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One of the most recognizable buildings on the Cornell University campus, Jennie McGraw Tower, at the top of Libe Slope on Cornell's main campus [1] Central Campus is the primary academic and administrative section of Cornell University's main campus in Ithaca, New York. It is bounded by Libe Slope to its west, Fall Creek to its north, and ...
A Cornell Combined Heat & Power Project, which was completed in December 2009, shifted the central heating plant from using coal to natural gas and enable the plant to generate all of the campus's non-peak electric requirements.
Society Hall became one the standard stops on the Cornell campus tour [12] and was described in the Cornell Era of June 29, 1870: This is a large and beautifully furnished room used for meetings of the two chief literary societies and the Students’ Christian Association. It is carpeted, and its walls are partly wainscoted in two woods, partly ...
242 Campus Road Addition to Cornell Health along Campus Road was designed by Chiang O’Brien Architects, principal Grace Chiang '80, B.Arch'81 [25] Cornell Store Earl Flansburgh (B.Arch 1952) 1970 135 Ho Plaza Built underground. Won Progressive Architecture award in January 1969. [26] Corson-Mudd Hall Hugh Stubbins [27] Dedicated September 1982
In 1952, its religious functions moved to Anabel Taylor Hall, and the Cornell Campus Store and a U.S. Post Office took over the lower levels. However, in 1970, a new underground campus store, designed by Earl Flansburgh was built under the grass quadrangle between Barnes and Sage. After closing the building for a year-long renovation, Barnes ...
[220] [221] [222] Cornell's Greek Life has an extensive history on the campus with the first fraternity, Zeta Psi, being chartered by the end of the university's first year. [223] Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek organization established for African Americans, was founded at Cornell in 1906.
It houses the Cornell University Society for the Humanities. The house was commissioned in 1871 by Andrew Dickson White , co-founder and first president of the university. The house is richly decorated with stone carvings according to White's tastes, intended to remind students of men's accomplishments and inspire them to higher purpose and an ...
The Cornell Chimes is a 21-bell chime in McGraw Tower on the central campus of Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, United States. The chime originally had nine bells, donated by Jennie McGraw. [1] They first rang at the University's opening ceremonies on October 7, 1868, and have since marked the hours and been used for chiming concerts.