"900 Stewart Avenue (Ithaca, New York) 900 Stewart Avenue is a building in Ithaca, New York, noted for its unique Egyptian Revival architecture, its dramatic placement partway down a cliff, and being the residence of astronomer Carl Sagan. The building is on a ledge about below street level, overlooking Fall Creek and Ithaca Falls. One of just two Egyptian Revival buildings in Tompkins County, along with the Masonic Temple in downtown Ithaca, it is part of the Cornell Heights Historic District. The building was built as the meeting place of the Sphinx Head Society, a Cornell University secret society formed"
"historical and modern—through the medium of the theater. Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) at Ithaca College is the liberal arts school of Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is one of the five schools of the college. In terms of enrollment, it is Ithaca College's largest school. H&S consists of 23 academic departments, 52 undergraduate degree programs, 2 graduate degree programs, and 45 minors. The Exploratory Program offers program and professional guidance designed to help students find their own path and get them ready for a successful future."
"Cornell University Cornell University ( ) is a private and statutory Ivy League research university in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge—from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the applied. These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's founding principle, a popular 1868 Ezra Cornell quotation: ""I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study."" The university is broadly organized into seven undergraduate colleges and seven graduate divisions"
"in Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Metro New York, National Capital, North and South Carolina, Philadelphia, Rochester (NY), San Diego, and Southern Florida. Alumni events are hosted in cooperation with city-specific clubs and through a program called ""IC on the Road"". Following is a brief list of noteworthy Ithaca College alumni. For a more extensive list, refer to the List of Ithaca College alumni. Following is a brief list of current and former noteworthy Ithaca College faculty. Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts college in Ithaca, New York. The college was founded by William Egbert in"
"Ithaca High School alumni: Ithaca High School (Ithaca, New York) Ithaca High School (IHS) is a public high school in Ithaca, New York, USA. It is part of the Ithaca City School District, and has an enrollment of approximately 1,675. The school is located at 1401 North Cayuga Street in the north end of Ithaca, near Stewart Park, Cayuga Lake, and Ithaca Falls. The current principal is Jason Trumble. In 2017, ""U.S. News & World Report"" ranked IHS as the best high school in Central New York, 48th in New York State, and 401st nationwide. Ithaca High School was founded"
"Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts college in Ithaca, New York. The college was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music and is set against the backdrop of the city of Ithaca, Cayuga Lake, waterfalls, and gorges. The college is best known for its large list of alumni who have played substantial roles in the media and entertainment industries. Ithaca College is internationally known for the Roy H. Park School of Communications, which is ranked by several organizations as a top school for journalism, film, media and entertainment. The college has a"
"Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) at Ithaca College is the liberal arts school of Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is one of the five schools of the college. In terms of enrollment, it is Ithaca College's largest school. H&S consists of 23 academic departments, 52 undergraduate degree programs, 2 graduate degree programs, and 45 minors. The Exploratory Program offers program and professional guidance designed to help students find their own path and get them ready for a successful future. About 40% of incoming students are exploratory. One"
"Ithaca High School (Ithaca, New York) Ithaca High School (IHS) is a public high school in Ithaca, New York, USA. It is part of the Ithaca City School District, and has an enrollment of approximately 1,675. The school is located at 1401 North Cayuga Street in the north end of Ithaca, near Stewart Park, Cayuga Lake, and Ithaca Falls. The current principal is Jason Trumble. In 2017, ""U.S. News & World Report"" ranked IHS as the best high school in Central New York, 48th in New York State, and 401st nationwide. Ithaca High School was founded in 1875 as the"
"Ivy League The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eight private universities in the Northeastern United States. The term ""Ivy League"" is typically used to refer to those eight schools as a group of elite colleges beyond the sports context. The eight members are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University. ""Ivy League"" has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism. While the term was in use as early as 1933, it became official only after the formation of"
"Cornell Law School Cornell Law School is the law school of Cornell University, a private Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. It is one of the five Ivy League law schools and offers three law degree programs (J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D.) along with several dual-degree programs in conjunction with other professional schools at the university. Established in 1887 as Cornell's Department of Law, the law school is ranked 13th in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. Cornell Law alumni include business executive and philanthropist Myron Charles Taylor, namesake of the law school building, along with"
"Park School created a list of 40 Alumni Who Shape the Communications Industry. Roy H. Park School of Communications The Roy H. Park School of Communications is one of five schools at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. The school is named after media executive Roy H. Park, who lived in Ithaca and who served on the Board of Trustees at Ithaca College for many years. As one of the first schools of communications in the US, it runs the first and longest-running student-operated TV cable channel (ICTV) and offers students access to studios and more than three million dollars"
