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Cornell as an Organization
See also University Leadership page
Affiliations Cornell is a private endowed university and the federal land-grant institution of New York State. It is a member of the Ivy League and a partner of the State University of New York.
Colleges and Schools Cornell includes fourteen colleges and schools—seven undergraduate units and four graduate and professional units in Ithaca, two medical graduate and professional units in New York City, and one in Qatar.
Undergraduate Colleges and Schools
• College of Agriculture and Life Sciences*
• College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Engineering
• School of Hotel Administration
• College of Human Ecology*
• School of Industrial and Labor Relations*
Graduate/Professional Colleges and Schools
• Graduate School
• Law School
• Johnson Graduate School of Management
• Weill Cornell Medical College (New York City)
• Weill Cornell Medical College (Qatar)
• Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences (New York City)
• College of Veterinary Medicine*
Other Academic Units
• Faculty of Computing and Information Science
• Division of Nutritional Sciences
• School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions
• Cornell University Library
*New York State contract unit.
Note: In September 2002, the Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha, Qatar, inaugurated its two-year premedical program, to be subsequently followed by the full medical degree program.
Administration Cornell University has a number of administrative divisions. The names of the leaders responsible for each college/unit can be found on the Web at <http://www.cornell.edu/leadership/> and organizational charts can be found at <http://dpb.cornell.edu/F_Univ_Org.htm>. See the Cornell UniversityTelephone Directory for current contact information.
University Priorities The university has issued a number of documents that discuss its priorities, values, and future directions. Please see the Web sites below:
Cornell’s Mission: <http://www.cornell.edu/about/mission/>.
Cornell’s Statement on Diversity: Open Doors, Open Hearts, and Open Minds: <http://www.cornell.edu/diversity/>.
Cornell’s Core Human Resource Values and Principles: <http://www.ohr.cornell.edu/commitment/coreValues.html>.
President Skorton's Web pages, including Inaugural address and other speeches
The Campaign for Cornell: http://campaign.cornell.edu/
Academic Priorities and Initiatives: http://www.cornell.edu/provost/priorities.cfm
Items of Interest for Faculty: http://www.cornell.edu/provost/itemsofinterest_faculty.cfm.
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