Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. The university was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White. Since its founding, Cornell has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institution. As of fall 2023, the student body included over 16,000 undergraduate and 10,000 graduate students from all 50 U.S. states and 130 countries.
Ezra Cornell
Andrew Dickson White
The Arts Quad on Cornell's main campus with McGraw Tower in the background
Ho Plaza seen from McGraw Tower with Sage Hall and Barnes Hall in the background
The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference of eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. The term Ivy League is used more broadly to refer to the eight schools that belong to the league, which are globally-renowned as elite colleges associated with academic excellence, highly selective admissions, and social elitism. The term was used as early as 1933, and it became official in 1954 following the formation of the Ivy League athletic conference.
The flags of all eight Ivy League universities fly over Columbia University's Wien Stadium in Manhattan
Soldiers Memorial Gate (1921) at Brown University
Low Memorial Library (1895) at Columbia University
Tjaden Hall (1883) at Cornell University