"Roy H. Park School of Communications The Roy H. Park School of Communications is one of five schools at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. The school is named after media executive Roy H. Park, who lived in Ithaca and who served on the Board of Trustees at Ithaca College for many years. As one of the first schools of communications in the US, it runs the first and longest-running student-operated TV cable channel (ICTV) and offers students access to studios and more than three million dollars of portable and lab equipment. It has been named a top school for"
"proportion of students. In the most recent academic year, seven of the eight Ivy League schools reported record-high application numbers; seven also reported record-low acceptance rates. Members of the League have been highly ranked by various university rankings. In addition to the broad rankings listed in the accompanying chart, several Ivy League schools are highly ranked in the current ""2018 US News & World Report"" assessment of Best Undergraduate Teaching: 1. Princeton; 2. Dartmouth; 3. Brown; 10. Yale. The ""Wall Street Journal"" rankings place all eight of the universities within the top 20 in the country. Further, Ivy League members"
"Among the library’s special collections are 19th Century Trials Collection, Donovan Nuremberg Trials Collection, Scottsboro Collection, William P. and Adele Langston Rogers Collection and the Chile Declassification Project. Political Federal Judiciary State Judiciary International Judiciary Law and Business Academia Other Fictional Cornell Law School Cornell Law School is the law school of Cornell University, a private Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. It is one of the five Ivy League law schools and offers three law degree programs (J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D.) along with several dual-degree programs in conjunction with other professional schools at the university. Established in"
"at its main Ithaca campus, with each college and division defining its own admission standards and academic programs in near autonomy. The university also administers two satellite medical campuses, one in New York City and one in Education City, Qatar, and Cornell Tech, a graduate program that incorporates technology, business, and creative thinking. The program moved from Google's Chelsea Building in New York City to its permanent campus on Roosevelt Island in September 2017. Cornell is one of three private land grant universities in the United States and the only one in New York. Of its seven undergraduate colleges, three"
"with the institution enrolling about half of all college students in New York City. The City University's alumni include Jonas Salk, Colin Powell, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Columbia University, an Ivy League university founded in 1754 and currently located in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, is the fifth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Barnard College is an independent women's college, one of the original Seven Sisters, affiliated with Columbia. Through a reciprocal agreement, Barnard and Columbia students share classes, housing, and extracurricular activities, and Barnard graduates receive the degree of the University. New York University (NYU) is"
"Columbia University Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Established in 1754, Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is one of nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence, seven of which belong to the Ivy League. It has been ranked by numerous major education publications as among the top ten universities in the world. Columbia was established as King's College by royal"
"Williamsburg, and in 2011 it took place at Irving Plaza in Union Square. NYCortaca 2012 was held at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and in 2013 NYCortaca returned to Irving Plaza. NYCortaca 2013 was attended by over 800 Cortaca fans and was the biggest off-campus alumni gathering in Ithaca College history. NYCortaca has been compared to New Year's Eve and Halloween in vibrancy. More localized Cortland and Ithaca graduates come together to attend the game, or showings of it at the Lynne Parks Hoffmann Alumni House, in Cortland, NY. Examples include an annual gathering from Slabtown, NY. The Cortaca Jug"
"include football legend Glenn ""Pop"" Warner (1894), head coach of the United States men's national soccer team Bruce Arena ('73), National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman ('74), six-time Stanley Cup winning hockey goalie Ken Dryden ('69), tennis singles world # 2 Dick Savitt, seven-time US Tennis championships winner William Larned and Toronto Raptors president Bryan Colangelo ('87), and Kyle Dake, four-time NCAA division I wrestling national champion. Cornell University Cornell University ( ) is a private and statutory Ivy League research university in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended"
"Wells College Wells College is a private liberal arts college in Aurora, New York. The college has cross-enrollment with Cornell University and Ithaca College. It is considered to be Cornell University's sister school, from the days when Cornell was limited to male enrollment. Wells College is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It is about an hour from Syracuse and Rochester and a half-hour drive from both Ithaca and Auburn. It is within the Aurora Village–Wells College Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The college has an average student body of 550, with"
"surgical center. The Mohawk Valley Health System prefers to construct a new hospital in Downtown Utica by 2021, consolidating operations at the existing hospitals. Like Ithaca and Syracuse, Utica has a mix of public and private colleges and universities; three state colleges and four private colleges are in the Utica–Rome metropolitan area. SUNY Polytechnic Institute, on an 850-acre campus in North Utica and Marcy, has over 2,000 students and is one of eight technology colleges and 14 doctorate-granting universities of the State University of New York (SUNY). Mohawk Valley Community College is the largest college between Syracuse and Albany with"
"community in New York state with a street railway; streetcars ran from 1887 to summer 1935. In addition to its liberal politics, Ithaca is commonly listed among the most culturally liberal of American small cities. The ""Utne Reader"" named Ithaca ""America's most enlightened town"" in 1997. According to ePodunk's Gay Index, Ithaca has a score of 231, versus a national average score of 100. Like many small college towns, Ithaca has also received accolades for having a high overall quality of life. In 2004, ""Cities Ranked and Rated"" named Ithaca the best ""emerging city"" to live in the United States."
