriTech professor and a graduate student operate a drone in a research vineyard.

Two women at a round ballroom table listen to a speaker off-screen.

Attendees listen to a speaker at the Pathway to Success Symposium, the Graduate School’s biannual professional development event.

Grad students enjoy an informal social at the Big Red Barn's indoor cafe.

A closeup overhead shot of a table, with students’ hands seen holding assignment materials.

Graduate students collaborate on materials for a research advocacy trip at a table in the Big Red Barn.

A group of graduate students enjoy an outdoor picnic.

The Big Red Barn is a relaxed, informal environment where students often get together for socials, both indoors and outside.

Inventory racks at Cornell Health Pharmacy, with a service counter at right.

The Cornell Health Pharmacy fills prescriptions and offers a wide variety of self-care supplies, medications, healthy snacks and other products that support health and wellness.

Four students discuss a project at a library table. Each student has a small pile of papers on the table in front of them.

Students study together in Mann Library, one of 18 libraries available to the Cornell community.

A person, seen from overhead, looks at a rare book from the Cornell Library’s Rare and Manuscript Collections.

An archivist from the university’s Rare and Manuscript Collections examines a rare book as part of a digitization project.

Wide shot of a person in silhouette walking between two multi-story library stacks.

Students study in the A. D. White Reading Room in Uris Library.

Two students eat at a booth. Behind them is a large plate-glass window looking out onto an academic quad covered in snow.

The Amit Bhatia Libe Café in Olin Library offers a cozy nook for studying and socializing, especially on a winter day.

One of the four main serving areas at Morrison Dining. Photo shows sleek, glass-and-steel warming stations, long communal tables with high-top chairs, and windows.

Morrison Dining is a sleek, modern space where students can choose from 11 food concepts in four main areas.

Cornell Dining staff prepare food in a serving area at Toni Morrison Hall.

The fitness center at Toni Morrison Hall, including weight racks, benches and circuit machines.

Students on North Campus can take advantage of the fitness center at Toni Morrison Hall.

A wide shot of a dining hall, where dozens of students and families eat together. In the background are signs that read “West Side Market” and “East Side Market.”

Parents and families share a meal with their students during Move-In prior to the start of fall classes.

An aerial photo of the buildings of North Campus, with Beebe Lake at lower left and Cayuga Lake in the background.

Five new residence halls for first-year and sophomore students lie at the heart of North Campus, seen here with Beebe Lake to the left and Cayuga Lake in the background.

Exterior of Willard Straight Hall. In the foreground is a grassy hill and some trees.

The west side of Willard Straight Hall, as seen on a beautiful autumn day.

Seen from behind, a student in silhouette exits a building through an iron gate onto a brightly lit outdoor plaza.

A student exits Willard Straight Hall onto Ho Plaza.

Dancers wearing traditional Chinese dress perform a dance.

Dancers wearing traditional Chinese dress perform in the Willard Straight Memorial Room.

A student gymnast practices a handstand in the Willard Straight Memorial Room.

Pots of millet sit outside the Nevin Welcome Center as part of the Seeds of Survival and Celebration Installation at Cornell Botanic Gardens. Credit: Noël Heaney (UREL)

The Nevin Welcome Center at Cornell Botanic Gardens

Sunlight shines across the Robison Herb Garden at Cornell Botanic Gardens with a trellis of vines hanging above. The herb garden features 500 varieties of herbs throughout 17 theme beds.

The Robison Herb Garden at Cornell Botanic Gardens features 500 varieties of herbs throughout 17 theme beds.

Visitors walk the path around Houston Pond at F. R. Newman Arboretum, a part of Cornell Botanic Gardens.

Visitors to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art take in the Immortal at the River, a 54-meter-long cursive-script calligraphy work by Tong Yang-Tze.

The Johnson Museum of Art lit up at dusk.

Beautiful view of Cayuga Lake from the wall of windows on the upper floor of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell.

Beautiful view of Cayuga Lake from the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell.

An exhibit at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, featuring a scultpture by Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti.

The Comstock Knoll rhododendron collection in peek bloom at Cornell Botanic Gardens.

The Nevin Welcome Center at Cornell Botanic Gardens surrounded by snowy pines in winter.

The Nevin Welcome Center at Cornell Botanic Gardens in winter.

A student studies in the grass in the A.D. White Garden at Cornell University.

A student finds a quiet place to study in the A.D. White Garden.

Students gather on the sunlit lawn in the garden behind the A.D. White House at Cornell.

The A.D. White Garden

Students walk along a path through the garden behind the A.D. White House.

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Cornell General Campus Tour