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About Cornell University
In addition to its 745-acre Ithaca campus in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, Cornell operates the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City and now the Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha, Qatar. The Cornell extended campus includes field stations and programs in the Isle of Shoals, Maine; Washington, D.C.; and Geneva, New York. Arecibo, Puerto Rico, is home to Cornell's radio telescope, the world's largest. The Bridging the Rift Technology Center, a joint venture among Cornell, Stanford, and the governments of Jordan and Israel, is under construction on the Israel-Jordan border. The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning's Rome Program has its headquarters in the Palazzo Lazzaroni. Cornell Abroad operates program offices in every corner of the world.
Cornell's Ithaca Campus sits on a hilltop overlooking 40-mile-long, 400-foot-deep Cayuga Lake, the largest of the Finger Lakes of central New York State. Two sides of the campus are bound by gorges, cut during the last 12,000 years. Creeks and waterfalls fill the gorges, and no matter where you are on campus you are never far from the sight and sound of falling water. This is an area of great natural beauty, a place that contributes to a healthy and pleasurable quality of life.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the Cornell campus is the seamless interconnection of nature and the built environment. Cornell Plantations, curator of the university's natural areas, maintains trails, arboretums, and gardens that intertwine and blend with the university's graceful quads and inspiring architecture.
Not only is Cornell a higher education and research powerhouse, it is also one of the most spectacular university campuses anywhere in the world. Don't take our word for it, however. Visit it!
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