Cornell University
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Cornell University is a private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educato
Ezra Cornell
Andrew Dickson White
Cornell University's faculty in 1916
Willard Straight Hall on the Cornell campus, which was occupied by armed anti-Vietnam War protesters in 1969, leading to the resignation of James Alfred Perkins, Cornell's seventh president
Willard Straight Hall
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Willard Straight Hall is the student union building on the central campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Conceived as a memorial to Willard Dickerman Straight, its construction was initiat
Murals in the North lobby
Western façade on Libe Slope
Armed protestors leave Willard Straight Hall after negotiating an end to their 1969 takeover of the building; the following year, this photograph of the protesters was awarded the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for photography.