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  1. 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.

  2. Touchdown, or the Big Red Bear, is the unofficial mascot of Cornell University. The first mascot was a black bear introduced in 1915 by the Cornell University Athletic Association.

  3. The history of Cornell University begins when its two founders, Andrew Dickson White of Syracuse and Ezra Cornell of Ithaca, met in the New York State Senate in January 1864. Together, they established Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1865. The university was initially funded by Ezra Cornell's $400,000 endowment and by New York's ...

  4. Our Story. In 1915, Arthur A. Allen joined Cornell University as one of the nation’s first professors of Ornithology, and posted a sign outside his office door: “Laboratory of Ornithology.”. From these humble beginnings more than 100 years ago, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology has flourished into a vibrant 501c(3) nonprofit conservation ...

  5. Jan 15, 2015 · The Cornell Lab of Ornithology remains a bold experiment: a research-and-training center on one hand and a communications hub on the other, with an overarching mission of biodiversity conservation. Capitalizing on the structures and traditions of an Ivy League university, we speak with, and answer to, a global audience concerned with the ...

  6. Oct 15, 2019 · The bird was solid dark gray [about the color of a junco's back] with a short [3/8"] narrow light colored vertical stripe under the chin / on the breast. It had a thick bill like a purple finch or tanager and looked very streamlined. Slightly bigger than a purple finch , smaller than a robin. In north central illinois.

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