"film, journalism, media and entertainment by Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Princeton Review and more. In addition to its campus facilities in Ithaca, it runs the Pendleton Center in Los Angeles where students can study and engage in internships for a semester. Students also may study away at the college's center in London and through a newly established New York City program. Diane Gayeski, an alumna of the school and a faculty member since 1979, currently serves as its dean. Ithaca College first began offering courses in radio in the 1930s and a degree program in 1947. With the advent"
"Columbia Lions The Columbia University Lions are the collective athletic teams and their members from Columbia University, an Ivy League institution in New York City, United States. The current director of athletics is Peter Pilling. The eight-institution athletic league to which Columbia University belongs, the Ivy League, also includes Brown University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University. The Ivy League conference sponsors championships in 33 men's and women's sports and averages 35 varsity teams at each of its eight universities. The League provides intercollegiate athletic opportunities for more men and women than"
"Columbia Lions The Columbia University Lions are the collective athletic teams and their members from Columbia University, an Ivy League institution in New York City, United States. The current director of athletics is Peter Pilling. The eight-institution athletic league to which Columbia University belongs, the Ivy League, also includes Brown University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University. The Ivy League conference sponsors championships in 33 men's and women's sports and averages 35 varsity teams at each of its eight universities. The League provides intercollegiate athletic opportunities for more men and women than"
"Ivy League American universities. Sparta was also used as a model of social purity by Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Slavoj Žižek stated that ""all modern egalitarian radicals, from Rousseau to the Jacobins…imagined the republican France as a new Sparta"". Early Zionists, and particularly the founders of Kibbutz movement in Israel, had been influenced by Spartan ideals, and drew on the Spartan model in particular when disparaging the materialistic values they associated with the diaspora communities they had left. Tabenkin, for example, a founding father of the Kibbutz and the Palmach, was greatly influenced by ancient Sparta. He prescribed that ""fighters'"
"and Stanford University laid the cornerstone for a new 'Bridging the Rift Center' to be built and jointly operated for education on the Israel–Jordan border. Cornell's main campus is on East Hill in Ithaca, New York, overlooking the city and Cayuga Lake. Since the university was founded, it has expanded to about 2,300 acres (9.3 km), encompassing both the hill and much of the surrounding areas. Central Campus has laboratories, administrative buildings, and almost all of the campus' academic buildings, athletic facilities, auditoriums, and museums. North Campus is composed of ten residence halls that primarily house first-year students, although the"
"of a typical private liberal arts college and smaller than a typical public state university. Total enrollments, including graduate students, range from approximately 6,400 at Dartmouth to over 20,000 at Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, and Penn. Ivy League financial endowments range from Brown's $3.5 billion to Harvard's $34.5 billion, the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the world. The Ivy League has drawn many comparisons to other elite grouping of universities in other nations such as Oxbridge and the Golden Triangle in the United Kingdom, C9 League in China, Group of Eight in Australia, and Imperial Universities in Japan."
"are state-supported statutory or contract colleges through the State University of New York (SUNY) system, including its agricultural and human ecology colleges as well as its industrial labor relations school. Of Cornell's graduate schools, only the veterinary college is state-supported. As a land grant college, Cornell operates a cooperative extension outreach program in every county of New York and receives annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions. The Cornell University Ithaca Campus comprises 745 acres, but is much larger when the Cornell Botanic Gardens (more than 4,300 acres) and the numerous university-owned lands in New"
"college"" to describe these state-supported colleges. The four statutory colleges located at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, are: Another statutory college, the New York State College of Forestry, was founded at Cornell in 1898, only to be closed in 1903 when outcry over a pending lawsuit led Gov. Odell to veto the appropriations bill that provided funding. However, forestry education was continued at Cornell as part of the College of Agriculture. The College of Forestry was later reestablished at Syracuse University in 1911. Two of Cornell's current statutory colleges — the NYS College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and"
"Cayuga Heights, New York Cayuga Heights is a village in Tompkins County, New York, United States and an upscale suburb of Ithaca. The village is in the Town of Ithaca, directly northeast of the City of Ithaca and Cornell University's main campus. The population was 3,729 at the 2010 census. The village is home to many faculty members at Cornell, including its president. After the Revolutionary War, much of Upstate New York was divided into tracts to be given to veterans. Several veterans received lots in what is now Cayuga Heights, and started farms. In the early 1800s, Ithaca started"
"first Ivy League title. Updated March 2018. Updated October 2018. Notable alumni include: Columbia Lions men's squash The Columbia Lions men's squash team is the intercollegiate men's squash team for Columbia University located in New York City, New York. The team competes in the Ivy League within the College Squash Association. The university first fielded a varsity team in 2010, under the leadership of head coach Jacques Swanepoel. The Lions beat Harvard in the 2017–2018 regular season for the first time in program history with a nail-biting 5–4 victory, with the deciding match won by Osama Khalifa. They went on"
"of Vermont. She earned her Ed.D. degree at Harvard University. Peggy R. Williams Peggy Ryan Williams was the president of Ithaca College from 1997 until 2008. Williams assumed the presidency of Ithaca College on July 1, 1997. She is the College's seventh president and its first female president. Williams came to Ithaca from Lyndon State College, where she had been president since 1989. A native of Montreal, Williams has lived in the United States since 1968 and is a citizen of both the United States and Canada. Dr. Williams received her B.A. degree in psychology from the St. Michael's College,"