Cornell University - Campus LifeOverview - Services & Facilities - Campus Life - Extracurriculars
Address: OverviewPercentage of undergrads that live in college-owned housing: 54%Percentage of Male Undergrads Living in Fraternities: 28% Percentage of Female Undergrads Living in Sororities: 22% Percentage of students on campus on weekends: 90% College HousingDoes the school offer students housing? YesPercentage of students living in college-owned housing: 54% Housing available for all unmarried students? No If on-campus housing is unavailable, does school provide assistance? Yes Available types of campus housing: coed dorms (64%), women's dorms (6%), men's dorms (0%), sorority housing (5%), fraternity housing (11%), apartments for married students (5%), apartment for single students (6%), special housing for disabled students (0%), special housing for international students (1%), cooperative housing (2%), other housing options (0%) Percentage of college-owned housing units that are...Singles: 52%Doubles: 45% Triples or Suites: 2% Apartments: 0% Other: 1% Number of college-owned housing buildings: 84 Percentage of college-owned housing units that have...A sprinkler system: 100%Fire alarms: 100% Wired high-speed internet access: 95% Campus Size: 745 acres Transportation (distances in miles)Nearest airport(s): Syracuse (60), Ithaca (2)Nearest train station: Syracuse (60) Nearest bus station: Ithaca (2) Does public transportation serve campus? Are all students allowed to have cars on campus? Yes Percentage of students with cars on campus: N/A Student EmploymentIs there school employment? YesPercent of undergraduates that worked on campus in 2005-2006: 51% Average undergraduate wage: $1,800 Are freshmen discouraged from working their first term? No Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)Army ROTC: Offered on campusNavy ROTC: Offered on campus Air Force ROTC: Offered on campus Rules and RegulationsIs legal alcohol permitted on campus? YesOther policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited, other CampusMost popular events: The 21-bell Cornell Chimes, atop 173-foot Jennie McGraw Tower, are played daily by student chimesmasters. Nearly the entire campus turns out just before spring break to watch architecture students parade a student-built beast on Dragon Day. Every fall, the New Student Reading Project introduces all freshmen to a provocative work, such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Sophocles' Antigone, Franz Kafka's The Trial and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Noted Asian, American and graphic-arts collections are augmented by many exhibitions at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, a distinctive showpiece designed by I. M. Pei. Student and faculty soloists and orchestral and choral groups play in a multiplicity of auditoriums, and there are recitals by every manner of visiting performer, from symphonies to rock stars. (Many say the Grateful Dead's 1977 performance in the university's Barton Hall was their best ever. ) Cornell Cinema, with screens in two campus locations, offers evocative motion picture programming in an academic setting. An annual series of theater and dance productions in large and small theaters at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts feature students and visiting professionals on stage and backstage. Alumni Christopher Reeves and Jimmy Smits performed at Cornell. Visiting lecturers abound, and students enjoy special access to A. D. White Professors-at-Large (recently including John Cleese, Jane Goodall, and Oliver Sachs). Cornell's 36 varsity teams play in such distinctive venues as the Friedman Center, the nation's only freestanding college wrestling arena; Schoellkopf Field, with its crescent-shaped grandstand; and the legendary Lynah ice hockey rink, where 4, 000 fans cheer on the Big Red. Next door in the Bartels field house, the expansive Lindseth Climbing Wall is an indoor training device for the heralded Cornell Outdoor Education program. Cornell University Library has an extraordinary array of holdings and special collections in 17 Ithaca campus facilities and is a national leader in digital technology and electronic resources. |